So how long does it take for a stupid fad to die out? Apparently about 2 years. I am finally able to go around to stores and see the Wii in stock everywhere. Hooray, this has been my life dream forever, now I can actually buy one without camping out in front of the store. However, I am not going to do that.

So why is it that I can find the Wii in stores now, well it’s two reasons. 1) Every mom already bought one for their kid. 2) People are seeing that there are NO GAMES coming out for it. By NO GAMES, I mean worse than 360′s 2009 lineup. There is obviously some unannounced games such as the next Mario or the next Zelda, but who knows how those games will even play like.

Saturday Night Live recently did a skit on a father playing Wario: Shake It, and the father being good at it because of masturbation. I had a nice chuckle at the skit but it does bring up a great point: there are a large number of Wii games that you just shake the controller randomly. There is very little originality when making a Wii game now. You just have to make a minigame collection and you will make millions for a low investment of time and money.

The decrease in Wii sales makes it seem like people are finally seeing the Wii for what it is, a gimmick. It might be a fun console to play for 20 minutes a month, but the lasting appeal is really nothing. Are people finally going to stop supporting shitty minigame collections and stop buying crappy accessories? Hopefully, so Nintendo can go back to what it used to be good at. Making games. (Wii Fit, Wii Music are not games)