Nintendo embaces 2D with new Wario game on Wii

being a gamer who has been around since the 2D sprite days of the 8-bit generation (NES and Master System), I've always been a fan of well done sprite games and think they can still have a place with modern photo-realistic games of today. The best examples of this would be games like Odin Sphere.
When Nintendo announced a new Wario game for the Wii I had visions of the Wario World game from the Gamecube in my head, and lost interest. If it has Wario's name in the title it better be followed by "ware" to keep me interested for long.
However, then I saw the in-game at E3. What is this? A fully 2D sprite game on the Wii? And it's not even a Wii Ware title? It's a full game!
Now my disinterest has seen a full 360. It has some big, beautifully animated sprites. This is the kind of thing we see all the time on the DS but rarely on the consoles.
The visual style looks great, lets hope the gameplay follows suit.