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I wished you provided a list of what's in the video for quick reference;

Damn it. Why did they show TLS, PT, and Xenoblade? That's just messing with our heads.
Well, there are a few decent games on there that is still worth considering anyway.



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My impression is that after this fiscal year, we'll finally see the various small games from Japan come to the West that people are bitching about. This year, there are still some pretty projects that would overshadow lesser stuff. Rayman, Zelda, Just Dance 3, Mario & Sonic, Go Vacation, Fortune Street, Kirby, Madden, Wii Play Motion, Fifa, Mario Party 9, Zumba Fitness 2, the Black Eyed Peas Game, Dragon Quest Collection, Inazuma Eleven, etc etc is still a fairly strong showing for April 2011 - March 2012 (although it is spread out badly).

After March 2012, Wii software won't collapse but its not going to get 5-10 more 3m+ games like this fiscal year (Wii Play, Zelda, JD3, Zumba 2, MP9, Kirby, Fortune Street, Mario & Sonic, Rhythm Heaven, Black Eyed Peas could each top 3m globally in a best case scenario). The roughly 1200 or so games that have been released in the West should continue to prop Wii for a little while. The only big projects for the March 2013 year are probably going to be Dragon Quest X and Just Dance 4. So its probable that Xenoblade, Disaster Day of Crisis, budget software re-releases, Pandora's Tower, The Last Story, and whatever else will simply serve as filler content for the March 2013 year.



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TheSource said:

My impression is that after this fiscal year, we'll finally see the various small games from Japan come to the West that people are bitching about. This year, there are still some pretty projects that would overshadow lesser stuff. Rayman, Zelda, Just Dance 3, Mario & Sonic, Go Vacation, Fortune Street, Kirby, Madden, Wii Play Motion, Fifa, Mario Party 9, Zumba Fitness 2, the Black Eyed Peas Game, Dragon Quest Collection, Inazuma Eleven, etc etc is still a fairly strong showing for April 2011 - March 2012 (although it is spread out badly).

After March 2012, Wii software won't collapse but its not going to get 5-10 more 3m+ games like this fiscal year (Wii Play, Zelda, JD3, Zumba 2, MP9, Kirby, Fortune Street, Mario & Sonic, Rhythm Heaven, Black Eyed Peas could each top 3m globally in a best case scenario). The roughly 1200 or so games that have been released in the West should continue to prop Wii for a little while. The only big projects for the March 2013 year are probably going to be Dragon Quest X and Just Dance 4. So its probable that Xenoblade, Disaster Day of Crisis, budget software re-releases, Pandora's Tower, The Last Story, and whatever else will simply serve as filler content for the March 2013 year.


Disaster: Day of Crisis already came out in the west. Like 3 years ago.



 

Wii has upcoming games?? :O

Kidding. But seriously, the thing that pisses me off is, the Wii games I want the most probably aren't going to be localized: ToG, Zangeki, Last Story, Xenoblade, etc. WTF Nintendo of America??

That video does make the lineup look better than I thought though. Kirby looks like fun, and I will definitely be picking up Zelda. Mario Party 9 actually looks like a step in the right direction. I might pick up Rhythm Heaven provided it doesn't cost more than like 20 bucks. Rune Factory looks nice, also a maybe.



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TheSource said:

My impression is that after this fiscal year, we'll finally see the various small games from Japan come to the West that people are bitching about. This year, there are still some pretty projects that would overshadow lesser stuff. Rayman, Zelda, Just Dance 3, Mario & Sonic, Go Vacation, Fortune Street, Kirby, Madden, Wii Play Motion, Fifa, Mario Party 9, Zumba Fitness 2, the Black Eyed Peas Game, Dragon Quest Collection, Inazuma Eleven, etc etc is still a fairly strong showing for April 2011 - March 2012 (although it is spread out badly).

After March 2012, Wii software won't collapse but its not going to get 5-10 more 3m+ games like this fiscal year (Wii Play, Zelda, JD3, Zumba 2, MP9, Kirby, Fortune Street, Mario & Sonic, Rhythm Heaven, Black Eyed Peas could each top 3m globally in a best case scenario). The roughly 1200 or so games that have been released in the West should continue to prop Wii for a little while. The only big projects for the March 2013 year are probably going to be Dragon Quest X and Just Dance 4. So its probable that Xenoblade, Disaster Day of Crisis, budget software re-releases, Pandora's Tower, The Last Story, and whatever else will simply serve as filler content for the March 2013 year.


