Rumors swirl around the mysterious successor to the Wii – that it’s code named “Project Cafe,” that its controllers will have mini touchscreens built into them – so expect the record to be set straight when Nintendo pulls the curtain off the Wii’s successor at E3 this June. Consider this the official announcement of the official announcement of the system, and expect to see the smiling face Reggie “My Body is Ready” Fils-Aime towering intimidatingly over that of Shigeru “Shiggy” Miyamoto as they boast about features.

After the Wii’s initial mega-success began to taper off, it sure seemed like Nintendo relegated it to the back burner in favor of handheld offerings, where their domination is near absolute. What major Wii titles are on the radar now that aren’t yet another edition to a Nintendo in-house franchise? Now with the clock ticking on the Wii’s lifespan, I can’t help but feel Nintendo squandered their console’s incredible market penetration by failing to follow through with games as innovative as their technology. Sony and Microsoft scrambled to catch up to the motion-control craze, so now Nintendo seems to be resting their hopes on pushing the ball forward yet again.