Should Nintendo create more studios?

[Toddifer]

noname2200 said:

DucksUnlimited said:

The Wii sold the way it did mainly because of the controller, not so much the games. Nintendo's first-party games are always some of the best selling of their respective generation. That didn't save the GC or N64.

So you're asserting that it's the Wiimote that caused Mario Kart Wii to sell over 30 million (six times more than the Gamecube game), New Super Mario Bros Wii to sell 27 million, Wii Fit and Wii Fit+ to each separately sell over 20 million, etc.?

I think the Wii sold the way it did because it captured the public's imagination. The whole idea of being able to play tennis by realistically swinging your arm, golf, bowling, driving, etc. just caught everyone's attention. That being said, the games were pretty solid, too. The launch line-up was pretty decent, and I recall that Wii Play came out in January/February along with WarioWare, which kept the software momentum going (the pack in Wiimote with Wii Play was immensely intelligent).