The plan: Slow flow

Sometimes it's not too clear what is going on behind the scenes with a company as large and multi national as Nintendo. At the moment though, one thing seems clear from their weekly 'slow flow' approach to games - about three new releases to the virtual console each week with a very slow trickle of first party titles at the moment.

It would seem that Nintendo are content for the time being to rely on the Virtual Console to keep gamers entertained, looking to third party developers with brand names such as Disney's Cars and SSX Blur to fill the void of Nintendo Wii games.

There has been a chunk of releases from Nintendo themselves to release the machine, but since then a large proportion of the Wii gaming fraternity feel as though they're waiting for that killer title - that Metroid or Mario game which will make them never want to put the Wii down. But I ask you, is that how the Wii has even been designed to play? Or, could it be that this is the ultimate 'pick up and play' video games console in the lounge, with far less emphasis on long sessions of dedicated gaming?

If we're waiting for something that will never happen, we won't feel satisfied. However, we know that titles are coming which the more hardcore gamer can relate to. We're just not convinced that there will ever be the Wii throng of dedicated gamer titles of days gone by that we're used to. Is that a bad thing?

We don't think it is, but undoubtedly there will be some gaming casualties in the process of any change in the way we play video games.