Here's what's going on:

A quality game takes 2-4 years to produce.

No publisher predicted the Wii to do well. Not one. In 2004, they began producing quality games for Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo was a joke.

When Wii first broke sales records, most publishers couldn't believe it and made excuses ("the fad will die down any day now!") Hard to blame them, they invested millions into cutting-edge engines for two poorly selling consoles, Wii being a fad was all they could hope for. Now most of them are laying people off.

By the time the cries of, "Wii is a fad! Wii is a gimmick!" died down, and publishers accepted the painful truth that Nintendo had won the war, it was late 2007. I'll repeat, a quality game takes 2-4 years to produce.

On top of that, publishers don't understand Wii's market. They have no idea what Wii owners want. They were as baffled that Guitar Hero 3 sold (it almost wasn't even made for the console, Rock Band wasn't planned for Wii at all until they saw their competitor's sales) as they were that Wii Play, or Resident Evil 4 sold. They simply don't know what to do with this console, and with the economy hurting, they're afraid to experiment.

I predict the great Wii games over the next 2 years will not come from the slow moving big publishers, but from smaller developers willing to risk what little they have.

 

Don't forget Deadly Creatures. Also there are great WiiWare-titles that might get picked up as full games.
Very insightful post Mr. Sheep.

 

This is the first I've heard of it... and it's due this March?! What a hidden gem the first one was. My friends can't find it in stores anywhere

 

Exactly, the games that started being developed in 2007 are coming out now.. the Wii should have some more quality titles from now on.
Also, in the US and Europe, the difference between the 360 and the Wii is still not too big, making 360 games are worth. But, in Japan, the gap is huge.. the Wii has a userbase with almost double the base of both competitors combined.. so, more japanese marketed games are certain to come to the Wii, Monster Hunter 3 and Dragon Quest X are proof of it. You can expect more RPGs and stuff like that... like is happening with the DS now.

 

well, i feel relieved now, because i'm looking for some blockbuster type of games for wii. (like halo for x360 and gta4 for ps3).
let's just hope that developers won't diasppoint us.

 

I dont believe that the game is coming out in America/Europe.

 

The remake of MH1 isn't coming out here but MH3 has a big chance.

 

YES!

And that's why I buy consoles, for the eastern games

If I want to play a western game, I'll boot up my PC.

 

Could not have put it better my self. Thats exaclty whats going on. Now starting 2009 EA for example move 50% of their dev resources to Wii. First announced is Dead Space. So the big guys are really slow moving with Wii, as "Warm Woolly Sheep" nicely said.

 

Over looked games. Tons of them.

Castle of the shikigami III
GUILTY GEAR
Trauma center
Trauma center: New blood
Dance Dance Rev. (Stop it with that rock band shit.)
Let's tap
CoD5
GUILTY GEAR
GUILTY GEAR
GUILTY GEAR

People have to look away from the hype. There are many games that are good, just really overlooked.

Plus, Imagine games and shovelware are not as "shitty" as you think. They work wonders on children from 5-10, why the hell do you think they keep making shovelware? Someone must be buying them, and it's the soccer moms.

Protip: Brawl is not the best fighting game.

Wii: variety
Xbox360: FPS, FPS, FPS, FPS, FPS, FPS, FPS 2, FPS TRIPLE... JK. Red ring of death.