Look I know it's different folks different strokes.

But the question was is it a fad and I still stand by my answer.

If it is'nt a fad why little or no third party support.

She played over a firends house and liked it, we have a 360 but she dosent like it I think cause the boys (my 2 sons) are always on it.  She does like thrillville and rockband on the 360

She has a gamecube that she loves!  So I am going to get Mario Party 8 she has 5 and likes it, Mario Galaxy, Boom Blocks and Super Smash Bros Brawl she plays super smash with her bros (on gamecuber) and has fun with it.

I don't disagree with that - just about everyone bet on the wrong horse.  However, from what I see, publishers aren't adjusting to the current market reality.  Instead, they seem to have made a decision to stick it out to the end with the PS3 and XBox 360, for better or for worse, ignoring Nintendo except with attempts to bury them with shovelware. 

For example, immediately after the Wii wrested the lead from the 360 in North America, Ubisoft announced Prince of Persia...  for the 360 and PS3.  After that, at E3, EA Games' lineup showed that most of their big budget games are still avoiding the Wii.  As well, Valve has talked a great deal about supporting the Wii all the way back in January 2007 (a year and a half ago) AND made their disdain for the PS3 clear, but the score's still PS3 one, Wii nothing as far as Valve's concerned. 

I could name more examples, but I think everyone gets the point.  The writing on the wall should have been clear enough at the time they started development of the game, so exactly how dominant does the Wii have to be before they get first-string developer support?  From what it seems like, the threshold will always be the current userbase + 1.

The last game I got for her was mario kart that is what she wanted.

She did knock good fun out of it for a while.

I played it myself with her a few times.

Since that she has only asked for ds games.

Anyway heres a question to you, do you wish there were more ps360 type games on it.

Because other companies do not like profit as much as Nintendo does?

They refuse to think outside the box and are getting left in the dust.

I know that the Wii isn't for everyone but I don't see how bowling, fitness, frisbee, dogs, fencing, and all the other stuff is seen as more of a fad than whatever the latest violent game that has 13 year olds so excited.

Teens are the majority of FPS/GTA players.

Teens like Miley Cyrus.

GTA 4 is just like GTA 3. Halo 3 is just like Halo 2.

Miley Cyrus is just like Britney Spears.

Edit: That is why many hardcore went to Wii this gen.  We are tired of the flavor of the week mentality of gaming, game websites, gamers online, and especially how companies cater only to teen males (and some adult males) who need to be shooting something to feel like they are accomplishing something. Just like what is going on in the music industry.

My GTA love stopped when I turned 15... the only thing I still like is modifying my game (I play GTA on PC) and then cruise around town, while listening to music. GTA having mostly teen appeal is a fact.

You make a good point but until it happens nintendo will have this issue

Some people, including myself at a point forgot what gaming is about, the core reason why we play video games, why that playing became concern, concern about the industry that provides us something to play.

Some people forgot what convinced them to try games.

1. No strangers
No one want's strangers in thier homes, this applies to all things strange, gaming began in the public eye for all to see, the arcade theme introduced us to competition without sacrifice and adventure without fear. Interacting through our favorite personas in thier enviornment. Gaming became familiar and now consoles had a place in the home. Here it was all about presentation and continuity, the game had to do the job.

2. My pal
Even then value takes a toll, games with multiple ports allowed for 2 player interactivity with the above described details, the arcade feel revisited in the home, games like street fighter and mega man, like mario and pac man, and sonic and so on convinced people that the value was there. The multiplayer concept started here, the want for randomness was asked for the most around this time frame which continues today as 'great AI'.

It's that simple, we play games because we want to have fun, because we want to have fun with others and because we are familiar with games is why we care about the gaming industry.

So where in all of that, do the margins come in to play, where do the demographics apply!? Why are barriers made for people who play certain games, why compartmentalize gamers and build a fence around yourselves?

Since when did Nintendo having Mortal Combat stop Sega owners from enjoying thier Mortal Combat.

This may all be Nintendo's fault =/ They make superb games, that only appear on thier platform... not many people want to own multiple consoles.. to the ones who wanted the values of the HD console more they wanted to see Nintendo go under and not because the Wii is left field but because it could mean Nintendo would become a 3rd party software developer/publisher, just like Sega.

Just my rant/

What got me into gaming was most likely Ninja turtles on the arcade... or that pizza deliver game.

For the most part, not really ...

I own an XBox 360 that I bought refurbished because it was cheap and I use it (far) more as a media center than as a gaming machine. This hasn't been from lack of trying to play games either, and through canflix I have rented a large chunk of the 'Best' titles that are available for the PS3/XBox 360 and have (so far) been mostly disapointed with how horribly over-rated many of these games are ... a lot of the games are not necessarily bad, but I find myself getting about 4 hours into them and find myself amazingly bored because I have played the exact same game several times over the past decade.

This doesn't mean that I wouldn't want games in similar genres, or games produced at a similar level of 'quality' ... but I really want to see games move past the basic forumula that was established in 1998.