EA Sports All-Play Boxes Don Smiling Athletes

Tracey John over at MTV Multiplayer Blog made a rather astute observation regarding EA's All-Play boxarts for Wii... every athelete is smiling!

MTV Multiplayer recently sat down with EA's Peter Moore, and here is what he had to say on the matter.

"Brett Favre was the best example. The intensity for Favre on the [non-Wii 'Madden 09'] cover - for me, it didn't feel right for the experience I knew we were developing on Wii. So I said to the team everybody should smile on the Wii package. It embodies the experience. If you played ‘Madden' on the Wii and you're playing with guys with the heads the size of five watermelons, it's hard not to smile. We wanted to be able to deliver that experience on the packaging."

It's a fair statement, but also a bit of insight into the minds of developers trying to capitalize on the Wii's success.

What do you think? Is this concerning, or just a valid understanding of the Wii's fan base?

Source: MTV Multiplayer Blog