The idea that JRPGs aren't being brought out this year because Nintendo assumes I'll be too busy playing the Black Eyed Peas Game is a tough pill to swallow.  Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower and The Last Story play to an entirely different crowd than the bulk of the games you listed, and they'll be overshadowed regardless of when they're brought out, delaying their release until 2012 is certainly going to do nothing to help their sales.



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TheSource said:

My impression is that after this fiscal year, we'll finally see the various small games from Japan come to the West that people are bitching about. This year, there are still some pretty projects that would overshadow lesser stuff. Rayman, Zelda, Just Dance 3, Mario & Sonic, Go Vacation, Fortune Street, Kirby, Madden, Wii Play Motion, Fifa, Mario Party 9, Zumba Fitness 2, the Black Eyed Peas Game, Dragon Quest Collection, Inazuma Eleven, etc etc is still a fairly strong showing for April 2011 - March 2012 (although it is spread out badly).

0_o it's a terrible line up save for Kirby and Zelda, you're thinking too much about $$$ and not about quality source. I really don't know how a sole Wii owner can be happy this year with the line up, but then it actually seems most Wii owners here agree with me.

After March 2012, Wii software won't collapse but its not going to get 5-10 more 3m+ games like this fiscal year (Wii Play, Zelda, JD3, Zumba 2, MP9, Kirby, Fortune Street, Mario & Sonic, Rhythm Heaven, Black Eyed Peas could each top 3m globally in a best case scenario). The roughly 1200 or so games that have been released in the West should continue to prop Wii for a little while. The only big projects for the March 2013 year are probably going to be Dragon Quest X and Just Dance 4. So its probable that Xenoblade, Disaster Day of Crisis, budget software re-releases, Pandora's Tower, The Last Story, and whatever else will simply serve as filler content for the March 2013 year.

Or, they just don't bother and all move onto the WiiU quickly ..

I really wish sometimes you would face facts and not muddle through some excuse ...



 

Will only be getting Skyward Sword this year, since Go Vacation/Rune Factory Oceans/Trauma Team won't come out in Europe during 2011. While waiting for confirmations on the European release schedule, the search for offers on KirbyEY and RockBand2 goes on

PS: Just Dance 3 needs a song import option to improve itself, if not it's the same as JD2, and I'm not buying it.



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It's not a great line up from a quality perspective. Zelda and Xenoblade Chronicles are my only definite purchases on Wii this year, with Kirby being fairly likely. It's not so bad for me because I'll be getting (at the least) Super Mario, Mario Kart, Kid Icarus, Skyrim, Gears 3 etc at the end of the year, too, but for Wii only owners it isn't good at all. I guess Mario Party 9 could be worth a look if it's up to the standards of the better installments in that series, but I'm not sure if I can justify £30 on what would primarily be a multiplayer game rather than getting something I'll get more personal use from.

A much better line up would have been Xenoblade Chronicles, Pandora's Tower, Kirby, Last Story, Mario Party 9 and Zelda running up from July to the end of the year and filled out with Rhythm Heaven, Rayman, Just Dance 3, Mario & Sonic 2012, Rodeo, Fortune Street, etc. But I guess since Nintendo have essentially finished every Wii game in development, they'll make what's left stretch out as long as possible.

That being said, I've still got stuff like No More Heroes 2 to pick up, and I'll keep my eye on that Rune Factory game. Rune Factory Frontier is only £10 now on some websites, so I'm deliberating whether or not to pick that up (anyone recommend that game to me? I've always enjoyed the better Harvest Moons). There are plenty of decent to great Wii games I haven't bought yet, because I couldn't afford them at the time, and they've now plummeted in price. It just makes me sad to see Wii go this way, really. Skyward Sword will be excellent, I'm sure, but even the N64 got Majora's Mask, Perfect Dark, Paper Mario and Banjo Tooie as its swansong.



Kirby looks nice. I might get that.



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