Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata, has said that the company has 124 new titles in development.

45 of those games will be for the Wii, while 79 will be for the DS. No names or release dates have been given, but Iwata did say that the next batch of titles will be out in “summer,” according to Bloomberg.

If 124 games seems like a colossal figure to you, you're not alone. SPOnG put in a quick call to Nintendo to clarify and was told that the figure includes first and second party titles. In other words, expect Nintendo IP, but not every game will have been created by Nintendo development teams.

Still, that's a healthy figure. Since the Wii's release, in particular, all the best releases have had Nintendo's stamp on them. There has been criticism from some quarters that the platform has lacked a strong software line-up.

With no dates being disclosed, however, we shouldn't start jumping for joy just yet. Many of the titles could still be in the very early stages in development and quite a while away. In particular, Iwata's statement that the next wave of titles will hit this “summer” is pretty unhelpful.

Iwata recently gave us all quite a scare with his comments about the Wii's current abnormality. SPOnG, for one, thinks it's nice that he's been able to deliver some better news.

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