1. Price: Almost half the price of the competition when it launched.
2. Motion Control: This innovative, "new" play mechanic WAS the Wii. It's not an add-on or an afterthought. It's the entire focus of the system
3. Nintendo Brand Loyalty: Nintendo is the oldest player that's still in the game. A lot of us old guys (AKA: Guys with money) were raised on Nintendo.
4. Games: Even without the horsepower of the HD consoles, Nintendo releases Game of the Year candidates every year. Some could argue that the single best game in EVERY genre is on the Wii.
5. Diverse audience: While the competition was trying to one up each other and appeal to gamers, Nintendo decided to forgo that and target everybody.
6. It's tiny and cute: I mean look at it! Don't you just want to hug it?
7. The Nintendo DS: On its way to becoming the best selling console ever, the DS expanded people's idea of how they could interact with a game. It's the Silver Surfer to the Wii's Galactus.
8. Wii would like to play: Probably the best ad campaign, ever. It didn't try to wow you with fancy graphics and such. Nintendo's ads showed people having fun. One ad didn't even show the console or the game. Just people playing with the remote. Genius!
9. Focus: It's not multi-media player. While it offers a browser and a couple of custom applications, it's not a multi-media machine. Since 2006, if you bought a Wii, you bought it to play video games and video games only.
10. Media Darling: News organizations (not just gaming news), talk show hosts, musicians, radio DJ's, you name it. They fell in love at first sight with the Wii. It brought the world together. 2000 years from now, the Bible will be a Wii owner's manual.
