Why does Nintendo take that long to make games compared to HD consoles?

[trestres]

@Oyv: Link's CrossBow Training is a 2007 game.

Then you have the traditional games from them, like the ones with established franchises and the other that are the new Wii Series.

I tend to like mostly games that have a story or characters behind, because that's what the Wii is lacking.

So Wii Fit, Wii Music, Endless Ocean and Animal Crossing City Folk go into the "Everyone plays" category.

MKWii and Mario Super Sluggers, go into the "bridge" category. They are games with no story or character developments whatsoever, but have recognizable characters from Nintendo.

Lastly, SSBB and Wario Land: Shake it are the "core" games. And note that they aren't games like SMG, Zelda TP, Super Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, MP3, but games that are accessible for everyone and easy to play, with not many core elements.

Maybe 2008 was the year of the casual gamer and the Mario fan, but they released no other important franchise besides that, and 2009 is looking to be even poorer, that's why I'm worried about Nintendo simply not releasing games anymore here. I want them to go back to the times where every game (mostly) made it to America. If they had at least released FF4 and Disaster here I wouldn't be complaining at all. But seeing as how Reggie is hating core games and popular Nintendo franchises more and more as time passes by, this situation is something woth taking a look at.

I hope that in 2010 games from recognizable franchises make it to the Wii.