Nintendo found themselves at a crossroads in 2004. The best selling games in the world were violent shooters and sports games where they had once been the exploits of a mustachiod plumber. Would Nintendo bow to the market and create a Call of Duty: Mushroom Kingdom, or try and reach those people for who headshots held no interest. Needless to say with the Nintendo DS and Wii, Nintendo opted for the latter. Miyamoto himself expresses this idea best, by rating his own works against the Wife-o-meter, or the interest level of his own wife. This week we get into the story behind the Wii, how Miyamoto's years long ambition to create a character creator led to Miis, the impact of Wii Sports, and how the Wii is the only console with a soundtrack.

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