It was a short conference, but Nintendo definitely learned from its lesson after last year’s weak showing. This year, they pulled out all the stops and announced something for just about everyone this year, and it’ll have hardcore gamers dusting off their Wiis in anticipation.

Nintendo’s press conference was pretty much rattling off game after game after game, a lot of which the core gamer will enjoy.  There’s a full list of what they announced after the jump, but be warned, it’s LONG.

  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii – Holiday 2009)
  • Wii Fit Plus (Wii – Fall 2009)
  • Wii Sports Resort with WiiMotionPlus (Wii – July 26th)
  • PGA Tour 10 with WiiMotionPlus (Wii)
  • Grand Slam Tennis with WiiMotionPlus (Wii)
  • Virtua Tennis 2009 with WiiMotionPlus (Wii)
  • Red Steel 2 (Wii) – Note that this game is going to be WiiMotionPlus exclusive.
  • Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii)
  • Some new Kingdom Hearts game that I wasn’t able to catch the name on. (DS)
  • Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (DS – Fall 2009)
  • Golden Sun DS (DS – 2010)
  • Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion (DS)
  • Cop: The Pursuit (DS)
  • Style-Savvy (DS)
  • Flipnote Studio a.k.a. Moving Memo (DSiWare – Summer 2009)
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again (DSiWare – June 8th)
  • WarioWare: Do It Yourself (DSiWare)
  • DSi Camera Facebook functionality
  • The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
  • Wii Vitality Sensor (Wii)
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
  • The Conduit (Wii – June)
  • Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles (Wii)
  • Dead Space Extraction (Wii)
  • Metroid: Other M (Wii)

The ones I’m personally excited about are bolded, but right now all that’s going through my mind right now is, “Holy shit it’s a new Golden Sun!” That’s definitely something I’ve been waiting for for a while.  The concept of four player co-op in New Super Mario Bros. Wii also looks really cool.  Although I didn’t really get into Super Mario Galaxy, I’ll probably give it another shot with Galaxy 2, and I nearly creamed myself when I saw the trailer for Metroid: Other M.

WarioWare:DIY is something I’m looking forward to, mainly because of the fact that the game is based upon your own creations. That should be really cool. Same goes with the new Mario vs. DK that’s going to be coming out on DSiWare this coming Monday.

But Nintendo seriously redeemed themselves after last year’s conference. Definitely a strong showing this year, and hopefully they will keep this up for years to come.