Most Likely this what going to happen....
SMG2: April-June
Other M: October-November
Zelda: February-April

I don't think Nintendo is being at all slow, seeing as how they're trying to totally reinvent Zelda.  In fact, this is probably going to be their flagship title for the Wii, much like Ocarina of Time was for the N64 (and Twilight Princess was going to be for GC, until it was pushed back so much, they pushed it to a joint release for Wii).

But I would despute the view that there are too few titles coming out, especially from Nintendo themselves.  Nintendo has been releasing more (and better) games in the first half of this gen than the entire gamecube/game boy advance run combined.  And while GC did have a few amazing games, it was just that, a few.  Wii in just its first year had pretty much done what the GameCube did in 3-4 years.

Depending on if Kirby finally happens or not it may be extented to a Holy Quatrology...or something like that.

@Kenryoku_Maxis: If you're refering to the quote about 'Twilight Princess being the last Zelda of its kind' you should know that it has since been found that it was a fake interview.

Also about Zelda being a flagship title for Wii, the Wii series already has that honour and I think Mario Kart Wii and New Super Mario Bros. Wii will eclipse Zelda's popularity fairly easily. Perhaps it will become the flagship title for core audience Wii owners but it won't have the effect that you seem to be alluding to.

Btw Tres, I think even though it's taken so long to see Zelda: Wii, we'll most likely see a sequel two years after Zelda: Wii is launched similar to the OoT -> MM situation with the reusing of the engine and controls that will have taken some time to put together for this upcoming title.

1. This could be true and would make sense, 1/4 of EAD 5 was made up by members of the Zelda team for instance.

2. This is also true but then would a Paper Mario title make sense? New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 AND Super Paper Mario 2 all within a year of each other?

3. Project Sora was said to have a 2 year development time for their new title which would put it at around Q4 2011. Nintendo may be relying on this title as the big holiday title and so extra man power would make sense here.

4. Seeing as you are a fan of Wikipedia, go check Metroid: Other M's page sometime.

5. We'll know more come October but would seem to be the likely order of releases.

There's an hint in the other M trailer for a q1 2010 release. So I bet:
january-march 2010: Metroid other M
april-june: SMG2
october-december: ZELDA wii

nice write up, i just want a new zelda now. i love that series.

So the doomsday prophecies are wrong? The end of the world is in 2010? I thought we had more time!! lol

I've been thinking about this possibility as well. Nice write up btw.

If your refeeing too the 3/10 found towards the end of the Other M trailer, i think its sure speculation. All it was is the missile ammo element left behind on the HUD.

It probably is meaningless, but it makes you wonder why they put that specific HUD in. I mean, if you watch the trailer, there isn't a HUD at all until they say 2010, then they draw in that specific HUD, which could have had any numbers.

Also, the issue of 2D gameplay still seems to just be coming from observation of the trailer. The note that wikipedia cited for that specific instance is just based on casual observation of the trailer, which just has one snippet where Samus jumps in a way that implies 2D, but it was still never stated.