2009 and beyond for Wii and NDS 27 November 2009
You have to wade through an awful lot of rubbish (or head east) to turn up gems on Nintendo hardware these days, sadly. Now that the latest EAD titles are out, including the intriguing New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and the promising Spirit Tracks to follow shortly, I'm going to point out a few titles that will appear over the coming months that might get missed.
Actually, one that might've already been overlooked is sequel to seminal N64 shooter Sin & Punishment, which dropped in Japan at the end of last month, due over here sometime next year, I suppose. Excellent. At the start of 2010, Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces will be released in Japan, which is a WWII-themed flight simulation from the Ace Combat team. It's based on the 2008 anime of the same name, and directed by Mamoru Oshii, who is said to have overseen the videogame adaptation.
For the DS before the end of the year, there is Kaijuu Busters, which is a wandering, co-operative, hack-and-slasher from Bandai, which, as the title suggests, involves killing a lot of massive monsters.