Colour me less sceptical over the Wii's future as a one-size-fits-all console; in a recent conference call held to discuss the latest financial results of his company, Take-Two's CEO Ben Feder said that the large installed base of Nintendo's Wii means that it cannot be ignored and that M-rated content would be considered for release in the future.
 
The imminent release of GTA: Chinatown Wars on the DS will give the company some insight into the viability of more grown-up content with Nintendo users, although it's had its fingers burnt once with the disappointing response to the release of Manhunt 2 last year.
 
"Even much of our M-rated content that we feel is much more appropriate for the PS3 or 360, we have to look at the Wii as a viable platform across all our labels," said Feder. "We just have to. We can't ignore the installed base; we just can't. And we're going to do a lot of learning with GTA: Chinatown Wars on the DS in terms of bringing that kind of content to a Nintendo platform." He added that all future sports titles are being considered for Wii release.
 
This news should come as a shot in the arm for those publishers considering bringing more adult-themed content to the Wii. While it will never compete graphically with its rivals, the control system, coupled with Nintendo fans' taste for things which are a little left of centre, means that some thoroughly absorbing experiences could be created.
 
And more adult content may mean we finally get to see the end of those god-awful Animal Crossing adverts that are on TV at the minute. "I just designed a new T-shirt!" Do one!