The funny thing about third parties is, Nintendo is now funding and publishing the majority of 'Third Party' titles on the Wii. Either directly or indirectly. And probably the two biggest titles coming out this year aside from Nintendo titles are being published and advertised by Nintendo because the third parties who developed them didn't want to bother. Namely Monster Hunter Tri and Dragon Quest IX.
So the sad thing is, the biggest 'third party' announcements at this years E3 will probably be made simply by Nintendo themselves. As in them publishing games third parties never brought over.











