Did your favorites make the cut?

Major Nelson just recently announced the Top Ten XBLA Games of 2007 and I must say, the list kind of took me by surprise. How so? Well, see if you notice a theme between what made the cut:

1. TMNT 1989 Arcade
2. Worms
3. Castlevania: SOTN
4. UNO
5. Bomberman LIVE
6. 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
7. Sonic The Hedgehog
8. Pinball FX
9. Geometry Wars Evolved
10. Texas Hold 'em

So what did you figure out? That's right… most of the games are classic titles. Word Puzzle, SWOS and Undertow are nowhere to be seen. That's great news for retro enthusiasts since this could very well lead to an increase of the old-school stuff making their way onto Xbox Live Arcade. I'd say it's about time Capcom go into their vault and not just break out the long-awaited Street Fighter Alpha series, but Mega Man and other 2D classics in my opinion are long overdue. TMNT making the number one slot really shocked me. Now they gotta bring out The Simpsons Arcade Game. And there's a long laundry list of classics SEGA can roll out. It's been rumored that Chu Chu Rocket was going to make a debut, but perhaps they're not ready to release Dreamcast games yet. It can't be too far behind though seeing as the XBLA limit has been increased to allow more much larger games to be developed. Here's hoping 2008's lineup is even more promising.