Consider that Big Brain Academy, Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, One Piece, Wii Play and Wii Sports are already out for Wii in Japan.
3rd party offerings for the year include:
RE4, RE: Umbrella Chronicles, Opoona, Nights, Dragon Quest: Swords, Treasure Island and more.
With Sega developing Mario & Sonic, and recently acquired Monolith handling Disaster, it seems 11 of Nintendo's current 45 in development Wii games will release in Japan - this year.
Considering Metroid will do much, much better in America than Japan, and considering Brawl likely does not have much text to translate, it looks like "the big three" along with Mario & Sonic and perhaps Disaster: Day of Crisis could make it out in the USA to combat Halo 3, GTA, Mass Effect, Too Human and Assassin's Creed for the Xbox 360, and GTA, MGS4, Assassin's Creed and the PS3 lineup.
If nothing else, sales in Q3 and Q4 2007 should be unbelievable for the USA Videogame market. This is likely the time that will determine if Wii can ever catch up to 360 in the USA, I have my doubts that it will be able to - but if it is going to happen, supply and sales in Q3 and Q4 will be crucial.
With Sony faltering in Japan this year, and Microsoft's presence almost irrelevant in comparison, it seems that at least through 2007, Nintendo will rule Japan with an iron fist.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
