http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3524/analyze_this_should_there_be_a_.php

Three market analysts (yes, Pachter was one of the) were asked these questions:

Are you concerned about the long-term prospects of the Wii, if Nintendo manages to meet consumer demand for it this year?

Should Nintendo bring back the "Nintendo Seal of Quality" (or an alternative game approval method) to enforce more stringent standards for third-party Wii games?

Are there any upcoming Wii titles for this year that you believe will help the system -- besides the Nintendo franchise titles (e.g. Super Smash Bros. Brawl)?

The Nintendo Seal of Quality for NES games was pretty meaningless. It basically meant that the developer had paid for a license to publish the game. There were some pretty awful NES games with the seal, and a handful of good, unlicensed games without it.

IMO, if they brought this back (and assuming they tried to make it meaningful unlike the original), it would only harm their relations with third parties.  The (false) impression right now is that Nintendo is the only company that can succeed in making games for the Wii.  If they start imposing standards for developers to meet, it will just further the impression that it's Nintendo's way or the highway on their platform.

I think the seal of quality needs to return in some form. There are to many rushed or badly made games making their way on to Wii. Hopefully, as third parties get more experienced and wii games are allocated more resources this problem will sort itself. The seal of quality would help though. Although I'm not sure developers would be too fond of it.

No the seal was one reason Nintendo lost so much support to Sega and then Sony, no seal, the system with most shovelware wins, deal with it, and Pachter is a moron once again, the dude has no comprehension of the market or sales trends, there will be no HD Wii for years, and most who buy Wii have not interest in PS3 or 360 and their hardcore offering

>no seal, the system with most shovelware wins,

yeah, because who DOESN'T love getting Chicken Shoot for Christmas from your aunt who never touched video games in her life.

pachter reconfirms that he is a complete idiot.

Someone bought it. Shovelware wins wars because people have to stock it. Stocking it = more shelf space. More shelf space = more consumer awareness.

Also shovelware and cheap games often have the kind of games some people would like to play. For example Star Wars Conquest.

Besides if you are getting Chicken Shoot for X-mas... that means you've already got a wii and the shovelware has done it's job. 

I don't really care. It's not like third parties need the Wii. I say let them do whatever they want.

this shovelware thing will get undeserved attention until (and if) the third-parties with more money start assigning their first teams to Wii games - I know some have already done it, but I still expect more to come. while it doesn't happen, people will ask for the "seal of quality" because they completely ignore all the shovelware that you can find for PS2, among the good games. and of course I think it's illogical because you have good games for wii, but unless they start coming in bigger numbers, I don't see this shovelware thing stopping at all...

The perception that Wii games need more rigorous standards arises largely from vocal hardcore gamers who cannot, and do not want to, believe that a collection of mini-games is hammering their peccadillo du jour in the marketplace.

Ed Barton, Screen Digest