I got my Wii the first month it was on retail and really loved it for the first 3 years or something. I bought lots of games, from niche titles such as Muramasa and Fatal Frame 2 to blockbusters such as Mario Kart and NSMB. The only "casual" game I ever bought was probably Boom Blox 2 (which by the way must have been the biggest inspiration for Angry Birds).
I loved that Nintendo brought back the old-school 2D platformers of the 90's with DKCR being the best of the genre since Yoshi's Island. Aside from the casual games that didn't appeal to me, Nintendo released some truly amazing games. They were better that gen than during the GameCube-era if you ask me. the Super Mario Galaxy games were the highlights for me last gen. The ability to play lots of older games through Virtual Console was fantastic (although I'm wondering if Nintendo lost the original code to Yoshi's Island).
On the other hand, I believe the Wii is a reason why the Wii U is struggling at the moment. I'm pretty sure most Wii owners except the casuals and the most die-hard Nintendo fans used it as their secondary console, which means that the HD twins got the most attention from the so-called core gamers. The casuals are now too busy playing on their phones, tablets and whatever, and everyone except the biggest Nintendo fans are ready to upgrade to a PS4 or an XONE. The fact that Nintendo basically left the Wii to die at the beginning of 2011 surely didn't help the transition to the Wii U either.
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