As I'm browsing through a couple of stores Toys R Us and Target, taking my kids to spend their gift cards they got from Gramps. I notice the massive amount of short supply of games at these stores and Wii U Hardware was not to be found. Splatoon,Smash, Xenoblade, Mario Maker Sold out; Toad, Donkey Kong, Kirby, and Mario Tennis with only a few left. Mario Kart was the only one still had a healthy amount. 

So with that said looks like Nintendo, at least in US, is starting to pick up momentum and I'm glad to see it.

My fellow Nintendo supporters are you seeing the same thing in your area?

Yeah. I've been seeing a lot of games sell quickly. Although, my local store always has a lot of stock for Nintendo games.

(They had probably about 40 Yokai Watch copies when that released)

Yeah my daughter wants that game and it was at short supply as well. Her birthday is in a few weeks might get that for her 

My experience these days is nintendo stuff is hardly stocked. Momentum is long gone.

After the japanese sales it's pretty clear that the wii U is making a comeback

This happened last year, when iwent to toysrus and target there were a few people looking around for wii us but couldnt find one.

Lol. This probably doesn't mean anything. Coming from someone who almost exclusively games Nintendo.

Well in the holiday season games in general sell very well so yes the wii u did sell but obviously not as great as the ps4 or xbox one nintendo needs to try to sell as many wii u systems as they can before the nx drops.

Actually for all the naysayers that just to like to come in a drop negative comments without any major reason why. Last year WiiU hardware was hard to find but games still weren't selling and games were always on the shelves this year games are cleared out. The gap in the US isn't as big as it is the EU. I think these two weeks will surprise a few.

This kind of stuff though is going to have me write a nice suggested thread for this website

With the slight momentum they have and a great early 2016 lineup ahead, I strongly believe  that the NX will be here 2017-18 if it's a home console. But my hunch it's a handheld/smartphone