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We're concerned that the money-making machine at Nintendo is currently set to "quit while you're ahead," as the company offered so little in the way of news or game announcements at E3 2008, some observers forgot they were there.

To be fair, they did unveil the first follow-up to the outrageous successful Wii Sports. Dubbed Wii Sports: Resort, the beachy party game comes packed with a Wii remote attachment called the Wii Motion Plus. Simply snapping it onto the remote makes it far more responsive, though we wish they just had it working this way from the get go. Between this and the Wii Balance Board, Nintendo's affordable, easy-to-use box o' fun just got a lot more expensive and, perhaps worse, more confusing.

Speaking of which, we're baffled that they officially announced only two new major 2008 Wii releases in Animal Crossing Wii and the non-game Wii Music. No new Mario? No new Zelda? Donkey Kong? Luigi? Though we were thrilled to hear that Grand Theft Auto would be making its way to the DS, just unveiling a logo isn't enough. With a paper thin holiday lineup competing against blockbusters from Sony and Microsoft, we fear Nintendo is putting too many eggs in one basket, and unless you happen to like the taste of playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" over and over again, the rest of 2008 might spell trouble for the seemingly invincible publisher.