I find it difficult to believe that EA has little concern for review scores of casual games. While 'casual' gamers may not care about those scores or know of them, I'm sure someone at EA corporate does. As does every developer / publisher for that matter. Though as I wrote that, I realize that maybe it's not so difficult to believe. It is very likely the real issue is that if a developer doesn't care about review scores, that is a reflection quality, or lack there of, for Wii games in general and casual games specifically.

It is most unfortunate, as 'casual' shouldn't mean 'shovelware'. Simply because a game is developed for the casual market, doesn't mean fundamental game mechanics should suffer as a result such as poor controls and interface, among other things. Wario Ware clearly demonstrates that a casual game, in its case a collection of mini-games, can be exceedingly fun and equally well made, if the development is handled with care for the quality of the end product.

What I find most irritating is that not every Wii game runs in 480P. Mad World is a recent example of a possibly stellar Wii game, that with everything going for it the developer did not render it in 480P. How can a lack of 480P be regarded as anything but lazy? Is it because the Wii demographic trends towards 'casual' and that audience simply doesn't care about quality? Does the audience care equally as little as the effort put into most Wii games by their developers?