Looking Back On The Wii...

I will miss this console when it is finally discontinued. It managed to do what many thought was impossible: Make Nintendo a market leader in consoles again. Any other company that dominated the market with a console (Atari, Sony) or at least had an extremely successful one (SEGA) and then messed up would never see dominance again. Many of those companies never even saw success again.

Many thought that Nintendo was in a slow death spiral with regard to consoles after N64 and GameCube failed to dominate. The Wii took everyone by complete surprise, just by being different and focusing on fun instead of graphics and other fanboy obsessions. This console proved that there is still a LOT of room for originality in games, despite the industry becoming another big entertainment business like Music, Hollywood Movies and Television. It deserves its status as one of the greatest selling consoles of all time. I will always fondly remember this console and it will hold a special place of Honor in my collection.

- Lord Publius