Here are the 10 things that South African Nintendo Gamers should look forward to this year. Add more into the comments if I have left any out.

10 - Wii Vitality Sensor

It’s always nice to have more accessories to choose from, and this one not being very popular will still interest me. It will also add to the tools that the developers have at their disposal for games, look at what the Wii Fit Board did. It was announced at last year’s E3 and to follow Nintendo’s trend will come out around this year’s E3.

9 - Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver

I play the latest Pokémon games and enjoy them, but the new version of the game is not what I am looking forward to. It’s the Poké walker. As a Poké ranger you are always walking around and sometimes all the way across the island, this device will measure the step you take in the real world and give you experience points and let you bond more with the Pokémon that you place while you are not playing.

8 - Wii HD

There has been lots of talk about the next Wii console and “If it adds HD it will take over the market?” I disagree because I think it will make the Wii more of a hardcore console and lose some fun element. The good news is that the big boys in Nintendo agree with me, they would rather make sure that good game-play and fun is kept with HD graphic as a side offering if they have time. The chance that the new Wii will come out this year is very slim, but it might be the best thing to show off at E3 this year.

7 - The Wii taking the PS2 market share

With the PS2 games not being supported and created officially in this year, these not-so-hardcore games will need to look at a new platform to play their games on. I am in great hope that this platform will be the Wii. I'll settle for them going to the PS3.

6 - Bleach The 3rd Phantom

I've played the first two Bleach DS titles, The Blade of Fate and Dark Souls, and I am really looking forward to the next one. I am also a big fan of the anime and have watched all the episodes that are available. There is a RPG element to The 3^rd Phantom and I would like to go through the newly promised story too.

5 - Red Steel 2

Red Steel 2 is a game that loads of hard core fans are waiting for. This will be a very good excuse to buy a Wii, onl ...        I’m looking forward to it don’t get me wrong, but whether it will be as great as the hype I don’t know. I played the demo code version and it will still need a lot of work before I enjoy the controls as much as I would like to. I did how ever play almost one year old code now, so let’s hold thumbs and hope that they have fixed it.

4 - DSi (XL or not)

We are still unsure when the DSi and any of its models will be coming to South Africa (legally), but I am pushing and hoping for this year. It’s not for the new operating system and the games are the same, it’s the downloads! There is a range of DSiWare game just waiting for me to download them and play, and my fingers are itching.

3 - New Zelda

I have only played a few of the Zelda games, but the other day I downloaded Zelda I and Zelda II onto my Wii through the Virtual Console. I plan on playing through these before I head into the new one. Not that the previous titles help, actual they confuse you even more, but it’s fun to see the progression.

2 - New Friend Code Style

I’ve only heard this recently that there is a chance that the friend code system will be done-a-new. Even though I think that this is not going to happen, I’ll embrace it becauseit needs a redo. It will support the hardcore gamers desire to play online with others. Holding thumbs that they incorporate a trophy or points system like Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Let’s just wait for E3.

1 - Mario Galaxy 2