Wii Play is more interesting than this. Do we really want to play Roulette or Bingo on our Wiis? This appears to be more like a console version of Clubhouse Games.

So why is Nintendo announcing it now?

Whenever Nintendo has bad financial news, they always present… something. Such as when the DS XL was revealed. But with E3 so close, they probably didn’t have much to choose from without spoiling their show.