I could be wrong, but I suspect that Nintendo (probably) had a pretty big game that was supposed to be released for the holiday season that was delayed. I would imagine that this delay would be justified because of a combination of factors including the Wii having the strongest third party line-up in a holiday season Nintendo has seen in a very long time, Nintendo's software sales tracking (far) above where they projected them being, and the game needing some work to meet its potential.

If I am correct the interesting thing is how much more annoyed Nintendo fans were by an unannounced game being delayed than they have been from announced games being delayed several times; because the game wasn't announced, people assumed that Nintendo wasn't focusing on them anymore rather than Nintendo trying to provide the best game experience.

anyone have a Wii I can borrow for StarFox?

I have a feeling maybe Nintendo wants to let 3rd parties have some fun this holiday season, especially the more core games that are coming. That way the complaints that only Nintendo games sell on Nintendo systems can go away a bit. If Nintendo doesn't have big games for the core gamers, then they'll have to go somewhere else (and the Star Wars games are looking to be the place to go), thus giving some 3rd parties some love. Now all we need are some 3rd parties games to pick up the slack. I'm looking at you Ubisoft!

Sucks. I'm only interested in two third party games for the Wii this year too.

Well this is kinda rendered false by the fact that Nintendo has a Fall media summit where they announce new games and collaborations.

Of course it's Cammie Dunaway, so I'm not really sure why anyone thought she knew what NoJ was planning.

one more thing, Nintendo stated back in the Winter that they were shifting their focus from the DS to the Wii. I think there are a buttload of Nintendo games in dev for the Wii, and many of them are for the Core. (Zelda, Mario, etc)

However, I believe it is high time for a new 3d DK Adventure.

I find it very hard to believe that Nintendo has nothing in store this holiday season to satisfy the needs of the "core" gamer. Animal Crossing & Wii Music already have the casuals.

This. The way I see it, this is a blatant, flashing-neon-lights sign from Nintendo trying to tell third parties that they've left the gates wide open for them, in an attempt to coax the thus far remarkably stubborn third parties into developing for the market leader ("Look, third parties! We dropped the ball this year, and there's a yawning gap the size of goatse in the market demand we're not filling! Come and get it!"). This is made clear by the fact that whereas Nintendo could have included more information on "core" first party games, the presentation was completely and totally devoid of such games.  Just look at how Pikmin 3 was announced if you want to know what I mean.

For a guy that doesn't really like Wario or Animal Crossing, this is very disappointing. :(

the only nintendo game that i want this year is fatal frame 4, the rest are third party. tales 2, rock band 2, dead rising. nintendo games can wait until next year XD