as long as it's not total shovelware i'll get it for sure.

Just because a title isn't hardcore doesn't mean it isn't still a good game.  Like Brain Age for instance. 

The thing I worry about are the foolhardy "Nintendo Hardcore Fanboys."  These are the jackasses that buy anything so long as Mario or Pikachu is slathered across it.  These are the people who  buy poorly rated uninventive nonsense like Mario Party 8, but look the other way to highly rated 3rd party software that sometimes costs less than the low-rated 1st party shlock.    You know, the people who constantly repeat the line, "just waiting for the new Mario, Zelda, and Metroid game."  These are the biggest threat to Nintendo's success because all they do is reinforce the stereotype that "only Nintendo games sell on Nintendo systems."

So, any jackass that you talk to that buys Nintendo systems and only sets his sights on a few 1st party franchises--punch him in the face and tell him how much of a selfish, close-minded ass he is.

Ever since the days of the N64, the Nintendo fans have been the biggest obstacle to 3rd party success on the Nintendo systems, and as an extension, they've also been the biggest threat to Nintendo's actual success.  Personally, I've sworn off 1st party titles for the Wii for a while.  I'm sick of the whole Mario Kart franchise anyway.  And if I waste my time focusing only on Nintendo's crap, I end up missing out on games like No More Heroes, Geometry Wars, Blast Works, Okami, etc.

It's the irony I've noticed for a long time--the biggest Nintendo fans are often the ones doing the most damage to the image of their consoles because they focus way too much on just Nintendo's franchises.

I've been hoping things would turn around with the Wii and DS, but still too many of these assholes continued to turn their backs on Contra 4, Geometry Wars, No More Heroes, Assassin's Creed DS, Dementium, Okami, Ninja Gaiden DS, and a wealth of other higher quality 3rd party titles.

While I agree, its hypocrisy such as this that promotes fanboyism on the site. As a newly appointed mod, you should be trying to clear that from the site from all angles. Unless of course, you actually LIKE sites like Gamespot.com.

count me in

Well, the previews and hands on time by most gaming sites has been extremely positive. Most of the times when this is the case, the games turn out to be great. So here is for hoping.

deffo, i hope it clears 2 million

I agree with everything you say about Madworld, but I don't think you are giving enough credit where credit is due with The Conduit. High Voltage wouldn't have had any hype in the first place if it wasn't for the rest of the gaming sites singing praise about the games controls and fluid graphics. That is when HVS came out and started honking their own horn (good marketing on their part).

The Conduit does look a little generic at the moment, but does have it's bright spots, and they do have lots of time to improve upon certain things.

So, in conclusion, HVS were not the only people saying their game was going to be awesome, but i do agree with you to a certain extent.

I think I will buy it. Even it if it turns out to be a generic shooter, the control with the wiimote will make it much better for me. I HATE gamepad-controls in action-games.

I'm in.

I probably won't buy it.

The developers have spent way to much time angsting over the Wii and Wii owners to bother telling me why I should purchase their game.