I'll grant you that the kudos outweigh the commitments we've heard about so far, but I don't think the situation is as dire as you feel it is. Plenty of third party developers are ramping up their Wii production. Hudson's already credited the Wii with its revival, and its announced over a dozen new games for the system. Rockstar's already released three games for the Wii, which is three more than they've made for any other Nintendo system. Heck, EA created an entire division devoted to the Wii. And there are other examples. Compare this to the support the Wii had at the launch date, and I'll think you'll see that things are looking up.
I'll be the first to admit that of the games announced, the 360 and PS3 seem to have a lock on the AAA big-budget third party titles. But looking at the trends, at when the Wii's first started to really shed its "fad" status in third party eyes, and at how long it takes to create a game for the Wii (18-24 months, on average), I honestly believe that what we see now is not what we're going to get soon. I'm fairly confident we'll see quite a few third party games at E3 this year, and even more will be announced as the year chugs along. Granted, my conclusion relies on circumstancial data for now, but I think it's a sufficiently large mountain of circumstance for me to feel confident saying what I did.
And if E3 rolls by and we don't see diddly, you hereby have my permission to rub this post in my face.
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