These are things we’ve known were coming for a long while, but Nintendo finally released more information on numerous products that will be getting into our hands before E3. All I can think is, “Wow, that’s a lot of stuff. How will they have anything left to debut at E3?” Knowing Nintendo, they’ve got something prepped and ready to go that will keep us on our toes until this time next year, though.

But enough with my rambling. On to the goods!

Nintendo DSi XL

• Launches March 28 at a suggested retail price of $189.99.
• The screens of the Nintendo DSi XL are 93 percent larger and feature a wider viewing angle than DS Lite’s.
• Burgundy and Bronze colors at launch.
• Comes loaded with pre-installed premium software Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math and Photo Clock, as well as two free applications: the Nintendo DSi Browser and Flipnote Studio.
• Nintendo DSi XL will also come with a larger stylus.

America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking and WarioWare™: D.I.Y. will also launch for the Nintendo DS family of products on March 28.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 launches May 23. The game includes the amazing gravity-defying, physics-based exploration from the first game, but is loaded with entirely new galaxies and features to challenge and delight players. Some stages feature Yoshi, and new items are featured, such as a drill.

Metroid: Other M, the new Metroid game developed for Wii, launches June 27. The game reimagines the franchise: While much of the game is reminiscent of 2-D side-scrollers, players can switch the perspective into 3-D at any time.This game also explores the never-before-told story of bounty hunter Samus Aran’s past. This new approach uses a new control scheme which requires that players use the Wii Remote sideways to battle enemies, then aim at the screen with the Wii Remote pointer to blast foes in first-person and hunt the world for clues and hidden passages.

Nintendo of America (in partnership with Square-Enix, of course) will publish Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in the Americas when the game arrives in summer 2010.
Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri launches in the United States on April 20. The game lets players customize their character, armor and weapons in order to protect a town from majestic monsters as that town rebuilds after a disaster. Online play will be available at no additional cost. Online text chat is fully functional and online voice chat is enabled using the Wii Speak microphone (let’s face it, have you really used it since Animal Crossing: City Folk?). At a suggested retail price of $59.99, limited quantities of Monster Hunter Tri will include the new Black Classic Controller Pro, while both Black and White versions of the controller will be available separately at a suggested retail price of $19.99. Want the game without the controller? It’s $49.99, which means that you’re really getting an awesome deal on the new controller.
Nintendo also announced a whole host of other games, like Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (a Wii shooter), FlingSmash for Wii (playable only with Wii MotionPlus), Picross 3D for DS, 100 Classic Books (turn your DS into a small library!), Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will launch May 18 on both the Wii and Nintendo DS platforms, Disney Guilty Party (a mystery party game for Wii), and DSi exclusive title Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal — which uses augmented reality to let players become a ghost hunter.

Of course, they didn’t leave their downloadable games out of the announcement. Take a look at what’s coming up in the next six months for WiiWare and DSiWare.

For WiiWare:

* Launching on March 1, Capcom’s Mega Man™ 10 builds upon the huge impact of Mega Man 9, a completely new adventure rendered in classic 8-bit style. This new game looks and sounds as awesomely retro as its predecessor.
* Launching on March 8, Max & the Magic Marker from Press Play turns the Wii Remote into an orange magic marker that’s literally magic. Players draw lines and objects to help Max reach objects and his ultimate goal.
* The long-awaited indie cult classic Cave Story comes to WiiWare with new game play, artwork and music enhancements on March 22. It’s classic gaming reborn for 2010.
* Launching on March 29, WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase is a standalone product exclusive to the WiiWare service and available only from the Wii Shop Channel. The game contains more than 70 new microgames and features interoperability with the WarioWare: D.I.Y. game for the Nintendo DS family of products. Players that own both games can transfer content between the two via a local wireless connection, and can even play user-created microgames on their television using WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase.
* As the techno music pulses, Nintendo’s Art Style™: light trax™ puts players in charge of a white beam of light as it engages in a surreal race against other beams across a dark track. Players must keep away from obstacles, use items and look for power boosts if they want to finish first. Art Style: light trax launches this spring.
* Swim and spin through the primordial ooze in Nintendo’s Art Style: Rotozoa™ as you absorb tiny organisms that match the colors of your tentacles. As you absorb more organisms, your tentacles grow. The challenge increases as additional tentacles are gained, but power-ups can help you survive and thrive. Art Style: Rotozoa launches this spring.
* Launching this spring, Rage of the Gladiator from Ghostfire Games is an intense fighting game that asks players to perfect their well-timed moves against an array of opponents. The game is compatible with the Wii MotionPlus accessory.
* Launching this spring, And Yet It Moves from Broken Rules requires players to rotate the world to help their line-drawn protagonist progress. Walls become floors and floors become ceilings in this surreal twist on the platformer genre.
* Launching this summer, Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize Finalist Super Meat Boy from Team Meat sets a cube of meat off on an adventure to save Princess Bandage. This off-the-wall game is not for the faint of heart.

For Nintendo DSiWare:

* Nintendo’s Photo Dojo™ is poised to be the cult hit of 2010 when it launches this spring. The game first asks players to pose for 13 pictures and input 10 sound effects. Once that’s done, the player becomes the main character in a hilarious side-scrolling fighting game. Create up to eight characters and do battle alone or against a friend on a single Nintendo DSi or Nintendo DSi XL system.
* Launching this spring, Nintendo’s Metal Torrent™ delivers a frantic barrage of gunfire that fills the screen. Players try to convert opponents’ bullets into cubes that, when collected, increase their score and fill an energy meter that powers special weapons. Online Leaderboards record scores and movies of top games.
* Launching this spring, X-Scape™ from Nintendo immerses players in an exploratory adventure involving more than 20 planets. Players will pilot their tank through 3-D tunnels, fire at enemies and even battle ancient weapons that resemble giant robots.

That….is a lot of stuff. What are you most excited for? I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but I really want to get my hands on Disney Guilty Party.