The Nintendo Wii is an interesting console on the market. At first glance you wonder if it deserves to be a next gen console. Taking another look you will wonder if it belongs in a different category. What I believe is that it is a part of its own breed of console; kind of like Arcade Machines or Handhelds. From what I can see is the console deserves to be considered as its own beast, the second of its own generation, and creative.

                Beastly consoles aren’t rare to the console market but the Wii is its own type of beast, unlike being overly powerful like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is this generation or the Gamecube and Xbox last gen. The console seems to be selling overly well. What’s so special to make it sell so well? Other than the price tag, it’s the easy to play casual games with the motion controls that is bring people of all ages to the console. The Wii doesn’t bring anything new to the gaming industry because Nintendo has already brought interactive gaming to the industry with the DS but it takes interactive gaming to an insanely high level making it the current beast of this generation taking the lead in worldwide sales pulling way ahead of the Xbox 360.

                The Wii is the second of its generation. What I mean by second of this generation is that it truly belongs in its own type of gaming experience. It’s like comparing PC gaming, Arcade gaming, Console gaming, and Handheld gaming. Comparing these is almost completely impossible to compare other then fact that they all play games. The Wii, following the DS, has created a sub genre or completely new genre of gaming that is called interactive gaming. The DS started the genre with its touch screen. It allowed interaction in games that no one has ever played before. With the Wii things changed instead of controlling with a small screen and a pen you have a modified TV remote and the nun chunk attachment which allows free movement and full interactivity with the game.

                Creativity seems to have been Nintendo’s main plan with the Wii. Knowing that they wouldn’t have been able to match the power of the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 they settled with taking their interactive gaming genre to the next level. Using the creative minds behind the legendary franchises such as Mario and Zelda they invented the control system with the WiiMote. Sadly the 3^rd party developers seem to be lacking innovative ideas and milking the Wii’s success; the 1^st party developers on the other hand have yet to come out short when it comes to innovative interactive games.

                As you can see Nintendo has taken a truly interesting path when it comes to their overall goal. Maybe what Nintendo said is true “We aren’t competing with the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.”

Nah, the Wii is two Gamecubes duck-taped together :P
Seriously, I agree with your approach, ssj12 and I must tell you I'm a bit surprised; I considered you a Sony fan and a Nintendo hater; guess I was wrong. OT, I also think people shouldn't compare the Wii with the other 2 consoles; it's like you said it; different thing, like handhelds.

Nice write up. This difference is the key reason why both the DS and Wii are selling like a cigarettes in prison.

Hmm. Good take on what you see the Wii to be. Very well presented and explained. I had a good time reading it.

I especially like the idea of you classing it as it's own separate gaming experience, second only to it's little brother the DS.

I think you missed me saying "I OWNED both a Nintendo Wii and an Xbox 360" at one time or another.

I dont hate the Nintendo Wii (I do hate the 360, Microsoft just doesnt know how to make a console or a good game line-up). The Nintendo Wii just didnt have much games and isnt my cup of tea. Plus the fact my friend both own a Wii so I can just simply borrow theirs if I want to play a game (waiting on StarFox Wii).

It still will pull publishing dollars away from the other two. Granted, most of those will be casual dollars, but it still will interfere somewhat with the marketing and positioning of the PS3 and the 360.

 lol, you are pretty much the same as me... I thought the same thing about ssj12 before until I see this thread, guess I was wrong as well...

 That's what I'm saying; I misunderstood you. Sorry

 lol i wasnt meaning it meanly (obviously) i think a lot of people here missed that comment and labeled me as a Sony fanboy when I've always told people to call me a PC Fanboy. lol