My Wii makes noises too.
Quote: "Depends though - if we're talking next gen _gameplay_ as opposed to graphics, then the Wii certainly blows the PS3 and 360 out of the water in terms of possibilities."
And this is another thing I'm going to comment on. The *possibilities* are there, yes. But not a single game has been released on the Wii with "revolutionary" controls. Everyone always talks about the Wii's controls as being next-gen, back to the basics, etc. etc. But honestly, I just played through the best Wii game (Mario Galaxy) and didn't see the absolute need for a Wii-mote.
Wii Sports' controls are kinda fun, for a faked gesture game (and I say faked because you can just wiggle the controller and your character will do its thing). There's yet to be a game where the control mechanism is like "Hot fiery hell this game's controls are revolutionary!!"
So far the Wii has been a clearing house for crap mini-game compilations (Carnival, anyone?) and ported PS2 games where the Wii controls were nothing more than an afterthought (Tomb Raider Anniversary). My honest opinion is the Wii fad will end faster than the other two consoles and Nintendo will make a Wii 2 with next-gen graphics and waggle capability.
I hate to be so negative--- I mean, I love SMG and yes, Kororinpa. But honestly, why are we all raving about our 90 year old grandmothers enjoying our console? Shouldn't there be something wrong with that??
And where's the hot games that would only work well on the Wii? The best games, SMG, Metroid Prime 3, etc. worked perfectly fine with a standard dual analog stick last generation.
EDIT:
Okay, I'd better shut up now as I'm working on a Wii title as we speak