My Top Ten Games for the rest of 2009

This isn't going to be a several page article like my other stuff, just a quick list of my most wanted games that remain in 2009.

10: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Wii
I love Capcom and I'm a proponent of rail shooters, so this is another game I'm giving the benefit of the doubt, especially since I loved Umbrella Chronicles. Not much more to say, looking forward to more classic RE feel without the gameplay quirks.

9: Muramasa
Wii
I haven't played any Vanillaware games before, but the more action focused direction of Muramasa has me interested. After Wario Land Shake I take bad statements about 2D console games with a pillar of salt, so I'm hoping Muramasa will live up to its potential.

8: Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
PS2 and PSP
While I was hoping for a PS3 Jak, my favorite 3D only platformer series getting a sequel makes the list regardless of system. The developers are promising a 10-12 hour story, which would put it well above the often short PSP versions of console franchises, albeit not quite as long as Jak 2 and 3. Either way, just getting a new Jak is a relief, I had been fearing for the series.

7: The Conduit
Wii
I'm normally not a big fan of first person shooters, but I just love using the Wii remote for them. The Conduit may only be a few days away, but it's been on my anticipated games list for quite a while. I probably won't be able to get it right away, but that's because 2009 has been so full.

6: Red Steel 2
Wii
With Wii Motion + being hyped in genres I'm just not interested in, I'm very excited for a game in a genre I am that will be packaged with WM+. Red Steel 2 may have gone in a completely random direction compared to its predecessor, but all that matters is that we could get a game with great IR and WM+ use.

5: Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Playstation 3
The only one of Sony's PS2 platformers getting PS3 love, Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction returned to the series roots having at least some platforming, and refining the formula further. All I need for A Crack in Time is a longer quest and I'm set.

4: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
DS
With the touch based Zelda formula warming up on Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks has a chance to take it all the way and become one of the great Zeldas. Whether this happens or not, a good Zelda is great by the standards of any other series, so Spirit Tracks definitely deserves a spot on this list.

3: Uncharted 2
Playstation 3
While I pine for another Naughty Dog Jak game and wish Uncharted fell into the more platformerish feel of their previous franchises, Uncharted was still a great game and Naughty Dog has a fantastic track record for improving their series with the second game. I'm hoping Uncharted 2 will bring the series up to Naughty Dog's true potential.

2: Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
DS
Mario and Luigi had quite possibly my favorite turn based battle system of all time, so naturally I'm very excited for the third in the series, which impressions of the Japanese version indicate will fall into the 3>1>2 gaming sequel pattern. It's taken way too long to come to NA, but it should be worth it.

1: New Super Mario Bros Wii
Wii
As you may know, I really, really love Mario platformers. I've been waiting for more Mario goodness to be announced for a year and a half now, and at E3 my wish was granted twice. NSMBW may have a four player co-op mode, but I'm just in it for more one player 2D Mario bliss.