skyjedi2005 said:
The Wii is a total gimmick and was never meant to be nintendos next gen system hence the name change from the revolution to the wii. They are working on there next gen system right now that will be for HDTV's. Currently they are behind Sony and Microsoft in terms of tecnology unless you count gimmicky kiddy games that you play with a thing that looks like a tv remote,lol.

I'm surprised at you, sky. You usually have pretty accurate info, but this is just... wrong. Of course Wii was meant to be their next gen system. What else did they have in the works? As a counter example, the DS was not supposed to supplant the GBA. It was a branch out into another kind of handheld market and to co-exist with the GBA. But it did so well that it did replace the GBA (of course, being compatible with the GBA didn't hurt... kinda makes you wonder if that was their intention all along after all!). As for Wii not being the next-gen system. That was always what they were promoting ever since the GameCube came out. Revolution was never meant to be the name for the system. It was just a code name, a place holder, just like GameCube was known as Project Dolphin before it was released. I was quite surprised when there was such backlash over it losing the name Revolution because I never expected it to continue to have that name. Don't believe me? Just check the serial part number for any GameCube or Wii component. All GCN hardware start with the prefix DOL (for Dophin), and all Wii hardware have the prefix REV (for Revolution). They were always the same thing. It's just a nod back to that "working title" (like Blue Harvest!).

But, yes, you are right that Wii isn't the technological powerhouse that its contemporaries are. It's never tried to be. It's always been up front about that. And it's never bothered me. I don't have an HDTV, and a lot of people don't. Nintendo didn't consider it to be that big of a concern, and I personally don't think they're wrong about that, even two years later. Once again, it all comes down to the games, which is what I'll agree they're having problems with because the gimmicky crowd has become its main consumer base. But the good games are good regardless of whether they are in HD or not, so I've never understood how that's been a limiting factor. If that was such a limiting factor, games like Mega Man 9 wouldn't be selling so well.