The Nintendo Wii seems like such a wasted piece of potential right now. The game library is composed mainly of third-party games that seem to use motion sensability in a different aspect each just to say, "Here is how the Wii is different!" Now, of course, this isn't to say it's not fun for a little bit. But the Wii has promised so much more than cheap minigames put together into a bundle. It promised of a much deeper and satisfying way of playing games. With the look at Red Steel and the views of Super Mario Galaxy, everyone thought the Wii was going to be something so different and great. We were wrong.

The Wii is very successful right now, actually. That doesn't mean it's a success in every aspect, though. It's only a success because people keep buying all the horrible ports and half-assed third-party party games that provide enough entertainment until you can rent or buy the next horrible game that's released. Nintendo's made a system with so much potential, but all the games that they've got coming out right now seem to make people wish they'd just go the way Microsoft and Sony did.

Give us some good games that use the Wii's motion sensing ability to it's full (and best) extent. If you can't, just give us the old gaming that we all love. Seriously. It seems as though people wouldn't mind having to go out and buy some new controller that will allow them to play games without motion sensing on the Wii.

That's not to say that Wii has nothing but BAD games. Look at Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess and Metroid Prime: 3. Even when you look at those, though, do you need motion sensing? No. It seems like some cheap add-on to get a few "ooh"s and "ahh"s out of. That's not ALL that's bad with it, though. You go on to see the graphical losses (graphics are THAT important, though) and the lackluster online play.

In the end, the Wii is a console that has a lot going for it. But when the only truely good games coming out for it are first-party and made by Nintendo, it makes you fear what's in store for the next few years. It makes you hope that the Wii doesn't become a host of quickly thrown-together games made with the sole purpose of making more money. The Wii's gamble with motion sensing is working out for it, but it's ruining what most every other gamer wants: good games that utilize the console's characteristics.