Outside of Nintendo's own franchises, Wii is going to be the platform of new, risky IPs. Things like Zack & Wiki, Boom Blox, de Blob, Red Steel, and No More Heroes. Developing and publishing these games for the Wii incurs less cost and therefore less risk.

Let the HD consoles have the old blockbusters. All the crazy new ideas will come to Wii.

What I said was this: And about spin off, I think 3rd parties dont do that anymore even Squeenix they developing for the HD consoles instead.

You must know how to read between the lines...

I think people are forgetting that when this current gen started that developers and publishers believed that the Xbox 360/PS3 were going to be the dominate platforms and structured their budgets accordingly. This is why the Xbox 360/PS3 seem to have so much support. This is changing. The Wii is getting main franchises along with the Xbox 360/PS3 and will continue to do so. The Wii will also have it's exclusives. The Wii motion plus will add to the exclusive and unique Wii games on the platform. The growing fanbase will allow publishers to take risk and develop new IPs. The future is bright for Wii gamers.

The Wii is heading into its third year so it's unlikely to happen and the sooner you accept it the better off you'll be. Wii will definitely get great games but most will probably be niche or an acquired taste so keep an open mind.

Some of the best selling third party games in my area right now are Hell's kitchen and Price Is Right, it makes absolutely no sense for third parties to release mainstream franchises when it's these types of titles that bring in the cash.

True but Red Steel 2 will feature 1:1 sword fighting, HD systems can't to that.   And a game like Mario Paintball would be much bigger than the Conduit on Wii.   Still I think HVS have the right idea with the Conduit.  A straight out run-and-gun shooter with PC like control and accuracy will appeal to many lapsed/mature gamers like myself who grew up on Doom, Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein. 

But really new franchaises with new gameplay mechanics (De Blob, Zack & Wiki, Mad World) are much more interesting to me than playing yet another, prettier version of the same game that had 3 iterations last generation.

You really think Red Steel 2 will have 1:1 sword fighting?  Really?  I would be shocked if it was really 1:1 but we'll see I guess.

I'm growing less fond of Conduit the more I see/hear of it.  I think the developer is making a generic shooter and just telling Wii owners what we want to hear to sell it.  Whatever though, people will hear/see what they want to.

Also, talk of new franchises is slightly off-topic considering the discussion is about why existing franchises are placing main games on 360/PS3 and giving the Wii spin-offs.

 I think japanese 3rd parties except for Konami and Squeenix gets it, I doubt the western 3rd parties though. If western 3rd parties dont do something right away it will be their demise and the japanese developers/publishers will dominate and some western 3rd parties will be doing games on PCs alone...

LOL red Steel 2, is these the ones the same as KH3 Wii exclusive and Kid Icarus Wii to be released soon?

What source that says Red Steel 2 is coming? LINK?

Most big franchises have already made the jump to HD consoles, and once it goes HD, there's no going back. The fans probably won't accept a main series taking a step back in graphics, especially when they've been just fine with the current control scheme. Also, most of these fans already have an HD console anyway, so they've got the target audience.

A game like Monster Hunter was fine since it has always had the same graphics since it started. This is also why KH3 threads get so heated - it's one of the few games that have a good shot at moving to the Wii. It's unfortunate if you're a fan of franchises from past gens, but the Wii is all about change, so it's fitting that the biggest games will be from new ideas.

I highlighted the portions where I agree with you the most.

Portion 1: To me for 3rd parties they do see it as HD -v- Wii. So alot of their development from 05' on has been focused that way. If this holiday season turns out the way that Nintendo/Analyst expect I think you will see more "main series" games being produced for the Wii, as the new Tales "Mother" series shows.

Portion 2: This for the most part is why I'm not concern with rather or not it's a spin-off. My only concern is...is it fun? and...is it entertaining? Generally bottom up built Wii games for the most part are good games.