Okay, firstly I should state that I do the majority of my gaming on the Wii. As we entered 2010, I could see myselfbuying just one game this year, Super Mario Galaxy 2, but it's starting to look like I might end up buying over 10-15 games. Since I got my Wii, I haven't bought many games for it;

2008

Super Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports.... All bundled with the Wii. It was a gift so I didn't buy any of these.

Twilight Princess and GH3 for my birthday.

Then I bought Mario Kart Wii and PES 2008, both full price.

I got SSBB as a gift.

I then found Zack and Wiki very cheap 2nd hand.

2009

Didn't buy any games until around August, when I bought No More Heroes cheap 2nd hand

Then bought Metroid Prime Trilogy full price.

Then got Okami and NSMBWii for Christmas.

I've only bought 3 games for full price, and 5 games overall. I think 2010 might be different.

My only definite purchase will be Super Mario Galaxy 2, but there are 6 other titles, potentially released this year, that are already starting to grab my interest.

Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing is looking very good. It always looked to me like a cheap kart racing Sega cash-in, but I'm really hoping it will be a good game. I'm a sucker for games with lots of recognisable characters and scenery etc. like Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros, but I will definitely wait for reviews and maybe for a price drop before I commit to getting this game.

Tatsunoko vs Capcom is another game that to me looked like I would just not be interested in, but recently I have researched it, and I'm seriously considering a purchase. My main concern is that I will just really really suck at the game. I have Street Fighter IV on 360 and I just cannot get into it at all, because I cannot win any fights. Again, I will wait for reviews, but even excellent reviews may not be able to persuade me to buy the game, but it's definitely on my radar.

The new Zelda game is something that I am not necessarily excited for, but I know I will be getting it, maybe on release day. I don't believe that it will come out this year, although I gather that there is still a reasonablechance.

Metroid: Other M is, like Zelda, a game that I am not necessarily excited for, but, unlike Zelda, I'm not sure whether I'll be getting it or not. I'm currently playing through the Metroid Prime Trilogy and loving it, but I'm keeping my hype for Other M at a cautious level.

Monster Hunter 3 is another game that I am interested in, but do not know enough about to get myself hyped for it. I don't think I'm likely to buy it, but a lot of people are very excited by it, and when it comes out I'll probably read up about it to see if I'm willing to spend the money on it.

The game I'm most excited about, after Super Mario Galaxy 2, is Epic Mickey. As I said earlier, I'm a sucker for games which use recognisable characters, and I really do love it when developers do something really worthwile with a licence. This game just looks as though it's guaranteed to be fun, although a couple of interviews and screenshots can't really tell me that, so I'm reserving judgement until we're closer to release, but this looks like a game that I will definitely pick up at some point.

This year, the most likely scenario is that I will get Tatsunoko vs Capcom and Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing for my birthday in March, buy SMG2 on release day, whenever that may be, and then get Epic Mickey and the new Zelda, if it's out, for Christmas.

Of course I will be keeping an eye out for bargains, for games from the past few years, such as Resident Evil 4, Punch-Out!!!, Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City and a few others that I've had a passing interest in.

All in all, it looks like 2010 won't be that expensive after all, so long as I have the patience to wait for my Birthday and Christmas to get some of my most anticipated games. If that works out, I'll be buying just one full price game this year, which is the same as 2009, and then hopefully a few lowered price games. I know it's supposedly harming the industry by waiting for games to drop in price, but these are games which I have little to no interest in purchasing when they are first released, and only really become interested in them because of the lower price tag.

Thanks for reading, if anyone did read! How many games is everyone hoping to get this year? and which ones are we most hyped for?