Ian Bogost article on Nintendo's History and Wii-U

[J T]

I really enjoyed reading through this article by Ian Bogost about Nintendo and the Wii-U

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1 ... go_on_.php

Excerpt:
"Many will lament what they will perceive as a step back for Nintendo compared to the "innovation" found in the Wii. They might be right. But the Wii U is serious in a way that Nintendo has never attempted. Even Nintendo may not have fully realized what it has done. It has domesticated the wildness of the present moment in video games, consumer electronics, the internet, and home entertainment by caging them out in the open. It's lurid and beautiful and repugnant and real, like watching Mickey Mouse smoke a joint in the alley behind Space Mountain."