Nintendo's hardware is shit and they're getting by on sad nerds with dreams of swinging real swords. Sorry.

The visuals look great if you have an older TV to match the older hardware (480i/480p). Even the most gorgeous Wii games look like ass on a 1080p display though. Developers have to anti-alias everything to death to make it look halfway decent. And when you compare titles common to all systems, like COD4, the Wii's visuals are sorely lacking. I've yet to see a Wii title that's significantly better than Resident Evil 4 on the GameCube, but I've seen plenty of titles on the 360 and PS3 that easily surpass it.

The Wii controller's accuracy is laughable. The fact that there needs to be a visible target onscreen for gun games is proof of this. You're not actually aiming at anything; you're using the controller to move the targeting sight around the screen. Add the fact that there's no difference in a game's response between the player doing a full backhand swing in tennis and the player flicking his wrist, and you have all the proof you need that it really is a gimmick.

Despite the strong sales, from a gaming perspective, the Wii is the N64 of this generation. It's old technology with a few standout titles sitting on top of a pile of shovelware.

And if Nintendo thinks all these non-traditional gamers buying into the gimmick today will fork over the cash tomorrow when they finally release a real piece of hardware, they have another thing coming.