Meh, they'll be back to their old ways before you know it. It's inevitable... happens at least once every generation.

Probably not. Nintendo seems to constantly read incorrectly why they are successful. They will say that a lot of Wiis were bought on Black Friday because people wanted to play Skyward Sword. They also claimed that people originally bought the Wii for Twilight Princess. The truth is that common person bought the Wii for Wii Sports and games like that. Now they are buying it because of the price.

Nintendo will continue to go down the path that they did with the Gamecube. They are going to give people what they truly wished that they wanted with the Wii U instead of what they truly want.

So long as they realise what they did wrong, I'm sure they will be fine

I think the first of a lesson learnt was they revealed that 3rd parties got to know Wii U sooner than ever. By that, not only does Nintendo offer 3rd parties time to make games but also shows a gesture of really being open.
I too think that Bit.Trip creators have dev kits, which is rather surprising and points too Nintendo wanting more devs to bring games sooner to the market and in more quantity! What the Wii needed!

With 3DS Nintendo learnt the importance of a good online system on games (MK7) and on the get go of the console. Actually, i think Nintendo will surprise us when they reveal their online plans.

In terms of killer games, it`s true that 3DS will only receive it`s first with MK7. That pleases core and casual gamers. And i think it will make the console reach a new plateau.
Still, i don`t know if that will be enough to call it a winner - comparing it to DS or not. What i feel it needs is mainly an overall redesign to make it less DS and more 3DS and improve the 3D tech. That, plus games that really appeal to the casual and core crowd, are the most important things for next year.

Not only does it show Nintendo is more open than ever, but as you said, it does give 3rd parties time to invest on Wii U and create good games.
I don`t remember where i read this, but someone was of the opinion that by having Bit.Trip developers get their hands on Wii U dev kits so soon, it means that Nintendo is not only preparing 3rd parties for retail games, but also for their online structure. That is a good point of view and makes perfect sense!

definitely, at least for 3DS owners

I mean 3DS wasn't doing as good, and now we have tons of stuff coming up

Nintendo has erupted the 3DS volcano!!

* waits for the inevitable essay/rant from joelcool*

My eyes are on late January Wii and 3DS sales. Then we will know whether the software boost has a long term effect.

Until then it is marketing and hype.

Nintendo have not fixed the core problem of no longer appealing to a mass audience. Compared to Wii Sports and Brain Training, 3D Mario and 3D Zelda are niche audiences that do not create hardware momentum (because people would already have a Wii/3DS if they liked those games.) Until they get a 2D Mario on 3DS it is dead. And unless a 2D Mario plus Wii Sports sequel appear on Wii U with, and this is important, higher production values than their Wii originals, it is dead too.

Bull****

Nearly everything you wrote, sry. Late January is late january, nevertheless good holiday sales are good holiday sales (and these sales are about 1/3 of yearly sales).

2D Mario was and probably is a monster, but 3DS is far from dead and you should know that. By the way, 2D Mario on 3DS???

You're dead Sir,

dead wrong!

2D Mario ftw, i can't hear that sh*** anymore!

Rol, stopp it!