IGN: You didn't show Pikmin 3, which is what we were expecting you to show. That kind of surprised us. Why not?
Reggie: Matt, we're all about surprises. We will show that game when it's ready. At the right time. Close to when it's going to be launched. It's not there yet. But Mr. Miyamoto still has his roundtable to do, so maybe you'll see. Maybe you might get that surprise after all.
Reggie makes it seem like they could have announced the game at E3 2009 but didn't for they could surprise us later. Also look at the line up for 2010:
Endless Ocean Blue World in February
Sin And Punishment 2 in March/April/May
Zelda Wii(2) in Late 2010
Metroid Other M seems to be for Summer 2010 and Super Mario Galaxy 2 is pointing at a September/October date.
I dont think Nintendo would leave it up to E.O and S.A.P.2 for the Wii in the 1st half of the year while Sony and Microsoft(Sony for sure!) have big line ups in the 1st half of 2010.
So I think Nintendo will announce Pikmin 3 about 1-3 months before it comes out and they will also announce Poke Park Wii in Others and America for the 1st half of 2010.
Nintendo has done this before such as with:
Punch out was announced in October 2008 and came out in May 2009.(Surprise!)
Poke Park Wii(Japan) P.P.W was announced in October 2009 and came out in December 2009 not even 2 months later.
Pikmin 3 and Poke Park Wii will be used to fill in the gaps for the Wii line up in 2010 with them both coming out in the 1st half of the year.(Pikmin 3 may only be 1st half in Japan)
What do you think?
