It's a pity really, oh well. It's no worry to Nintendo.

 So, just because they're Japanese (ever heard of a series called Final Fantasy?) or you've never heard of them, they can't appeal to the "Western world"? Whatever.

@ Words of Wisdom: The reason why Wii fans are hyped for some of these games is because they look good. C;mon; don't tell me you're not excited to stab things with your stinger as a scorpion, or shake maracas without having to own a Dreamcast, or play a Red Steel game that doesn't suck. :)

personally, besides SSBB, mario kart, and possibly Wii Fit coming out this year by nintendo, there is only one 3rd party title i believe is worth buying this year. That title is Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. As for any other titles that is 3rd party is of no interest to me. This is due to the lack of hype or interest.

That's sarcasm right?

Have you seen the development team for King's Story? It's an all star team of developers. 

 Not to mention, the videos of the game have looked solid so far with a nice combination of Settler's style game play/Pikmin/Harvest Moon. A hell of a combo :) 

I'll give you mushroom men but even that game is a testament to the abillity for indie developers to work ofr the wii. But king's story deserves any and all hype ATM.    

Reminds me of what I heard just prior to Lair being released.

Well, in all fairness, Lair was hyped the hell out of. However, there's now way King's Story production values are anywhere near close as Lair. It really is a niche title.

Jeese, people are douches. Nothing can be discussed politely or intelligently without trying to make crass generalizations, or slamming one side of the console aisle or the other. Very few questions have been answered or even seriously attempted to be answered (thank you for the handful of responses that didn't involve "lol this such and such system sucks, and it's fans do too!"
Apparently "niche" is becoming anything that doesn't have men with guns, or perhaps men with swords on occasion. What is wrong with a game like boom blox except for "lolz wheres teh gunz??" It's an innovative physics based puzzle game with dynamic character AI and the ability to create, trade, and download new levels. But no gunz=for teh casualz=nobody cares. Kings Story (project 0) is bashed by people that don't even know anything about it. It's got an all star teamof developers working on it, and it's a unique strategy/RTS/RPG/city building sim. But the main character is a kid that has a conspicuous lack of gun=teh niche=nobody cares. De Blob is an innovative open world action game with an incredible art style and good use of the wii's motion control and seems reminiscent of artsy game of old "Jet Set Radio", but it's about a blob of paint that seems to have neither guns nor sword, and doesn't appear to be killing anything so de blob=teh kidiiez=no one cares.

I think a large part of the lack of hype is the conditioning the "hardcore" crowd has undergone. The only games worth paying attention to all involve tough guys with guns or swords, and must be beautiful. Niche titles are 90% of game styles and genres. Is it possible that the lack of hype is due to the intollerance of the so called "hardcore" crowd? Magazines, and websites are just pandering to the tastes of those that just want another military shooter, or God Of War style bad ass? And that something "niche" like King's Story just doesn't generate hits, or purchases?

I'm starting to believe that this is the case. The fact that so many PS3 or 360 owners can look at that list of third party titles and see nothing but niche crap strongly supports that theory.

Niche is all-too-often used simply as an excuse for failure to sell.

Example:  The game didn't sell poorly, it was just targeting a niche audience.

You're just trying to be a troll, words of wisdom. If you don't have anything constructive to add to my topic, then I ask you not to post in it.