Since the launch of the Wii we all know how well the sales figures have been and we've probably had a  thread about it for every Wii sold, we've had the Wii droubt and most of the Wii's library could be seperated into either ports or parties but this year is the telling year for the Wii.

It seems the industry has been waiting hor the GTA4 bullet to be fired and we all had stupid analysts claim "when GTA4 gets released" then after April we had "well May will tell as GTA4 got released end of April".  Not only has Nintendo remained unmoved but it seems to have targeted gameplayers as much as casuals this year with SSBB and MKWii having comprehensive online elements, launch of Wii Ware which gives third parties a direct outlet to attmept to understand the wii and target the most loyal of gameplayers, some form of solution for DLC and a pay ot pla plan for MMO. 

At the same time of all of this going on we seem to have a picture where bigger set in their ways devs like Ubisoft seem to be shying away from Wii support yet samller devs like Clover, High Voltage and Majestico are really stepping up to the plate and looking to bring fresh new games to the Wii.  It seems obvious that if these smaller devs had a hit or two on the Wii then the Ubi's and Capcoms would come flooding to the Wii with boulder ideas.

I see this as a time of reckoning for the wii - we all know the Wii will bring new gameplay elements to the industry but here on will define what those elements will be, do you think they will be successfull? 

Yeah, its time for reckoning alright. And Ninty telling to 3rd parties "to take a hike"

With a wimper.=) Well based on the AAA games they've already released so far.

I think you're confusing the Wii with some other console. The Wii has quite a lot of blockbusters.

No hard feelings though, we all make mistakes sometimes!

well this would be perfect year for wii if:
- there wasn't so much bashing from publishers(ubisoft and their "games") and press,
- 3rd party developers would pay attension and give us some AAA games not some shitty titles to make fast money for AAA ps360 games(still ubisoft),
- games would have better graphics so i don't have to think that i bought ps2 and not console that is more powerfull than first xbox,
- beyond good & evil 2, street fighter 4 and new prince of persia been released on wii,
wii versions of multiplatform games were at least slightly better than a ps2 versions of them(right now every multiplatform game have ps2 graphics even if game won't be released on ps2),

as nice as it would for these to be released on the Wii - the multiplats dont concern me as much.  I would much prefer the Conduits, Mad Worlds or Blast Works to be big and define the fact that Creativity, imagination and good implementation really will pay off on the Wii.  We now know that Wii games can have legs but it would be nice for a smaller devs new ip to have front loaded sales to really get some good press and shake things up a little.

 On top of this it also seems to be the year when the PS2 will die to the point when PS2 titles ported to Wii may be replaced by Wii leading developed titles ported down to the PS2.

Please enlighten me then.

I used to always say, "Damn, the Wii can dominate this hard without online games, without any serious 3rd party support, and without Brawl/Galaxy/Kart/Corruption??? Imagine how hard it will dominate when it has all those."

That time is now. And it's gonna get a whole lot crazier by Christmas.