Unlike many reviews and impressions we've read, David Ewalt doesn't go on about buttons and control schemes. He talks about the simplicity of Wii Sports tennis and how easy it is to apply spin and to control the ball. Just like that game ... what's it called? Oh. Tennis. Yeah, the one on the court.

Soon, he said, the Wii setup in the conference room drew a crowd of onlookers and he passed the Wiimote off to some of the curious. And that's when the whole thing took off. For the first time, he said, since the original NES, gaming felt like a real group experience, comparable to party games like Twister. According to Ewalt, that can be chalked up to the physicality of the controls -- you get in there and actually do it, interacting with the game in new ways that's sure to draw in the nongamers.

Of course, Ewalt does draw differences in his review between the "hard-core gamers" and the rest of the staff at Forbes. He is, after all, their guy with the games, and none of this is a stranger to him -- he's one of us. But he writes for a vastly different market, and his review is tempered by it; he gives a quick cost-benefits rundown on the PS3 versus the Wii and how that will affect consumer decisions this winter.

Because of the market, it's not the longest review we'll see on the Wii and its capabilities (but we have some of those here if you want!). It's not meant for us, but for them, the rest of the world, those who need to be convinced. But after next week, they may just join our happy little family.

[Thanks, Christopher!]