First party games.

My wife and son decided. I bent to their will. If they are happy I am happy.

You support the ones you love.

For the previous two generations, Nintendo became more humble in the defeats to the Playstation brand. So Nintendo did what most winning companies do and that's to innovate and expand their market. Their games may not look the greatest, a lot of them are utter trash, but the others are fun, they're cheaper, and they're something my whole family can enjoy.

1. It was from Nintendo

2. I could tell at first glance that it was going to be something special

3. I always get all systems in a generation, anyway

I bought it, because it is the only console, which will get the exclusive title Sadness.

Just kidding (I am not a "future" gamer)

I bought it because Zelda was a launch title and I really liked the GameCube. It was really a no brainer.

I have always been a fan of Nintendo's first party titles (Zelda in particular). No one makes games better in my humble opinion.

Coupled with that is the fact that I have been playing console games for over 20 years, and the new control mechanism was intriguing in a world of bland repetative, and down right itterative console controlers.

i wanted it.

The fact that I have owned every Nintendo console (Virtual Boy doesn't count) and will own every Nintendo console until Nintendo stops making quality games.

the deciding factor for me was SSBB, that game is amazing.