Also the controls seem to be very fun based of previews, and could add even more to the experience.

Yeah... I know what you mean... i'm way behind in my "Wii games I want to buy" list.   Probably because i haven't even had time to give to a lot of the games i already own.

Doesn't matter, just check the 3rd party line-up. You won't have enough time to play through them, even less if you own another console, a handheld or a PC.

Next year will be glorious, at least Nintendo doesn't announce games now that will be released in 3 - 4 years.

This is the year that Nintendo lets third parties carry the water.
Is that not the same strategy that worked with the DS.
And now it has two-thirds of the market over a technologically-more-advanced system.

People have been clamoring for Animal Crossing and given its social aspect and voice inclusion it will provide tens of hours of gameplay.

Wii Music is going to be this year's party game (this of it coming out rather than another Mario Party).

Among the third parties, the Wii gets the only Clone Wars with light sabre action. I thought the graphics in the game were not that good ... til I saw a movie trailer and realized it looked just like the animated movie. And that will be the second SW game this year from the studio formerly employing people known as Lucasarts.

Namco has RPGs, Activision and Harmoix have rhthym games, Activision also CoD5. EA has sports games and SimCity. THQ has de Blob. Ubisoft has RR-TV and SW-SB. There is Mushroom Man, Deadly Creatures, etc. from other companies as well.

Had the GC been supported like this by third-parties, fans would have been in seventh heaven. Now, people are complaining.

Just remember, in 2009, we will see Mario, Zelda and Pikimin from Nintendo -- as well as probably Kirby and some other games (if the Japan release list can be believed).

Plus, third party will only get better. If you read between the lines in the E3 presser, Cammie hinted at Spore next year, which we all already knew was coming.

Sorry for the ramble. But I think I am going to go broke buying these games.

Mike from Morgantown

I honestly think people expect too much out of Nintendo sometimes. I mean even the best first-party developer can only make so many games.

Also, isn't this old news. I read it 2-3 days ago.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/nintendos-cammi.html#more

Mike from Morgantown

Well the PC is just to much money and the 360 and ps3 rival it for half the cost so thats why i get consoles. Plus more games are on consoles i cant really be a pc only gamer as games are far and few in between for my liking.

I do enjoy HD graphics on my 40 inch 1080p sony XBR2 with surrond sound. Im sorry but its a better gaming experience for me.

Also i hate wii controls so none of the previews matter at all to me.

Oh, well.
I need to buy more third-party games, anyway.

I think thats one of the main reasons we are seeing such a lack luster line up from Nintendo themselves. Unless the rumoured StarFox & F-Zero games actually get announced. Without them titles like The Conduit are going to dominate the holiday season. I think Nintendo hopes that more third party titles will break the 400,000 copies or 1-million copies barrier. Only 19 third party games have broken the 400,000 mark and while Nintendo trumpets them and makes it sound extremely good their isn't enough million sellers in the third party library.

If there a new F-Zero from the F-Zero GX team and there is a new Starfox, that's awesome.

But I want a new Zelda. And I want a new Metroid.

Maybe my 360 will finally get some decent playtime this coming holiday season.  Unless, of course, third parties increase quality on the Wii which we have been observing little-by-little over the last couple of years.