Is Wii a Next Gen Console?

The Nintendo Wii has been criticized by many people as not being Next Gen like being called a gamecube 1.5. Now Don Daglow of Stormfront said at the GCDC in Germany today that

"Next-gen hardware is any platform that, upon its introduction, dramatically changes players’ view of the potential for interactive entertainment. If it changes the player’s view of what interactive entertainment is if you think differently about it if you have a new perspective after playing the game that you didn’t have before, to me that’s next-gen."

The decision from Stormfront Studios is "yes," the Wii is a next gen console