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Over the many posts I've made here at the House of Nintendo, there have been numerous versions of the same opinion: Nintendo needs to make sure that a wide variety of genres are present on Wii. And that is still my opinion today.

However, over the course of the Wii's life, it seems as though there are a subset of gamers who are magically wanting the Wii to sprout more processors or to magically become HD enabled. It is as if there people cannot recognize that different gaming platforms have inherent strengths and weaknesses, which result in different types of games. You cannot ask system "A" to be just like system "B."

Wait, actually, we have that already: it's called the Xbox 360 and PS3!!

Unfortunately, it seems like this gamer subgroup is healthily represented by the gaming press. Look up Variety's review of Super Mario Galaxy, for instance. It isn't a review, but an editorial about why the game would be better on the other platforms, which is a ludicrous assertion on its face.

Nintendo took a different direction with Wii. So it makes sense that the games would be different. But one of those differences is price, and people forget that. The Wii is designed to be an overall "cheaper" system, which means a little bit less of the "fat" included in games today. Huge big budget games aren't a precise fit on the system, which is why a healthy does of fun, shorter games populate it.

That isn't to say that there aren't exceptions: there are. There have been plenty of large budget core titles on Wii. But overall, you are going to see a library that emphasizes some different things, and some of us need to understand that. The 360 and PS3 might cover these gamer's needs quite well, and they should support those platforms.

So with Wii, gamers should "Get It" or Get Out: that is, understand that the Wii is about different experiences delivered in smaller increments for lower costs. If you don't like that, time to support another platform.