....Uh, ok? And how does that relate in any way to what I'm saying?

Popularity of Zelda is on a steady decline, the new one could inject new life into the series, sure, but by seeing the sales of WWHD & HW seems like a big chunk of the fanbase already owns the console.

Won't really argue about Splatoon nor Mario Maker, we'll have to wait and see; when a great game like Bayonetta 2 flops on the console then Devil's Third has no chance.

The newest iterations of Yoshi and Kirby didn't precicely lit the charts on fire, the fanbase of those series most likely own a WiiU already, will they bump the console? Sure, but don't expect them to do more than what Pikmin 3 did.

"Xenoblade will capture Japan" By that "will" it seems that you're dead certain on that, something in the likes of "Xenoblade wil quite unlikely capture Japan" sounds more likely, I mean with Mario Kart 8+Smash WiiU is down YOY in Japan, to think that a sequel to a game that Japan barely cared about will do anything is rather foolish for lack of a better word.

Honestly, the SF fanbase is nearly non existent, the only reason the the original SNES one and N64 one sold so well where due to gimmicks, the Super FX Chip and the Rumble Pack respectively, the WiiU is pretty much a gimmick and peope aren't buying it already.

Yup its pretty self explanatory.  Price drop + software = success 

Can't see it myself. 2015 represents the first year where wii u doesn't have major third party support and this Christmas has shown the wii u is nowhere near the same sales level as xbox one or ps4. Yes there might be a new sku or price cut but both ps4 and xbone will be cheaper and showing software on a technically much higher level.

I don't think the wii u will match gamecube lifetime numbers or peak next year.

I think 2015 could be the peak year, dont forget that from Jan-May 2014, the only noteworthy release was Donkey Kong TF, so those first 5 months of sales were nothing spectacular. With MK8, Smash and the rest of the holiday titles, not to mention new titles, i think those first 5 months in 2015, Wii U will have a much healthier baseline and build up a lead from 2014. Zelda and Xenoblade will be the biggies for around the holiday season, so hopefully they can match what Smash is achieving.

Are you saying that MK8 didn't do much for the system?!

Good to see i'm not the only one that thinks Mario Maker is the game that could surprise saleswise. It's really the only game that can bump Wii-U sales above expectations.

No dear!...There is one other huge difference!Two consecutive price drops in its first two years -50$ -50$,which is might be the reason that gc dominates!Thanks to the price drops sold really fast...!

It certainly helped the wii u, but it didn't give it the lasting boost many hoped it would.

No it didn't really do much, it appears like it did but the fact that it released in a time that had a drought last year made the YoY boost seem bigger than it really was. If Wii U had a somewhat major game+bundle release in May/June 2013 then we would have likely seen a modest YoY boost like we have seen the rest of the year.

In the US Wii U is up YoY by about 270k thru November while Japan is down about 100k YoY in the same time frame. If VGC numbers are correct then Europe is up by a similar amount as the US. Worldwide Wii U is up by about 500k YoY in the first 11 months, percentage wise that's pretty decent but in terms of actual numbers that's not really huge considering this year had Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Smash Bros, Captain Toad.