"The DS managed to be mass appealing to both the Hardcore (especially RPG) crowd AND the idiot casuals.. Please do this again!! <333"
They have done this already. We've got a stupid amount of AAA RPGs, (FFIV, FFTA2, TWEWY, DQIV, Pokemon, Disgaea, Lock's Quest, and we're getting Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest IX) and we've gotten a Metroid, Mario, and Zelda game, with another Mario coming, in addition to Mario Kart, Warioware, Space Invaders, several awesome Kirbys, N+, Bangai-O Spirits, Two Advance Wars, Two Castlevanias, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario and Luigi, A Contra game, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, Sonic Rush, the Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice series, Trauma Center, Hotel Dusk, Geometry Wars, Yoshi's Island.... just to name a few.
This is all in addition to the casual wares that are actually really good, such as Brain Age.
And on the Wii, we've got Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario, de Blob, Super Smash Bros, No More Heroes, Medal of Honor Heroes 2, Okami, Blast Works, Wario Land Shake it!, Mega Man 9, Lost Winds, Orbient, Scarface, and Sonic and the Secret Rings.
So basically what I'm saying is that anyone saying that there's nothing for the hardcore to play on Wii or DS is full of s+++. Those games I listed are all already out, and there are dozens more coming in the near future. So you've got plenty to play.
Finally someone with the ability for cognitive thought. You're absolutely right about everything you said. DS has stopped selling well in Japan, so they're introducing DSi. That's why we're not getting it for a while, cuz the lite is still s+++ing money. Plus, we're still getting Pikmin 3, Punch-Out!! Wii, and Sin and Punishment 2. Everyone needs to relax, Nintendo still loves it's hardcore fans.
Me imitating Just about everyone else on this news story: "Ugh! Nintendo sucks. They totally are ignoring me, even though they've got about 15 games that I'm going to buy coming out soon. They suck! Now I'm gonna go play with my Pokemahnz."
Seriously, shut the f+++ up, everyone. We're getting Punch Out, a game nearly as many people have been wanting as Kid Icarus, Sin and Punishment 2(Holy s+++!), Wii Sports Resort, The Conduit- an exclusive "first-party shooter" (wink, wink), Madworld, Fire Emblem, Henry Hatsworth, and others I can't remember right now. Plus, We've got a concrete answer to the storage solution(it may not be great, but at least it's something.) Plus DSi, which, admit it, you really really want, and we're getting the OPTIONAL Enjoy With Wii games. (I emphasize optional because you DON'T HAVE TO FREAKING BUY THEM IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM, no one's making you buy them) EWW gives people who didn't get the chance to play the best Cube games, or those who want an enhanced version of their favorites, a chance to experience a superior game (yes, they're ports, but they're ports made by Nintendo).
Sorry I got a little side tracked. Anyways, whenever Nintendo does something awesome for its hard core fans (We've already got a Mario, Zelda, Smash Bros, and Metroid game) they inexplicably forget about it 12 seconds after and go bat-s+++ crazy when they go more than a few days without a hard core game shoved in front of them. (For example, over at IGN when Super Mario RPG came out people wasted no time asking for Earthbound AND Starfox on the same update, and they were SURPRISED that it didn't happen.) I hate the Nintendo fan boys. Gawd you all make me sick.
@ Ravenborn Yes, that's true. There are a bunch of crappy ports on zeii. But we already know these games are friggin awesome, and it's Nintendo. Look what they did with Twilight Princess with just a few months. Say What you will about Twilight Princess, it still played better than the Gamecube version. Now just imagine Metroid Prime with Wii Controls after we've had Medal of Honor Heroes 2 for a few months. Can you say best FPS ever? My point is, Nintendo isn't just going to port over their games. They're going to put some actual thought into it. Everyone needs to stop worrying! EWW will be a very good thing. (Especially for people like me, who didn't have the money to do anything more than rent the best Cube games.)
Quit yer moanin'. Matt Casamassina (AKA Podcast Jesus) did an interview with Cammie Dunaway today, and she confirmed that EWW's Pikmin and Pikmin 2 weren't the Pikmin game Miyamoto was talking about. So relax, we're still getting a new Pikmin game. EWW probably means we'll just get a preview as to how Pikmin 3 will control.
Hehe, you know what would be funny in a totally ironic and sad sort of way? If they released the Gamecube version of Twilight Princess as an EWW product.
They have done this already. We've got a stupid amount of AAA RPGs, (FFIV, FFTA2, TWEWY, DQIV, Pokemon, Disgaea, Lock's Quest, and we're getting Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest IX) and we've gotten a Metroid, Mario, and Zelda game, with another Mario coming, in addition to Mario Kart, Warioware, Space Invaders, several awesome Kirbys, N+, Bangai-O Spirits, Two Advance Wars, Two Castlevanias, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario and Luigi, A Contra game, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, Sonic Rush, the Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice series, Trauma Center, Hotel Dusk, Geometry Wars, Yoshi's Island.... just to name a few.
This is all in addition to the casual wares that are actually really good, such as Brain Age.
And on the Wii, we've got Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario, de Blob, Super Smash Bros, No More Heroes, Medal of Honor Heroes 2, Okami, Blast Works, Wario Land Shake it!, Mega Man 9, Lost Winds, Orbient, Scarface, and Sonic and the Secret Rings.
So basically what I'm saying is that anyone saying that there's nothing for the hardcore to play on Wii or DS is full of s+++. Those games I listed are all already out, and there are dozens more coming in the near future. So you've got plenty to play.