I guess it's a matter of opinion; I still consider movie games and those tie-ins to be 'real' games. People buy them, and they're a pretty large percentage as far as total released video games go, especially for the Wii.

Perhaps I'm overstating things and being pessimistic. It is a good start of sorts, but is it very good?

Iron Chef, Neopets and Nancy Drew beg to differ.

I'm sure you enjoy them, and they do look decent. What I mean to say is that having two good games coming out from January to Februrary doesn't strike me as justification for a good start, especially given all the other stuff that's been released during this period.

Twilight Princess, simply because it didn't try to drill the monotony of sailing into your bloody head over and over.

Most of the games on this list have had precious little detail released on them, and yet you're announcing the 'comeback' of Nintendo?

Sonic Unleashed was somewhat promising, if only because Sega and the 'Sonic Team' took two steps in the right direction.

They got rid of Sonic's annoying little anthropomorphic entourage, and aside from the god-awful Werehog sections, kept some of the levels mostly in 2-D.

Quality is tapping a box of Kleenex?

I'm sorry, I just don't see any innovation or quality in Let's Tap. How is the tapping system different from, say, having only one button to control your character?

Don't say something like "oh, the more you tap the more powerful your action is", because that's not true. You could just hold the button down for a longer period of time to make your character jump for a longer distance, etc.

Ugh. So having two games that garnered barely an 8.0 counts as a good start?

Awful third-party games that exist only to cash in on mainstream franchises still follow the Wii everywhere it goes, like some kind of herpes-infested stalker. The only games that look decent on the horizon that aren't some half-brained sequel or port are The Conduit and Madworld.

And these two don't even look that hot, either. Despite impressive sales, for people who consider gaming more than a little hobby, 2008 was a dismal year for the Wii, and right now, 2009 looks the same way.

I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I hope some mindblowing game that actually makes good use of the Wii's innovative control system in an original way is released, so I can bring down my console from the attic.

At least Madworld tries to be innovative. Neither of them look that great, though.

In Madworld it's impossible to tell what's going on because of the art style, and the gameplay looks shallow. In the Conduit, graphics try too hard to be next-gen and end up being too glossy, and it's all been done before.

I'll go with Madworld.