Pitfall Wii?

Honestly I don't think that I can think of a single license that's been used more poorly than Pitfall. The first game was great and at the time I guess it was probably pretty ground breaking. but let's go through the many games in the series and see what they came up with.


* Pitfall - Awesome game that was ahead of it's time.

* Pitfall II: Lost Caverns - Fairly well received sequel that stuck to the originals ideas.

* Super Pitfall - Nes game that could best be described as awful.

* Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - Another bad platformer

* Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle - Most reviewers of the time seemed to think it was decent. I see a lot of 7-ish scores. Never played it myself but looks better than the previous two

* Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle (Gameboy Color) - I've yet to play it but it received terrible scores and was canceled for all other territories after the US release. (which is never a good sign)

* Pitfall: The Lost Expedition - recived 7-8's but looked a little kid focused.

*Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (GBA) - Received similar middle of the road scores.

Which brings us to the present. The new Wii game (titled Pitfall: The Big Adventure) is made by the same people who made the last console version and the graphics look pretty similar.
For a series that had so much promise, how did it go so wrong? I know most of the games are decent, but Pitfall could have evolved into so much more. It could have looked like Uncharted:Drakes Fortune by now, but instead it looks like bargain bin crap.