Per ESPN:

Sources confirmed to ESPN that the new title is actually one of the all-time classics coming back to consoles as EA Sports has acquired the rights from the NBA to deliver an updated version of “NBA Jam” that will ship to retail exclusively for the Wii.

This is cool, insomuch as like many kids during the early 90’s, I played the crap out of this game, and even busted out my old Sega during college breaks to play it. (Remember when you didn’t have to do anything for an entire month during winter break in college? How was this legal? I miss college.)

But I wonder if limiting this to the Wii is going to kill some of its mass appeal. The Wii is a video-game console for old people, women and little kids, Not Serious Male Gamers In Target Demographics.

Serious Sports Games are more suited to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. This doesn’t mean some gamers don’t have both systems, or that it can’t still have success on the Wii. It’s just that they could retro-fit this game for the Wii — meaning keep everything pretty similar to the original with updated graphics — and then throw the Wii’s cutsey controller into the mix where it’s like you’re in the game, instead of taking it to the newer, more updated level.

Have I told you I rarely play video games and actually own a Wii? And that’s why my opinion is possibly dead wrong?

Well, now you know.