Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata told Japanese press yesterday that the company currently has 45 Wii games and 79 Nintendo DS games in development, with some of those titles scheduled for release this summer.

Following the release of the company's yearly financial results, Iwata told the gathered crowd that while in-house development teams have 124 projects spread across the console and portable platforms, not all of them will see release.

Guess that means no Wii drought, eh?

While we know a handful of the 79 titles already in development for the Nintendo DS, many of those are likely never to make it outside of Japan, as is currently the case with bestselling software like Kanji Training, Cooking Navi and English Training. Still to be released DS software includes North American release confirmed titles Chibi Robo: Park Patrol, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and DS Air.

On the Wii front, we have a better idea what to expect over the next year or two. The list of currently confirmed and rumored future Wii software includes:

1. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
2. Mario Party 8
3. Pokemon Battle Revolution
4. Mario Strikers Charged
5. DK Bongo Blast
6. Super Mario Galaxy
7. Battalion Wars 2
8. Disaster: Day of Crisis
9. Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
11. Metroid Prime 3 Corruption
12. Wii Health
13. Wii Music
14. Mario & Sonic At The Olympics
15. Animal Crossing Wii
16. Forever Blue
17. Wii Motor Sports
18. The Legend of Zelda Wii
19. Fire Emblem Wii
20. Yoshi's Island Wii

Nintendo still has yet to announce Wii versions of successful series such as Pikmin, Wave Race, Nintendogs, Chibi Robo, Kirby, F-Zero, Pilotwings and Starfox. Add the typical Mario sports entries—golf, baseball, basketball—and there are still many possibilities for first-party projects.

Just to be on the safe side, I'll put money on those unannounced games to be Mario Party 9, Mario Party 10, Mario Party 11, Mario Party 12, Mario Party 13, Mario Party 14, Mario Party 15, Mario Party 16, Mario Party 17, Mario Party 18, Mario Party 19, Mario Party 20, Mario Party 21, Mario Party 22, Mario Party 23, Mario Party 24, Mario Party 25, Mario Party 26, and Mario Party 27. Michael McWhertor

Nintendo Develops 45 New Games for Wii, 79 Titles for DS Player [Bloomberg]

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