That's the US, we're not so much a creative force in America as we are a nation that takes other people's cool ideas and puts it in a pretty/gaudy package.
Eddie Izzard explains it beautifully http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fki1FzWxXRg
3rd Party Wall of Shame
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=30478.msg581036#msg581036