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Nintendo Files Patent For Game That Plays Itself
Kotaku points out a recent patent filed by Nintendo which automates gameplay unless the user specifically chooses to play a particular part of the game. Quoting: "The new system, described in a patent filed by Nintendo Creative Director Shigeru Miyamoto on June 30, 2008, but made public today, looks to solve the issue of casual gamers losing interest in a game before they complete it, while still maintaining the interest of hardcore gamers. The solution would turn a game into a full-length cut scene of sorts, allowing players to jump into and out of the action whenever they wanted. But when played this way, gamers would not be able to save their progress, maintaining the challenge of completing a game without skipping or cheating."
The Wii was pretty fun around the holidays a couple years ago when it was first released. But the novelty has long since worn off.
But over that time they seem to have completely given up on gamers with basically nothing new to show other than things like that mind bogglingly bad Wii Music.
The only people I've heard talk about the Wii in real life this past year have been married couples who heard about Wii Fit and see it as another fad diet type thing to try out.
I've checked the release list of upcomming Wii games time and time again and there is nothing there worth playing or interesting enough to go drag the old Wii out of the closet.