Could the Wii flop?

There's a new piece over at Gaming Nexus examining the upcoming launch of Nintendo's anticipated next-gen console, and some of the possible pitfalls the House of M(ario) could be facing. The most treacherous areas, writes Sean Colleli, are:

The WiFi Connection - "The NWC is an elegant, simple way for gamers all over the world to play together on some of their favorite Nintendo games. New titles, such as Star Fox Command, will support online play, and the DS is only better for it. There's just one problem: simple and elegant may work for a portable, but it's going to feel cheap and half-baked on a home console."

(A lack of) enticing marketing - "Nintendo needs to fix this problem, and fast. Within the next two months fast. They need a marketing blitz the likes of which they've never attempted before, and more importantly, it needs to be handled with finesse. The enjoyment of the people in the ads has to be tangible, but not extreme. Nobody wants to look like a fool when they're playing a game, unless they're a diehard DDR nut. And that's a different story altogether."

Head on over to Gaming Nexus and read the whole thing.