I think that the comparison between reviewing movies and video games can be instructive.
Imagine if we reviewed every single film with separate meters for plot, acting, special effects, etc. Then, when we get to a Woody Allen film, what would we do when we got to that special effects part? Score it low, and bring the entire grade down?
Judging a Woody Allen film according to special effects is often like judging a Wii title according to graphics (e.g. Wii Sports, which garnered a 4.0 on graphics from IGN). Sometimes, it's just not to the point.
The point to Wii Sports (or part of it, at least) is the kind of party situation I've often had at my house, playing bowling in a group, and going through all the motions (we even step forward as we throw) of actual bowling. It is also the fact that my fiancee, for the first time, is inspired to join me in gaming -- it's now something we can do together, not something that separates us. Do the reviewers who've come to their jobs through the last 10 years have the capacity to judge games like that in the way they ought to be judged?
Not the way the current metrics are set up. Some of these Wii games are breaking the mold, but the reviewing systems haven't kept pace.
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