I've learned to stop writing things off as gimmicks at first glance. I remember thinking the DS was silly. Two screens sounds absurd and most of the gaming community seemed to feel that way at the time. The DS was predicted to be a miserable flop.

It's now a juggernaut of a financial success and most people would agree that there are quite a few very solid titles for the DS. The dual screens have been used quite effectively. The thing we all thought was a gimmick turned out to be pretty awesome.


The Wii is potentially more arguable and a lot of people hate waggling, but once again, the Wii is a huge financial success and judging from the way everyone else seems to want to jump on the motion-control bandwagon, motion control was more than a gimmick. The first generation of it might have been a bit rough, but it's likely to get ironed out more and more (WMP made steps, Move and Natal are likely to make bigger steps).



I'm with the majority that doesn't really see the benefit of 3D. My knee jerk response is to say it's a gimmick and it will get swept under. However, I think I've learned from my past mistakes about presumptions regarding Nintendo. If anyone is going to do 3D right, I would trust Nintendo to do it. They seem to be the best at doing something that borders between laughable and innovative and make it into pure gold while shaping the industry in the process.