It's my belief that people when addressing the Wii seem to highlight the problems the system has without mentioning anything good. I'm going to try to remedy that situation.
1. Assumption: Wii Third-party support is not as good as the other two systems.
Response: The support isn't worse, it's just different. Sure you can ask "Where are games like Lost Planet, Devil May Cry 4 and Assassin's Creed on Wii?" But you can easily turn around and say "Where are games like Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Monster Hunter 3 and No More Heroes on PS3?" Furthermore, the HD Twins (and they're called twins for a reason) have completely neglected genres that are lots of fun and are only found on Wii. Genres like exercise games, Quirky sports games, and quality light-gun shooters. Are those games that everyone will like? No, but just know that I've spent more time on Wii Sports than I have on any game post-SNES (except Smash maybe). If you're a gamer who perfers the games on the HD systems that's fine. But don't go assuming that people can't possibly own JUST a Wii because there aren't enough "cool" games on it.
2. Assumption: The overall Wii library is garbage.
Response: This point is closely connected to my first point but is also different. Clearly the third-party support is different. But the Wii's library is very different in many other ways. For example, in terms of retro gaming, the Wii is THE console to own. It has an ever expanding library of Sega games, PC-Engine games, Arcade games and Nintendo games. Games that are both easy to find (All the Marios) and games that are hard or impossible to find (Sin and Punishment, Ogre Battle 64). The Wii also can play all gamecube games (obviously). Other than that, the Wii has a great library of last-gen updated ports with the likes of REmake, RE:0, Okami, RE:4, Metroid Prime Trilogy, etc. Many of which play better than the originals. Other than VC, the Wii has arguably the best download service with WiiWare. Gems like Lostwinds 1+2, World of Goo, Cave Story, Swords and Soldiers and Icarian. These games are great, especially considering their price. Then you obviously have every game from Nintendo, all of which are arguably better than their gamecube counter-parts. Not only do you have the big series like Mario, Metroid and Zelda but you have some less-known but still great series like Punch-out and Excite. In the end, if you're a core gamer and can't find enough to play on Wii you're not looking hard enough.
3. Assumption: The Wii sucks becuase of all the shovelware.
Response: Easy. Don't buy the shovelware. Ignore it, that's what most Wii owners do. Unfortunatly, you usually can't walk into a Wal-mart and see the "best" third-party games. You have to either go to a game-centric store like Gamestop or shop online. That's not much of a hassle so I don't see why people are complaining.
In conclusion, buying "random games" is a horrible buying strategy. What you're supposed to do is research upcoming games, look online for screenshots or videos or impressions and see if it's the type of game you might like. Then maybe look at a couple of reviews to see if the games buyable. Or better yet, rent the game to see if you like it. However, if you don't end up liking any of the Wii's current and upcoming games, then the Wii is just not for you and you should move on.
"Pier was a chef, a gifted and respected chef who made millions selling his dishes to the residents of New York City and Boston, he even had a famous jingle playing in those cities that everyone knew by heart. He also had a restaurant in Los Angeles, but not expecting LA to have such a massive population he only used his name on that restaurant and left it to his least capable and cheapest chefs. While his New York restaurant sold kobe beef for $100 and his Boston restaurant sold lobster for $50, his LA restaurant sold cheap hotdogs for $30. Initially these hot dogs sold fairly well because residents of los angeles were starving for good food and hoped that the famous name would denote a high quality, but most were disappointed with what they ate. Seeing the success of his cheap hot dogs in LA, Pier thought "why bother giving Los Angeles quality meats when I can oversell them on cheap hotdogs forever, and since I don't care about the product anyways, why bother advertising them? So Pier continued to only sell cheap hotdogs in LA and was surprised to see that they no longer sold. Pier's conclusion? Residents of Los Angeles don't like food."
"The so-called "hardcore" gamer is a marketing brainwashed, innovation shunting, self-righteous idiot who pays videogame makers far too much money than what is delivered."
