The past two years I haven't liked Nintendo

[A Black Falcon]

About a third of those are Wiiware games, some of them aren't really that great, and I don't think any of them came out within the past year.

You're right some are WiiWare, I wasn't separating by distribution method.

On that note, the lack of Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10 from that list is pretty obvious, to name just a few... and yeah, from your list I notice I missed Wario Land...

Mario Kart Wii - sequel that doesn't do anything the previous games didn't

I've only played a few hours of it, but based on that I'd say that it's certainly at least my second favorite game in the series, after MK64, and may be the very best one... great game!


What's missing from the Wii's library? Well, perhaps most obviously, where are the flight combat games? I mean, the great ones, like Rogue Squadron or Crimson Skies. The Wiimote would be good for this kind of game... why in the world don't we have any? It's pretty sad. Should we blame Lair? :(

That's what the past two years have been, two or three fun games and not much else.

They've had a bit more in Japan than they have here, but NOA has been so lazy this gen, on both the DS and Wii, skipping over game after game after game that I'd love to see here... but they're lazy because they're so successful that they haven't actually needed to RELEASE much in order to make huge amounts of money, so yeah. For them it's a good kind of "problem" to have... for us it is a bit more frustrating. I mean you are understating things a little, but yes, things definitely should have been better number-of-games wise... particularly in that half a year when all they released on Wii was like Wario Land, Wii Music, and Animal Crossing...



As for release dates... hmm. No, I think it's a pretty solid mix. Adding a few more I thought of: (this isn't just "MUST HAVES" but also just stuff that I'd consider getting.)

2006 - Disc: Excite Truck
2007 - Disc: (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn), Super Mario Galaxy,Zack & Wiki, Dewy's Adventure, Super Paper Mario, Kororinpa: Marble Mania (maybe), Link's Crossbow Training (maybe), Metroid Prime 3, Alien Syndrome (maybe), de Blob, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (only for cheap)
2008 - Disc: Nitrobike, No More Heroes (maybe), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (not for full price!), Mario Kart Wii, New Play Control: Pikmin (maybe), Blast Works: Build & Destroy, Castle Shikigami III, New Play Control: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Mushroom Men, Wario Land: Shake It!, House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (maybe); WiiWare: Star Soldier R, Mega Man 9
2009 - Disc: Klonoa, ExciteBots, A Boy and his Blob, Speed Zone, New Super Mario Bros., Metroid Prime Trilogy, Ultimate Shooting Collection, Dead Space: Extraction (maybe), House of the Dead Overkill (maybe), Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Shiren the Wanderer (maybe, perhaps not), Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus (Wii or PS2); Samurai Shodown Anthology (Wii or PS2, I want this badly...); WiiWare: Excitebike World Rally, Eco Shooter: Plant 530, Eduardo, Gradius ReBirth, Contra ReBirth, Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
2010 - Disc: Data East Arcade Classics, No More Heroes 2 (maybe); WiiWare: Mega Man 10. Also of course lot of interesting stuff is upcoming this year!

... Yeah it's a fairly random list and not all those games are amazing I know, but I do always have a very hard time narrowing down things, don't I. :)