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Girl Gamer Elite said:
The Wii is a console with limited graphical power and a handicapped library suffering from lack of serious third party support and no sign of this ever being fixed.

 “aggressively target the Nintendo platforms [Wii and DS] consistent with our multi-platform strategy and Nintendo’s expected growth. In 2008, we will double our offerings on the DS and the Wii, including Guitar Hero, Spider-Man, Shrek, Transformers, Call of Duty, and Tony Hawk.”

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2007/02/08/activision-doubles-wii-and-ds-games-in-2008-this-includes-new-guitar-hero-spider-man-3-shrek-3-transformers.htm

 

Peter Moore EA - There will be more announcements that will be, if you will, licensed intellectual property that will be, quite frankly, looking at the more casual consumer that we see as a bigger force in the business. We need to do better on the Nintendo platforms, and we intend to do that. It’s a different type of game mechanic that the Nintendo Wii consumer, in particular, can play.

http://www.free-games-center.com/ea-needs-to-do-better-on-nintendo-platforms-peter-moore/

 

But it's not just EA. Activision, Take-Two and especially Ubisoft are all on board and in full waggle mode. I guess this really does mean no Gamecube-like drought. Let's just hope these aren't "fourth string" teams porting the next great Wii game.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ea/ea-playing-catch-up-on-wii-250757.php

 

 

Not flaming, just saying we should't paint things in such broad strokes. 3rd party support is obviously at least showing signs of getting better, if not looking dowright nice for 08, on the Wii, compared to 07.

 

Rock Band is just the first game being released on the Wii due to sales. Not bad for an underpowered Nintendo console with weird controls and a couple of little smiling Japanese guys touring the world showing it to everybody.

 

Also, the Wii stole Monster Hunter 3 from being a PS3 exclusive to a Wii exclusive. That's pretty big business right there. I'd say we're one big Wii game away from this stigma being gone forever.

 

Iwata tells gamespot something very important:

 

I'll also mention that according to last December's top 100 games data from the NPD Group, Wii titles are outselling Xbox 360 titles, and only five of the 20 Wii titles on the list were created by Nintendo, with the remaining 15 from third-party developers. But even with those numbers there, that isn't the impression you get. It feels like it takes a bit of time for popular perception to catch up to the actual sales figures.

 

Smart guy, that Iwata.