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puffy on 11 April 2009
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DavidValbu said:
Wii Sport Resort
Wii Fit Plus
Endless Ocean 2
ExiteBots
Punch Out
Sin & Punishment 2
Pikmin 3
Kirby Wii

Not very excited with this year line-up.

I agree that it wouldn't be a spectacular line up if that was it but I just don't see how Nintendo could only have those games to release this year..

I went through their 2008 release list but how about we take a look at 2007?

  • WarioWare: Smooth Moves
  • Wii Play
  • Super Paper Mario
  • Mario Party 8
  • Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
  • Pokemon Battle Revolution
  • Mario Strikers Charged
  • Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
That's already 8 and we're only in August..
  • Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast
  • Battalion Wars 2
  • Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Link's Crossbow Training
So in 2007 Nintendo managed to release 13 Wii titles, none of which were remakes. You're welcome to not include Wii Play but it's the second best selling game of the decade.. 

Also of note is the fact that Nintendo launched these titles in the two months before 2007:
  • Excite Truck
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • Wii Sports
So over 14 months they released a total of 16 titles versus 8 titles in 2008. It's pretty clear that they burnt themselves out pretty damn quickly.

A few things are pretty clear to me:
  1. Nintendo have teams that are due to release games in the very near future.
  2. Nintendo know that Japan is faultering and the rest of the world usually follow Japan.. They have to build momentum in Japan and also ensure they remain the most wanted product in every other territory.
  3. They bunched up their game releases for a reason, to get the core crowd to buy the system quickly and build a big install base as soon as possible.
  4. They are now able to even space out their releases as they have the huge install base and need to maintain a stable level of growth.
  5. They now have steadily increasing third party support that they can rely on to sell systems and they don't have to be as aggresive as they were in 2007
So with all that in mind I think Wii will get 10 new titles this year along with around 6 New Play Control titles. What are those last two games? Who knows..