I have to admit, I do enjoy the element of surprise that greets me every Monday morning. What will David post for the VC update? What WiiWare games are going to drain my bank account this week? These are the fun questions that betray my lack of a social life and my obvious love of Nintendo-related surprises.

But what if I were a developer, whose livelihood depended on the games being digitally distributed via Nintendo’s Wii Shop Channel? I’d be a nervous wreck and slightly pissed off, as a matter of fact. Trouble is, this is exactly what’s happening.

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You don’t have to like something to respect it. Sadly, many dedicated gamers seem set on drawing parallels.

You see, there are two types of non-Wii gamers. Let’s call them John and Mike. Both like video games and have played them for many years — well before motion-controls entered the mainstream. They may or may not consider themselves “hardcore” gamers.

John, the first one, may not like the Wii personally, but he still respects its industry-leading sales and its skillful designer, Nintendo. He doesn’t feel the need to discount what Nintendo has done with insipid comments because he knows his favorite games and genres can and will coexist on competitor platforms, maybe even on Nintendo systems once in a while. (more…)