What does Nintendo have to do to please people?

[Onyxmeth]

MaxwellGT2000 said:

I felt almost opposite about DS the second year of it's life but now I'd agree, I just believe there's a cycle to things and more often then not it's true.  Second year seems to be the slump for everyone, I've learned to not bitch about it, and the same is happening with Wii second year was a software slump for most, but now it's getting a good stream of good games.

As far as last year Nintendo wise, Nintendo had about as many I can count off the top of my head as 2007,

2008:

SSBB

MKWii

Wii Music

Wii Fit

Animal Crossing Wii

Wario Land Shake It

Mario Super Sluggers

2007:

SMG

MP3

Mario Party 8

Endless Ocean

Super Paper Mario

Mario Strikers

Battalion Wars II

It's hard for me to pick which year was better, but I can say for sure that Nintendos hype, marketing and release dates was much better for public image in 2007 then it was 2008, if Brawl was delayed until Holiday 2008 the year would have ended on a much more positive note since that was one of the biggest titles in 2008 just people seemed to forget about it whenever best games of 2008 topics come up... gamers have a short term memory :

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
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Battalion Wars 2
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Super Mario Galaxy
Link's Crossbow Training

2008:

Endless Ocean
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
Wii Fit
Super Mario Sluggers
Wario Land: Shake It
Disaster: Day of Crisis (Note: America hasn't gotten this yet)
Wii Music
Animal Crossing: City Folk

2009: (That we know of)

Excitebots: Trick Racing
Punch Out!!
Wii Sports Resort
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Wii Fit Plus

(If any of the October conference titles or any other game got a release date for outside of Japan just add on here. This is all I know of at the moment.)

Now DS:

2005:

WarioWare: Touched!
Yoshi's Touch and Go
Pokemon Dash
Polarium
Kirby's Canvas Curse
Nintendogs
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Trace Memory
Metroid Prime Pinball
Mario Kart DS
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
Animal Crossing: Wild World

2006:

Electroplankton
True Swing Golf
Super Princess Peach
Pokemon Trozei
Tetris DS
Metroid Prime Hunters
Brain Age
New Super Mario Bros.
Big Brain Academy
Magnetica
Sudoku Gridmaster
Tenchu: Dark Secret
Star Fox Command
Freshly Pickled Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland (Note: Not released in America)
Mario Hoops 3 on 3
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2
Magical Starsign
Pokemon Ranger
Elite Beat Agents
Yoshi's Island DS
Kirby Squeak Squad

2007:

Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Diddy Kong Racing
Wario: Master of Disguise
Custom Robo Arena
Pokemon Pearl/Diamond
Planet Puzzle League
Picross DS
Brain Age 2
DK Jungle Climber
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol
Flash Focus
Mario Party DS
Master of Illusion

This is the point I'm trying to make. Nintendo is consistently providing a great quantity of quality titles on the DS, giving us so many of their franchises, and plenty of new ones, and I don't see this quantity on the Wii outside of 2007. This year does not look like it's changing that direction at all.