My grand revelation - here it comes, prepare yourself - is that the world needs more mini-games.
Take note: I didn't say Wii needs more mini-games, mostly because I don't need to state what so many bandwagon-hoppers are already figuring out. Any person who can read a sales chart knows that Nintendo's underpowered underdog is no longer the underdog in this generational slug fest (but it's still underpowered and George said that won't change). Wii's blitzkrieg on the wallets hearts of men, women, boys, girls and grandparents across the globe continues with rapid pace. None can keep the momentum, none except the mini-game.
You are what you play, and these Wii owners, you know what they're playing? Mini-games. Obviously the people crave them, why else would publishers assume that mini-games are the main key to unlocking the El Dorado of market demographics, the casual gamer? Thank goodness for these companies and their entirely correct assumptions. They know that gamers don't want whole, complete games. Gamers are all about quantity. That's why some very smart person decided to make replay value directly proportional to the amount of unlockables. Mini-games provide this quantity; they satisfy our totally healthy need for instant gratification. Sure, sometimes mini-games are underdeveloped ideas bundled together in a horde of rushed efforts, but that's okay because you still get more...
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Wii has become the home for mini-games, some of which can be uninteresting.
I am so sick of mini games it isn't funny.
Get real games on the Wii, not stupid mini games.
I want some hardcore games. There's enough mini-games as there is.
Wow Nintendo...
Just wow....
*Agrees with alex*
I want some hardcore games. There's enough mini-games as there is.
yea ur right TOO MANY MINI GAMES!
"You are what you play, and these Wii owners, you know what they're playing? Mini-games. Obviously the people crave them, why else would publishers assume that mini-games are the main key to unlocking the El Dorado of market demographics, the casual gamer?"
We're playing them cause its the only choice...
Wii is turning into Sony.. forcing us play what they believe we want to play.
Just like Sony forced the Blu-ray.
I'm starting to hate the video game industry...
*sticks with the SNES, best console ever*
I dont think they are forcing us to do anythink.
oh but they are
if every game on the Wii is just a compilation of mini-games. what choice do you have? you have to play them, or you play nothing. granted you could jump to a different console, but if you wanted a different console you would've bought one in the first place instead of the Wii
i think another factor is that most companies just don't know what to do with the Wii controls. it's easy to make the same mini-games in every game on the market, so they're sticking with it. in a year's time or so, i'd assume they get the hint when the mini-game games no longer sell. of course, then they'll likely just assume no one is playing the Wii because the games aren't selling. the developers and publishers could never make a game that just sucks that badly. it must be the consumers fault >_>
i hate aristocrats
But not every game is a collection of minigames. In which case they are forcing us to play them.
true, but there aren't too many games that AREN'T just mini-games. more and more titles are simply the mini-game collections, but once the actual games come out like MP3:C, Manhunt 2 (pending its eventual release) and FF:CC2 and actually sell well, the market should change its outlook on what sells
the problem so far has been that some of the best sellers on the Wii have been mini-game based. one of the biggest launch titles was Rayman: Raving Rabbids. Wii Play sold quite well too, but i think that was more for the extra Wii-mote which was in high demand at the time
publishments and developments for consoles often go through cycles in clusters. Gamecube went through its "kiddy" games. PS2 had its cheap to produce games. XBox and 360 had their only prettiest graphics games. eventually things change though
more titles are simply the mini-game collections
It feels like there is more and more mature titles coming at the same time. Which will be ace 
there are always those few titles that go against the current. the trick is that if those titles are hits on the console, future games developed will go along with that type of game. so if the upcoming mature titles sell well, more mature titles will be put out on the Wii. however, if the mini-game titles sell the best, of course publishers will keep making more of them
though i think most of those mini-game type developers are running low. of course we'll see a Mario Party 9, 10, probably 14 if the trend continues, but otherwise all the mini-game games will just be rehashed. don't expect Mario Party to be the only mini-game based title though. i'm sure we'll see another game like Muppet Cruise Party or whatever the hell it was. for whatever reason, bad games based on some kind of license that ISN'T a movie take the form of a party game, seriously lame sports game, or a kart racing game. don't ask why. they just do
these are all valid points...i myself enjoy minigame elements to my wii games
btw...the full article does mention this is a sarcastic editorial...hes joking
"You are what you play, and these Wii owners, you know what they're playing? Mini-games. Obviously the people crave them, why else would publishers assume that mini-games are the main key to unlocking the El Dorado of market demographics, the casual gamer?"
We're playing them cause its the only choice...
Wii is turning into Sony.. forcing us play what they believe we want to play.
Just like Sony forced the Blu-ray.
I'm starting to hate the video game industry...
*sticks with the SNES, best console ever*
We're not forced to, I choose not to buy them because i know better things are coming.
more titles are simply the mini-game collections
It feels like there is more and more mature titles coming at the same time. Which will be ace
That's starting to happen as well from third party developers.
That's the thing though.
We're kind of being forced to because there are essentially no other options available for us. I'm sure if Nintendo wanted to they could give us *real* games.
But meh, the Wii is nothing more than a mini game console at the moment and therefore I have no use for it just yet.
well we have a few games that dont have mini games but we have all beaten them by now (LZ:TP) and now all we have are mini games hopefully some good games will be coming out soon
This mini-game thing is a fad. There's only so much you can do with mini-games and most of them had been done by the time we got to Mario Party 5. Why people buy games like Mario Party 8 and WarioWare is beyond me. Maybe they are fun with a few friends for a couple of hours but then they get ridiculously repetitive and boring beyond that. I don't buy the "people are forced to play them" argument. Frankly, I've gone with the alternative which is not even playing my Wii outside of Zelda and Paper Mario and instead turning toward my Xbox 360. Hopefully people will come to realize these games are nothing more than a decent rental and get Nintendo to make real videogames again.
but not playing the Wii makes the developers think you don't want to play your Wii at all. they never assume you don't play just because the games are crappy. they always pin the blame on the consumer