Screw you guys =)
The announcement that Dragon Quest 9 was being published by Nintendo nearly made me flip =P

Tiger Woods PGA and Wii Sports Resort? These weren't real big titles? =P

They were ready to push it last year, but Ubisoft fucked up. So, now all the attention is on Monster Hunter 3.

The first big third party game to set the trend for future developer utilization of the peripheral then. Tiger Woods was just another entry in the series.

I was a little disappointed at the lack of Golden Sun info, but I'm guessing that'll be a DS holiday title.

I think you are right that the silence regarding holiday or new releases means Nintendo have something big in store. I also think it's a good approach getting core titles like Sin and Punishment, Monster Hunter Tri, Galaxy 2 and Metroid out the way before they announce the next big thing. I think Xenoblade, The Last Story and Zelda will be the big focus at E3 this year, with a couple of new, smaller titles too. That being said, I'd be very surprised if The Last Story made it out of Japan in 2010, I'm more hopeful for Xenoblade.

But yeah... I think Nintendo are prepping a Wii Relax/Zelda combo for the holidays. Wii Relax to expand the userbase and sell the vitality sensor, and Zelda to push motion plus and satisfy the 'core' market.

I'm happy that no casual games were mention. Hardcore ftw!

The biggest announcement of the summit was simply that Zelda Wii is their Holiday game... Along with some ace in the hole, Like retro project/ Sora Project.

Because sitting down and playing Mario or Metroid for 5 hours is SOOO hardcore. Yeah, that's how the world views people who play these games =/

I'd say the release dates being revealed as being right around the corner surprised me quite pleasantly.

I'm surprised there was no news on any expanded audience games. If Wii vitality/relax is a holiday titles that means there's nothing for the expand audience (which is the bulk of Wii owners) for almost an entire year. That will definitely hurt sales. I'd expect to see a steady sales decline for the entire year until Wii Vitality launches.

SMG2 will most likely sell less than SMG, S&P2 will be niche and M:oM is 2-3m seller at best. None of these will sell any systems either. MH3 might but that remains to be seen, but again, only to the more 'core' gamer.

I'm surprised to see Prince of Persia present but not Red Steel 2. Was that Ubisoft's call or Nintendo's? Frankly although it's not based on the movie, PoP is effectively a movie game, with a capped/rushed development cycle, made by a second rate studio that will most likely suck on all systems but most especially Wii. Red Steel 2 on the other hand could have used the timely promotion before launch.