2002 The WindWaker

2003 ??? ^_^.

2005 The Minish Cap

2006 Twilight princess

2007 Phantom Hourglass

2009 Spirit Tracks

2010 Zelda Wii

2011 Zelda DSi LL.

I hope we're gonna see a new zelda in 2010 but I doubt...

You learn something new every day.

On my "2010 list" so far:

Super Mario Galaxy 2, Fragile Dreams, Metroid Other M, Tales of Grace, Sin and Punishment 2, Red Steel 2, Monster Hunter 3, FFCC Crystal Bearers, No More Heroes 2, The Grinder, Epic Mickey... and maybe Zelda Wii...

At least half of these are already guaranteed purchases, and the others have their chance...

So i have to agree, 2010 is (finally) an excellent year for Wii, with the kind of line-up it should have had in 2008 and 2009 (let's say 2007 doesn't count because everyone in the industry was caught by surprise, and no games were planned, at all).

But i don't agree with the people who say 2009 was the worst year: if you look at Metacritic, you see there are as many 75+ games released in 2009 as in all the previous years COMBINED... not that bad, really... and many very cool "niche" games this year...

But not many 90+ games, that's true: maybe because some websites are scoring Wii games way too harsh... and also because only a handful of Wii games really deserved such scores, of course... let's hope 2010 will be better on that side as well... i feel quite optimist...

68soul said: On my "2010 list" so far: Super Mario Galaxy 2, Fragile Dreams, Metroid Other M, Tales of Grace, Sin and Punishment 2, Red Steel 2, Monster Hunter 3, FFCC Crystal Bearers, No More Heroes 2, The Grinder, Epic Mickey... and maybe Zelda Wii... At least half of these are already guaranteed purchases, and the others have their chance... So i have to agree, 2010 is (finally) an excellent year for Wii, with the kind of line-up it should have had in 2008 and 2009 (let's say 2007 doesn't count because everyone in the industry was caught by surprise, and no games were planned, at all). But i don't agree with the people who say 2009 was the worst year: if you look at Metacritic, you see there are as many 75+ games released in 2009 as in all the previous years COMBINED... not that bad, really... and many very cool "niche" games this year... But not many 90+ games, that's true: maybe because some websites are scoring Wii games way too harsh... and also because only a handful of Wii games really deserved such scores, of course... let's hope 2010 will be better on that side as well... i feel quite optimist...

I actually started to notice this lately. The Wii hasn't received many Meta-defined AAA games lately but it's A and AA roster has expanded quite a bit this year.  Ten out of the top twenty Wii games (on metacritic) were released this year.

IF 2010 sees SMG2, Zelda Wii, Pikmin 3 and Metriod: Other M (as well as 3rd party releases and other smaller 1st party releases) then not only will it be the best year ever for the Wii, but infact would probably be the best year ever for any game console.

scottie said: IF 2010 sees SMG2, Zelda Wii, Pikmin 3 and Metriod: Other M (as well as 3rd party releases and other smaller 1st party releases) then not only will it be the best year ever for the Wii, but infact would probably be the best year ever for any game console.

I think 2010 will be one of the best YEAR ever in gaming industry too.

You forgot Wii Sports Resort from the 2009 list. I'm not being nit-picky but it was a pretty major release from one of Ninty's newest important IPs.

Agreed, so many good games, all the wii games listed here, plus a heap of big and good releases for the PS3, the DS is getting Golden Sun! If the PSP2 rumours are true then it will hopefully have a big launch catalogue. 360 has some huge games too.

2010 will be incredible. Hopefully all the revenue will help the publishers and developers and they can stop shutting down studios.

I say 2010 will be: Mario, Metroid, Zelda, and Retro Studios project. Pikmin will be for 2011. But this lineup will kick more than enough ass.