Nintendo has done a great job (and sometimes not so great) job over the years of pushing a new system with a new franchise. Something fresh, ground-breaking and impressive. We have seen new franchises launch with a sytem (SMB, Wii Sports), or salvage a sytem later (DKC). We've seen games like Goldeneye come along and boost N64 to "ok" numbers and we've seen Nintendo's best system, the DS, have one innovative title after another (Nintendogs, Brain Training, etc).
Super Mario 3D World looks like an extremely well executed game to me. I think it will be very popular and move systems, especially among those who have been enjoying 3D Land on 3DS. But I think if they want Wii U to really take off like Wii or DS or 3DS they need something totally fresh that makes buzz. And this needs to come in 2014.
What do you think it should be? An adult title? A new twist on a platformer? Something with heavy online? A party game? Something using the gamepad? I think this fresh title could be a new franchise or a re-imagining of a long-dormantone (DKC, NSMB), but it needs to be something that would create a stir in the industry.
