I was just really excited to have a new way of playing games, and that Nintendo (even if just cos they were backed into a corner) had to evolve the industry again. I'd rather play Elebits than Resistence, ExciteTruck over Motorstorm because I'm tired of playing the same games with barely different skins with the same crappy controls.
Yeah, the magic wears off a little, but it's still more engaging to me to play Wii games than most next-gen games. Metal Gear and GTA I hope will be actual GAMEPLAY revolutions and not just incremental change with higher production values.
The random niche stuff is cooler to me than Nintendo's recycled stuff (not counting Mario G), and I actually have about 10 3rd-party games as opposed to I think 5 1st-party ones. The DS is the same story -- aside from NSMB, stuff like Prof Layton, Hotel Dusk, Phoenix Wright, Lunar Knights, Ouendan, etc. have been the treasures.
And oh yeah, it was cheap and was the first time I actually wanted to buy a number of launch titles (Zelda, Red Steel, Monkey Ball)
