*sigh*
So you\'re saying that the wii lacks game with great execution, depth, and originality? The titles themselves may be done to death but nintendo always brings something new to the table and they are consisitantly high in production standards. And to dismiss a game\'s quality because of its apparent lack of what you call depth, like I said before, often the simplest premise makes the most engaging games.
And to go back to tetris, because I love that game so much, is one of the greatest games ever made, it has spawned so many games and sold countless of millions of games. Only the most jaded of gamers can not have fun playing that game (I\'m looking at mm\'s direction). Hell I\'ve seen it converted so that even disabled kids who\'ve never played video games can enjoy it. http://www.pitaru.com/tetris/ . The reason why I glossed over bejewled is because, A) Its not a phenomenon like Tetris was, and B)Its not nearly as original or addicting as Tetris.
You may be sarcastic about the virtual console and Live arcade and whatever the PS3 equivalent is but do you realize how much revenue those places bring in?
I didnt say that Nintendo didnt bring any great games at all. What I said is that these games are very few and far in between on Wii and that these arent the titltes that make casuals run for a Wii.
About depth, again depth is irrelevant to simplicity and I did not imnply that depth comes from complex premises. The simplest premise can have more depth than the most complex games too.
Tetris did a difference because it was a first in its time and this matters only for the past. Tetris may be a great "puzzle" game if you want to have a quick play, it may still be played by many people and be considered fun but this is irrelevant. You will see extremely few people willing to pay for a simple Tetris game on a console at full price or anything at all but there are very very many people who play Tetris and similar type of games for hours as well. Bejeweled is just as fun. It is not a phenomenon because it came late. And even if Tetris is more addictive, Bejeweled is still enough addictive to come close to the "stellar" category you are descriping.
The point of my sarcasm is that these games
alone (fun games if you want) dont necessarilly make a console\'s library more stellar or of better quality. They are complimenting the main library. It is a welcome addition nevertheless and one I am willing to pay for as well, but if the main library starts spawning similar type of games, altough simple and fun, they dont necessarilly improve the quality of the library and this is what I see on Wii. I might get a Wii play a Wii specific game for a some hours like Wii Sports which I ll enjoy A LOT at first (tried it once|), but if it starts getting repetitive, and lacks variety then it wont be any better than playing an internet game alone. Casuals may enjoy it as much as they do enjoy bejeweled and even more if they play against someone else though.
