First off, the Wii doesn't have to play CD's, I have a Personal Computer for all my multimedia tasks.
Secondly, why spend all that money on a machine that plays games that look better on your PC, and are controlled better too, with free internet acces.
Thirdly, this is not a gimmick, this is the way games will be controlled from now on, just like Nintendo defined the controller currently used by MickeySoft and Sony.
Fourth, Since we all know how the PS3 and Xbox 360 play, namely the same as a NES, only with vastly improved GFX and a lot more buttons you can barely reach, how come you already put down the Wiimote, while you obviously have never touched one?
Of course the first release will be gimmicky games, that will be unavoidable, people need to get used to the Wiimote, and it would be pretty dumb to indulge them into Wiimote for Pro's with hard to control games, but such games will arrive, firstly in the form of Metroid Prime, the game that will show you how FPS is done with the Wiimote. Just wait, see, and admit you were wrong.
[EDIT] How dare you say that Nintendo consoles do not create novelty games? Nintendo is personally resonsible just about any innovation on the console market, besides the integration of internet, which comes on MickeySoft's conto. So please stop your lies.