WiiWare frustrates me. There have been a lot of good games for the service, but also a lot of junk. Par for the course on Wii I guess, but still. Every Monday I wait with baited breath, and more often than not I am disappointed. It's not that I want or expect there to be several great games every single week. I don't even get mad at the one-game Mondays we get occasionally. What I want is for the games that have been announced or that are even out in other regions to make it to the service. I'm saving points for certain releases and I will almost never spend them on something different once they've been earmarked for a specific title. Gradius: Rebirth has been teasing me for months now! It's disheartening when I want to be on the Wii Shop Channel downloading games, but can't because I think a better one will be out just next week. I think it prevents me from enjoying some of the good stuff that comes out in the meantime.

Speaking of good stuff, where is all the first-party support? Besides the ArtStyle games, Nintendo sure hasn't released much on WiiWare. Haven't they ever heard of leading by example? They have tons of properties perfectly suited to WiiWare releases. I know we'll be getting some WarioWare on DSi, but why did it take this long? Oh well, at least High Voltage and a few others are putting out some nice stuff. 2-D Boy's World of Goo is still the stand-out game for the system and I hope they have more coming. Hudson Soft has been putting out some solid stuff too, but it can be hit or miss. I know that Nintendo can deliver the goods and I really want them to do so. I want a reason to spend my points instead of waiting endlessly for promised games that never come.