@makingmusic - I dont meant to cherrypick your post, Im in a rush =)
Assasin's Creed really is not much more than Thief redone and made more violent, so the concept for AC is over 10-15 years old. LBP didn't really bring anything to the table other than a level editor, which is no new concept in gaming, in fact there's an internal argument that LBP stole physics ideas from World of Goo, its hard to say who was there first.
It just seems that your laundry list you posted is somehow unique gaming where you then ask what makes the Wii games unique. Your list of games have already been proven and done before in the PC gaming world, you just might not have gotten the chance to play those games. Just because a game is popular does not make it innovative or original. As for the Wii games you ask about, the motion control systems make the experience unique. Sure, mouse games are nothing new, but you cant swing your mouse across the room to get it to perform actions on screen.
The only thing that really shocks me is this line: "Sports games and racers are really the only genres I've seen that have truly benefited from the Wii Remote thus far "
...that's really closeminded for a person that Im sure is in fact NOT closeminded. You really need to get out there and play more Wii games. Start with RE:4 on the Wii, the controls enhance this game in ways that have impressed developers worldwide.
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