Actually I think thats a pretty good point. I have to agree, Rainbow Road is kinda annoying sumtimes. Especially when it gets me all dizzy from looking at it, then comes the speed boosts and the ramps. And ya all items are useless cept for blue shell in this map. Golden Mushroom makes things worse. However, the design is one of the best, and the lack of item usefullness might be good for a change. All skill.

Decent course.

A system that has more ... as you would call, baby-ish games, does not mean that its flawed. Also, are you saying that a game that does not include violence is not a good game? Well I'm sorry but I would have to disagree. Blood and violence doesn't always make a good game.

The wii has hardly any games that appeal to your average gamer? A big portion of the gaming population are kids, who really don't need that much violence in their life.

I think Nintendo does realize that the Wii targets ...umm, if you would like to call it, baby-ish gamers, and thats what they intended to do in the first place, and thats exactly what got the Wii such good sales. Its appealing to all ages. Just because a system has games that are made for people who like less blood all over their TV, doesn't really make it flawed.