I love the Wii. I don't own one, but dearly want one as I know me and Robyn would get a lot of fun for one. If I had an XBox 360 or PS3 i'd be sat playing it on my own, just the way I do with PC games, so there's no point at all in me getting one, but with the Wii, I know the style of games for it are the type that Robyn would be able to enjoy playing with and against me and that there is no serious over micromanagement within the games to detract from the fun of them, which a lot of games out there for other formats tend to have.
I would say it is impossible for the Wii to have shown disloyalty to Nintendo fans, as in my opinion Nintendo has stuck by their whole ethos, which is fun gaming which is basically pick up and play and as ever Nintendo has stuck by the principle that their console is aimed at and intended for social groups, families and fun, fun, fun, which in essence is casual gaming.
The Wii is a novelty item, there is no getting away from that, but it's not a 5 minute wonder novelty item, like say Tamagotchi or yoyo's, the Wii has a very long playability factor, together with cool family orientated games which can keep people amused for a long long time and above all a collection of games and gadgets to come which are limited only by their designers imaginations.
I honestly think it is not right that people put the Wii into the same bracket as the PS3 and XBox 360 to a degree, as the PS3 and XBOx 360 are for much harder core players than the Wii and the Wii has never contested that fact in my opinion. I really think that the target audioence of the Wii is a different audience than that of the other two consoles and that it is the PS3 and XBox 360 fighting a two way fight for a similar audience, while the Wii has an almost free reign over it's own chosen audience.
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