All six are must have titles for me...

Last I heard, there were supposed to be seventeen launch titles... What happened to Trauma Center 2: Second Opinion?!

I call BS: No way they are launching with just 5 games + a GCN upgrade. Where are the EA games, where are all the other games that were supposed to be there for launch? GCN launched with 20 games, and that console's launch wasn't exactly "dashing".

Granted, now we get Zelda, Metroid and some -possibly- other gems on day one, but where are the games Nintendo wants to show off the Wii's uniqueness with? Where is Wii Sports, where are the games my grandma would want to play? Maybe these games will be there for launch, but i can't believe they would be the only ones, or Nintendo is dropping the ball big time. Which games would cater to the non-gamer exactly?

I agree, this sounds false. There's no way Nintendo would launch without WarioWare: Smooth Moves. Although they have been going on about spreading the games out during the first year of the Wii on the market. And without Excite Truck the console wouldn't even have a racing game at launch... unless third parties can fill that void.

spong are trying hard to get rid of their "not-so-trustable" sticker, and then they come walsing in with this bullshit.

there will be around 20 games at release, nintendo power mearly stated that these 6 games will be there.

i lol at spong.

I dont have the magazine in front of me so I dont know exactly what it does or does not say. I cannot imagine Spong posting such a story without double checking these facts as this appears to be very bad news indeed.

On the other hand this could have an upside.

First of all GCN only launched with 4 titles. Luigi's mansion, Monkey ball 1, wave race blue storm, and i cannot recall the other game. Considering that MPIII and Zelda are on the list, I consider this a pretty strong showing with 2 must haves on day one. Red Steel very well could be a must buy, Dragon quest games are great so at least in japan that is a must buy (and probly for me too), and monkey ball is always a must buy for me. That means 5 games for me on launch day even if zelda gets my all my immediate attention.

So what good news could come of this if this is all for the launch titles. Well, it could mean that the system is coming out earlier than expected like in october and only these 6 will be completely prepped for that date. Also it means that nintendo could be staggering their titles a little bit so that there is not going to be that new console drought that so many consoles suffer from for 6-8 months after launch (see x360 for example). Finally this does not mention at all what other titles will be coming out in the luanch window (6-8 weeks after launch) which very well may include all the other expected titles. And finally it does not mention what VC (virtual console) games will be ready for download.

As for the comment about which of these games would interest my grandmother....how many grandmothers do you know that are going to stay up all night in the freezing cold to get a Wii on day one? Not many so i assure you that by the time the console gets into full circulation many grandmother frienly games will be available on market. These games cater much more to the hardcore nintendo gamer because that is who will be buying the first 2-4 million consoles.

Sure launch could use some more games, but even just with Zelda and MPIII i am completely happy.