Oh I'll definitely savor SSBB, NMH, MKWii, and TOS:KoR when they come out don't worry.

Just to one specific thing, if Fire Emblem had been changed or evolved to try and lighten up the new series, everyone would be bitching about how they made it worse or some crap like that.

The always hypocritical thing when people complain something is too close to teh same as the original, is you know if they had changed it in the slightest, then those same people would bitch and complain about it not being like the old games and ultimately worse. And people wonder why devs hardly welcome change. Why should they when their buyers always want the same old crap to come out, except when you do it expect them to complain alot. Like what people did after Zelda: TP released, even know it was retarded. Yea I'm talking to you Jeff who used to be with Gamespot.

I on the other hand welcome change, while also welcoming enhancing something that's already there. Just for the topic though, I don't think out of all the devs out there, that the rants need to be placed with Nintendo. Hell just introducing something as different as motion sensing controllers in the market and fully backing it, is more than any company has done before. And I think its payed off, despite the backlash of those same old people who bitch and complain about change who would also bitch and complain if Nintendo stuck the same way. Point taken. I think so.

Yes, sadly I think that SRPG is too niche a genre for Nintendo to feel they could take a risk by revolutionizing Fire Emblem.

Remember that like the rest of us (John Lucas excepted), Nintendo couldn't be sure that the Wii would take off. They were prepared for a Gamecube-like reception from the start. Only their most reliable franchises, made by their top dev teams, could afford to push the limits. All of the supporting titles that Nintendo uses to broaden the scope of their games library had to be safe bets, because if the Wii had gone down the path of the GC, the sales would be pretty lean.

I'm hoping that the vast financial success which innovation has earned Nintendo in the past couple of years will lead to riskier and more ambitious games being developed. They can afford to go places that other developers don't have the money or the ingenuity to go, and I hope they'll take me with them. :)

SMG and MP3:C look like their Gamecube counterparts (recently saw a gametrailers comparison of SMG and SMS). Otherwise, being Gamecube games shouldn't limit pushing a series.  At least Super Paper Mario had a unique concept despite being a Gamecube port.

Mario Party games sold worse and worse through the series, with a minor bump for the first Gamecube game.  Games usually sell better when they are the first of a series on a new console.  Granted, Mario Party 8 sold really well.  We'll see if it tapers off again.  If they actually improve everything wrong with the series I'll get back into it (currently have 8 way down on my gamefly list despite having played 1-7 with friends' consoles). 

 I think it'll change With Wii due to the demographics

First off.. how in the hell does your point about gametrailers comparison of SMG and SMS relate in any way or form to MP3:C (which was clearly graphically superior to MP2 - anyhow, that wasn't even the selling point for me [the controls were] so i won't bother delving deeper into that)

Next, didn't you get owned in the other thread about SMG and SMS looking alike? Actually.. it might have been Legend.. go back to the thread that was created about that very same comparison video, and maybe you'll understand how wrong you are