[quote name='pilferk']Actually, I'm thinking spacing those games out is exactly what's going to ensure this is NOT another GC.
Bear with me for a sec.
I don't think there is a whit of argument that the Wii can't compete with the 360 and PS3 in terms of hardware. I think it's a forgone conclusion, at this point, that among the "hardcore gamers", one of those two machines (the PS3 or the 360) is going to win the console "war".
Which means, amongst the hardcore, the Wii is always going to be 2nd fiddle, and I think Nintendo is smart enough to realize that, out of that gate. That's why they've marketed the console as being more accessible to an alternate demographic, and are trying, very hard, to pull them into gaming with the Wii.
Games like SMBG and SSBB and Metroid...those are NOT the games that are going to do that. Games like Wario Ware and Mario Party and the new Brain Age game, for Wii, are going to do that.
So Nintenod has to walk a careful balance...releasing games for the hardcore gamer AND the "casual alternate demo" gamer, too. And they have to space those out accordingly.
Because by broadening that appeal, they're going to try to assure themselves of a larger consumer base and win the "war" that way, and a lot more units sold (in their plan) than they would if they catered simply to the hardcore gamer. It might work, it might not. But it's an interesting strategy and you have to view almost every move Nintendo makes in that context.[/quote]
Can't agree at all as that would be a piss poor strategy.
Nintendo said they didn't want the Wii to become second fiddle.
I don't like my Nintendo Wii, but I won't give up on it.