It was looking pretty barren in September and November. Maybe No More Heroes should have been released then? It is one of the most highly regarded games on the system from a critical standpoint and probably could have gotten a boost in sales by being released closer to the holidays.
The way this works is the 360 was getting Gears and Fable in November, Nintendo fans would have liked to have had a game they could compare to those, so they rush out in droves to pick up their own big critically appraised hc game during the holidays boosting NMH up to the 2 million in sales it should have had while showing third-parties that there is a market on the Wii for epic hc single-player games with mature theme points.
And Okami probably would have made for a great September release too. As the real world was getting drabber heading into the Fall, people could be restoring the color to the world of Okami to compensate. That's been the game's downfall on PS2 and Wii, it was released at the wrong time of year.
Heavens to Murgatoids.
