Originally Posted by CyCo PL

I honestly do see the Wii as a novelty console, and a lot of people want it because it's something new and can just be picked up and played. It's half the price of the other consoles so people feel safer buying it over a 400 or 600 dollar console. The Wii is the only new console I own, and every day I'm realizing more and more that it's really not the console for me, the hardcore gamer.

As of right now, there are really only two games on the Wii that I could sit down and play for five hours at a time and not be tired of-- Zelda, and Super Paper Mario. All of the FPS's on Wii are so annoyingly awkward for me to play, I've just decided to stay away from them completely. Trauma Center is a great game, but can be beaten really fast if you skip through all of the dialogue (which, might I add, makes the game feel like a japanese dating sim).

The Wii is a casual/minigamer's dream come true, but for people who pull the occasional twelve hour gaming marathons, there are very few games for the Wii that will accomodate you. It's more of a toy that you show off to your friends and family, play for an hour or two and laugh at how dumb you look playing it, then sit down and watch a movie. On that note, it's really a shame that the Wii doesn't play DVD's.

It's more of an accessory to the PS3 or Xbox360, depending on which one you want to get. I still haven't decided yet.