Captain Toad is a little game which lack content, not more than 6/10 for me.

Splatoon is under developpement but it does not look like a AAA at all. It's a multiplayer enhenced paintball game, but it won't come anywhere close the polish and the excellence of MK8, Smash or Bayonetta 2.

Yeah, if we take all releases on all platforms it looks like a lot of games, but some of those years you listed are pretty crappy for individual platforms, and considering that people probably only like a subset of the games released it'll feel like a drought for everyone. And do remember, the years you cited were  the end of the last generation when all the publishers are trying to wrap up their games and release new ones: releases are going to be higher overall, meaning fewer droughts overall. 

Emphasize the bolded. 

As for Splatoon, I definitely have to disagree. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6S2zU6-Zy8

The game has a lot of depth and polish from the trailers we've seen. 

For Splatoon I may be influenced by the fact that the artstyle makes me want to vomit and I already hate the need to paint everything, but honestly, the game looks very simplistic and the arenas look even simplier.

Not that this is true for everyone, but 5-6 games per year is plenty for many people.This is especially true since a few of those games (Xenoblade X, Zelda U) will be 50-100 hour games. And there are plenty of good multiplayer games to play (MK8, Smash Bros U, and Splatoon.) I personally would take quality over quantity if I had to choose. But I like being able to have options, and I personally do play more than 5-6 games/ year. Anyway, if Nintendo released 5-6 Wii U games per year, and Nintendo fans also have a 3DS with 4-6 releases per year, that would be quite  an amount of games to play, at least one a month. 

Watch the analyzed trailer. The game isn't simplistic. The world has depth. The combat has variety and depth. The single-player AND multiplayer have depth and breadth. It might not be the deepest game ever, but it is obvious that there is a lot of variety and thought put into the game. But like you said, it might be your bias from the art-style. 

......Really? I do realize that not a lot happens in January, but you cannot possibly be THIS BORED. Considering how a lot of release dates haven't been set yet, I very much doubt we're in for a drought beyond just the typical drought that comes with the seasons. For crying out loud, they're pumping out nearly a game a month on average for 2015 and that's not including things they haven't announced. A monthly release is freaking nuts. But this has nothing to do with LOGIC does it? Because that's not EXCITING, that's not DRAMATIC. This is what I like to call soap opera syndrome; it's where everything is fine and dandy but then someone tries to stir things up for other reason than because stability is boring to them. Hate to break it to ya, but there is not going to be anything dramatic with Nintendo. Wii U sales will be fine, probably even increasing on average, they'll still release a surprisingly diverse library for the year, and people will continue to pout because Nintendo continues to be the least dramatic company in the industry.

Perhaps Nintendo itself

Same as always, Nintendo, 3rd party publishers and gamers who don't put out coin on certain titles at the right time.


Honestly, the only good thing about this period for the past few years is usually a great RPG released on the 3DS (technically we are getting the updated MH4 released outside of Japan, along with updated ports of Majora's Mask and Devil Survivor 2, not new games but great ones improved nonetheless) and we should get a Nintendo Direct that will hopefully build hype for upcoming Wii U releases.

Still waiting on more info on Fire Emblem x Shin Megami Tensei or at least a NA release date for Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Having really low expectations doesn't excuse lack of games. What Wii U games release in the next 3 months?