So we got a Wii.
The most interesting aspect, from my perspective, was the Avatar design. You can basically build a caricature of yourself (or someone else) controlling height, weight, facial features, hair style (and color), etc. They call it the Mii, and I instantly thought of Meeple, which we all know is short for "My people." Ironically, computers allow this personalization to the n-th degree. When avatars and aesthetic are the best points of your console, that's a good warning your game system sucks.
So I'm disappointed with the Wii, but that may just be the basic games are not interesting. The 15 or so games (on two DVDs) have a few vaguely interesting ones ... but either you have almost no control, or way too much (in that the controller over-reads every twitch as an action).
Anyway, I suppose the real test will be the first 'real' game I get. I strolled through a store or two, and didn't see much of interest (given my recent baseball fling, "The Bigs" or some other baseball game is probably the most interesting). Does anyone have a suggestion?