So I was on GameFAQs earlier looking at upcoming Wii releases. They only list through the end of June, and in that time, there's only one game coming out worth getting:

The Conduit 2, due out in April.

February gave us de Blob 2 and Mario Sports Mix, which aren't really must-buys, but they're fun, and the lack of other options nearly makes them must-buys.

And January gave us Lost In Shadow. And that's it. Four games in 6 months. That's uh, not good. Granted, the 2010 holiday season was a great time for Nintendo fanboys, but this a pretty awful dry spell, especially when Reggie said something ridiculous like the Wii needs to move another 100 million units before they'll consider a nextgen console. Nintendo needs to work harder with developers to get less shovelware on the market and more fun stuff. The future isn't all bad though. We may be getting as many as three quality RPGs from Nintendo this year:

Xenoblade
Skyward Sword
The Last Story

The Last Story has not been announced for localization, but hopefully will be. Nintendo should have worked - and arguably still could - to get Tales of Graces localized for the Wii. The game was a huge hit in Japan and was even offered in a special bundle with a Wii system. A localization of the PS3 version was announced at the beginning of the year.

And Dragon Quest X is going to be on the Wii, whenever the hell it comes out. We don't even know anything about it!

But yeah... we need more Wii games, Nintendo.

Absolutely not. One's a handheld, one's a console. Companies have different teams for both.

What's always irritated me is that ever since Pokemon led to a resurgence in handheld gaming, Nintendo has been printing money in the portable market. Developers for Nintendo's handhelds have too. But Nintendo has never once attempted to leverage this against those developers. Companies like Square Enix, Capcom, and Konami release very few console games for Nintendo, but are still allowed to reap the benefits of its handheld market. A more savvy company would play hardball. But Nintendo? Not so much.

I'm aware the PS3 version is the Wii version with extra content. But the systems are two very different markets, and Namco could make money off both.

What's funny is that they gave us Tales of Symphonia II on the Wii over Tales of Graces, even though Tales of Graces is the better received game. I might just import Tales of Graces. There was a fan translation project for it, and I'm hoping it wasn't abandoned in the wake of the PS3 announcement. I believe there's a completed translation patch for the DS game Tales of Innocence.

Also, it might be time for Nintendo to start mining "dead" idea for Wii games. They could finally bring Trace Memory 2 to North America. And maybe finally pay Tecmo to localize Fatal Frame IV and fix the bugs in the game.

I believe Nintendo bought the rights to Crystalis, and made the crappy GBC version themselves.

It was kinda lame. They changed the opening plot, removed the minimum level requirements from the bosses, and made the main plot super linear. Half the fun of that game was exploring, much like the original Zelda.