Let's talk DS-i for a bit

Since its release in April of this year I've been waiting for a good reason to justify my purchase of the console and still haven't gotten one yet. I was on the fence about it for quite some time. I never upgraded to a DS Lite from the chunkier clam shell version I bought back in '04. When the DS-i was announced, I was intrigued because it offered better amenities than the DS Lite, a faster processor, cameras, downloadable games, an SD card reader, and would be able to work on my secure Wi-Fi connection. All of these were reasons for me to update but they weren't good reasons. Yes, the screen is bigger and brighter. Yes, I can take goofy pictures of myself and make them goofier. The question is where are the games?
When the DS came out it launched with a ported version of Super Mario 64 which is still my favorite Mario game - and it was able to fit on a tiny little card and be carted around anywhere I went. It was something I could show my friends and say "look at what you can do with portable games now." Making the DS-i Ware store exclusive to this console I was excited thinking that it would be similar to the app store for iPhone but with a greater percentage of quality games since proper developers know how to make a decent DS game. So far Nintendo has been content to just sell us $2.00 chunks of DS games they've released and there are only three games that are actually games on the console. As if that's not bad enough they want to throw salt in the wound by releasing clocks and calculators with Animal Crossing and Mario themed skins.
I wish we could return to the old days when companies delayed releases of the new consoles a few months to ensure there would be some good games to play on them when they were available for public consumption like the North American release of Sega's Dreamcast. The free 1000 DS-i points I received for buying and registering my system remained unused until the release of Mario vs Donkey Kong last week and while it's actually a decent game to play, I'm not running to show my friends that this is what they can do with portable games now. I'd rather show them Real Racing or Star Defense for iPhone. I thought it would be a good product to recommend to at least the people who have a 1st generation DS but I can't say that now. A year from now it could be a different story but there is no reason to buy this thing. I wonder how long it'll be before there's a good enough reason to spend my remaining 200 DS-i points?