It's pretty neat, as this has been the first generation where I've hosted "Gaming Parties", and they've been a bunch of fun. I'm more of a solo gamer, but when multiplayer presents itself, why not celebrate the game with others around you?

Our first party was with Wii Sports, and it was a huuuge success. In fact, I held two more "Wii Sports" parties at my place. We played, laughed, swung, missed, laughed even harder... and just had a wonderful time.

Since then there's been parties for Guitar Hero/Rock Band, Wii Sports Resort (Precision Slice game = Huge hit), and New Super Mario Bros. (So many great times with this one) and they've all been a blast. I love it when a console can bring people together. ^_^

Not saying you can't do this with other consoles (L4D2 and Halo parties come to mind), but with Wii... it's just a different beast.

My opinion: Nintendo is doing an excellent marketing.

-HD consoles are presented as the most powerful consoles.
-Wii is presented as the most unique, fun and easy to use.

I am not saying the Wii will provide you more fun but that's how I see things on TV.

My comment was focused on the games themselves (from videoclips of play, not advertising).  When I saw Super Mario Bros. for the Wii, and saw multiplayers with it, it looked like fun (the reality is a different animal, which is actually frustration).  Boxing looked like fun to (but didn't work as well, unlike the sword fighting).  What I saw looks like fun to do.  Maybe the likes of Natal will also tap into that.  But, if it does, then Microsoft is onto something. 

It did drive me to get into it, but now the Wii sits unplayed for the most part, except for occassions when I have more casual players about.  And I am fine with this.