He can quote all the speeches in the world, and Reggie could say "we only make UGC games from now on," but there aren't any new Nintendo games to support this argument. It's all hogwash until I buy a Nintendo game, it asks me to make a level, and I say "where the hell is the game in here?" Nintendo has over 20 million-sellers on the Wii. Wii Music is the only game that's all about UGC. Spore was a good point, but it was the most pirated game of all time. Tons of people wanted to play the game, but nobody wanted to pay EA for DRM, especially when you'd have to call EA and ask permission to install it more than 3 times.
And when Reggie's talking about "active entertainment rather than passive entertainment," he isn't necessarily talking about UGC. I think he's talking about using your imagination to play a game in several ways. New SMB Wii can be played alone, as a team, or as a race or a battle. You can do a speedrun, try to get 99 lives, look for secrets, or watch the Super Guide. Animal Crossing can be about shopping, collecting, fishing, trading, or about designing clothing and decorating your apartment. This is what separates games from movies, which tell the same story each time to each consumer.
And March of the Minis is a full game with a level editor ON THE SIDE. It does not replace the full game. I still have no idea what he's talking about.
Anyway, the new Excitebike for WiiWare has a level editor, and nobody can complain, because the original Excitebike had one too, in 1984. And it kicked ass.
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