My feelings on the Wii are mixed at best. I feel somewhat letdown by Nintendo after GC support pretty much died shortly after I bought my system about 10.5 months ago. I guess my friend Joe summed up what Nintendo is doing probably much better than I could have. So I will quote my friend Joe (who is a developer/programmer/producer in the gaming industry): "My thoughts on Wii are that Nintendo is getting off of the existing game thinking bandwagon, and I think it's a good thing. Nintendo doesn't care about the hardcore gamer anymore, and I think they're going the right direction. Gamers like you are going to think it's stupid, because they're not aiming games at you anymore. The fact that your sister plays games like Katamari, Animal Crossing, and Nintendogs (2 out of 3 Nintendo games, all 3 Japanese games) speaks VOLUMES about finding a new market. Looking at the Wii controller, I haven't necessarily gotten it yet, but I have to say that if ANY company designs their systems starting with the interface, it's Nintendo. They know what they're doing where ergonomics and interface are concerned. I can't say the same for a company (cough...Micro$oft...cough) that puts out menus that say 'Keyboard not detected, press F1 to continue.' At the end of the day, what they're saying with this is what Apple said with the iPod. Style + functionality will get you a long way. Add in a lower price point (in Nintendo's case) and you've got something. In his keynote address at GDC, Iwata had some pretty choice quotes about Nintendo's thinking (quite a bit of reading). But what it shows, time and time again, was that they weren't just pandering to the gamer core, because they knew the market was stagnant." Is he right? Is Nintendo not interested in aiming at the hardcore gamer? Only time will tell. I'm still confused by who this is aimed at. Is it the casual gamer? Is it the 'Lost Audience' the industry has wanted for so long? Is this all going to be a horrible, horrible mistake, or will the Wii finish #2 behind the PS3? Or will they finish #1??? *needs more time to ponder this one...opinions more than welcome...*