I don't think they will make a traditional console after Wii U unfortunately. Fusion platform is next and that will basically just have a way to play the handheld games on your TV (which by 2016 you should have a handheld capable of Wii U type graphics).
IF they were going to route of a new console, this is what I'd suggest.
- They need a TWO year headstart, not just one. Nintendo takes basically a year to get settled into a new console, the extra year would guarantee them a sizeable userbase of at least 15 million.
- It has to compete with the Playstation FIVE not the PS4. If they just make a PS4-type console 3-4 years after the PS4, no one but the Wii U audience will buy it. Everyone else will have a PS4/X1 which by then will be cheaper and have hundreds of games available. Needs to be notably better hardware than the PS4.
- Needs to be built for the US market/developers needs first. That means no weird emphasis on making the system as small/power efficient as humanely possible and ending up with an expensive (but underpowered) chipset. Japan doesn't buy consoles so stop making consoles with what you think they want. It should be designed to the tastes of the West.
- I'd be open to controller innovation, but not as a sole gimmick to sell systems with and not an expensive controller.
- I'd perhaps consider waiving third party licensing fees for developers that provide strong support from day 1 at least for their first 3-4 titles.
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