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I bought the Wii whenever it came out (I have a cold from camping out at the store!) and while I WAS skeptical (even though I am a DIE-HARD Nintendo fan), I am thoroughly impressed. It actually makes games easier and more fun to play, like in Twilight Princess, instead of having to aim at non-z-targetable targets based on good judgement alone, you can manually aim at them so it's quicker and wastes less ammo. While I know that some may argue that the "having good judgement" thing is a part of the game, in my opinion wasting more ammo than you need to and spending time getting irritated and trying to pinpoint a target on a clunky aiming system pales in comparison to "point...point...done". Plus, I feel much more in control with the Wii aiming system since it moves with me instead of me having to aim a joystick in the right directions.

As far as I can tell, there may not be many games that require "waving your arms about", since in Twilight Princess all it takes is a flick of the wrist to do most attacks. The game that came with the launch of the Wii (Wii Sports) requires you to actually get up off the couch and move your arms a bit, but I think the main purpose of that game is to introduce you to the style of the controller, get you used to the sensitivity of it, and kind of "show off" its capabilities.

Another good (though relatively minor) thing about the Wii controller is that it is extremely comfortable. Since the right and left sides are separate, instead of having to keep your hands in a side-by-side position while playing on a standard controller, the hands can be crossed comfortably in the lap or however you like to lie. This may not seem to great at first, but when you play for several hours like a lot of people do, eventually you want to move your arms into a different position. With the Wii, you can.

From what I can tell, the Wii controller is a step in the right direction.