Wii:The Jury

Great read. I'm glad to see some many "outsiders" enjoying the experience.

I didnt really have a chance to push it on to many over thanksgiving but my mom, who kicked ass at q-bert many years ago, really had fun playign with it for a bit. Baseball and bowling specifically.

I'm betting the machine will succeed on its party merits alone. the real question is, will nintendo be able to keep the more hardcore gamers apeased as well... and not just the nutty nintendo fanboys.
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Aren't fanboys by default hardcore gamers...yes, yes they are. Hardcore gamers who probably more prone to innovative and fresh and quirky gameconcepts...true...and by that maybe the most hardcore gamers of them all?

Makes you think, don't you...

To analogize, cause thats how my mind works:

Hard core gamer is to Sports fan

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Fanboy is to "THE YANKEES ARE THE BEST TEAM EVAR!!!!!111"

They are the mostly naked, body painted, nut jobs we watch when the game is boring. Some people watch all sports, regardles if "their" team is playing... some, are fanboys.
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Thoroughly good Wii feature, Proves Nintendo's point down to the ground. I can see the Wii selling out for xmas with that kind of enthusiasm. Shame you couldn't stick Trauma Center in front of them to play, but do try it in future.

I don't know about the hardcore gamer definition. I'd class myself as semi hardcore. As in I will go as far as importing specific games I want. I'm not a fanboy like I once might have been, I try to play if not buy all games I like, regardless of console.

We are all gamers, so we shouldn't resort to labels anyways.

i felt dirty buying my 360.i cudnt resist the loure of oblivion.

Don't worry son, Oblivion is your friend. So is Gears of War. It's good that Wii is getting good reception from people of all walks of life - just as well really as that's the point of it isn't it. :P