"especially from the dev that just messed up the most hyped third party Wii games this gen"
Not really. It got hype from mainly gamers on the Web who were Wii fans. Gamers on the web isn't as influential a group as they think they are (or else the Wii would have flopped), so web gamers for one cosole is smaller still (same applies to any system).
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs