I hope Nintendo doesn't pull this crap again in 2009

[ilovetogame]

the problem isn't that they should've spaced out their big 3 this year (ssbb, mk wii, wiifit; or just the first two for most core gamers). after those huge games a gap is expected. the problem is after that gap they have slim pickens for the holidays.

this is pretty much the weakest holiday lineup for a system i can think of. tales of symphonia is the only really great game coming out for wii this holiday. after that gap mid year they should've come up with a star fox or pikmin or kid icarus or donkey kong or fzero or something for the holidays. yes they have wii music and while i'm sure that'll sell like 2 million all told its not even close to a big title, whether its good or bad its mostly an interesting side title.

so this just leaves animal crossing while that is a major franchise its a casual game that attracts some core people. so core casual. but not a core game for the traditional gamer.

all a very good fall/holiday season needs for your average gamer is at least 3-4 great traditional/core games and a background of 5-10 more solid titles. last year smg led the pack with metroid out early in august, and plenty of games like geometry wars, z&w, MoH:H2, GH3, FE, and several others. while not great it was good. for me there needed to be one or two more really big time games besides mario and metroid to be considered a great holiday. but it was decent enough. this year i can point to tales as maybe a top tier title and thats it. some would say animal crossing but i got the gc one and thats too casual for me (i like good casual games, but it needs to actually be a fun game, i don't really see where the fun part comes into play with AC games). and there's a decent background of solid games with guitar hero, clone wars, deadly creatures, and a few others. but the background games with only one lead game (and one lead casual game:AC) that while likely very good isn't even mainstream enough to sell a ton... well, thats a weak holiday season. and that hurts much more than any mid year gap in which most people are too busy playing mk wii and ssbb to worry about anything until the fall.

i'm just pissed that the lack of an awesome holiday lineup is making me for the first time ever consider buying a ps3 or 360. i don't want one of those to suck up all my present gaining power or spend all my xmas money on that but lbp, r2, gears2, and fable 2 sure are tantalizing.

i'm dying for madworld and the conduit.