Well sorry for you, most of us are happy with new games and the old games :)

 Simple answer: don't play them!  Maybe play some of the 30-odd new games that were just announced?

Why are you acting as though this is all they announced?  Why bash the "Play for Wii" titles when a dozen new core titles were announced?

To bad Nintendo doesn't own Rare anymore. Imagine a Wii version of Goldeneye and Perfect Dark with online play. Damn, I would pay good money for that.

What's wrong with that really? They've been doing this with movies years. I've always found FPS controls annoying on a standard controller, it would be great to play Metroid Prime (and replay MP2) with the wii remote.

Further if Nintendo announced a port of Wind Waker I'd probably hit the roof with excitement. Even just a control update that would be good enough, but I wouldn't say no to a new dungeon or a slightly altered route through the game.

thekitchensink said: More titles announced:   Pikmin remake launches Dec. 25 in Japan, Nintendo unveils more 'Play for Wii' titles 57 Comments by Ross Miller Oct 2nd 2008 9:35AM Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii This Christmas, Japanese gamers will be able to waggle flowery lemmings to their hearts content. Nintendo has announced (via IGN) that the Pikmin remake for Wii will launch December 25 in Japan for 3,800 yen (approx. US $36). The game is part of Nintendo's new "Play for Wii" series, which will be a collection of GameCube titles revised with Wii controls. Before Pikmin (and not counting previous Wii remake Resident Evil 4), Nintendo will re-release Donkey Kong Jungle Beat on December 11. Upcoming titles in the collection include Chibi Robo, Pikmin 2, Mario Tennis GC, Metroid Prime, and Metroid Prime 2 Dark Echoes. No word on any release dates outside of Japan, but we'll be live at Nintendo of America's press conference in San Francisco later today.

Thanks man, this is awesome news!

 Well did they give release dates for the other games?

Yeah every 2008 game shown got a release date. However all of these dates corespond to Japan because it was a Japanese conference. That includes the Pikmin port.

I'm in two minds over this. It's a nice idea to get these games to a wider audience..but I can't help but think it's taking up the time of those who could be working on more new titles.

I'll be annoyed if this is the only Pikmin game they are working on.

I personally think this is pretty good ...

By the end of 2008 there will be twice as many people who have bought a Wii than ever bought a Gamecube, and even a large portion of the people who bought a Gamecube will not have bought all of the good or great games for it. Nintendo is in a position where they can take a few (2 to 4) fairly small teams (5 to 10 people) and have them port Gamecube games to the Wii in a very short timeframe (3 months) and give people access to games they may have never played; at the same time. If Nintendo wanted to, they could devote a larger team to work on these projects (say 20 people) for a longer timeframe (say 6 to 9 months) and these games could be enhanced enough to justify the purchase to people who may have bought the Gamecube version of the game.