"minority of Wii owners who also enjoy first-person shooters, you likely won't do better than this for a long, long time."
That's weird; I enjoy first-person shooters and I happen to be a Wii owner. The two are not compatible, however. Exhibit A is The Conduit, which was well-polished fail with a side of shit.
The Wii simply cannot respond quickly enough to be an accurate sword fighting simulator, though it seems Ubisoft has done a pretty good job trying.
BTW I did enjoy the the original. It was a little broken, but it the swordplay was tight enough to flow. Thank God I got a shooter-friendly console shortly thereafter.