We have discussed several times whether or not the product NEEDS to be revealed more than 6+ months before release, with people being on both sides. I personally believe that it would only benefit them by revealing it earlier and having more time for the hype to steamroll and if the product is actually good interest in the product would not fall off, but that is only a part of what this post is about. 

What this is about is do you think it is a good idea to have the Nintendo brand basically stagnate for 2 years, or should they just announce the NX and some games already? When should they have announced it? How should this year actually have looked as far as marketing for Nintendo?

Keep in mind in this discussion I only want to look at how you here see their marketing. If we could avoid things like "they should have released NX winter of this year" out of here, that would be fantastic. I just want to know if you think Nintendo are being smart in their marketing, or is it technically worse than the Wii U at this point. 

Me personally:

I think it's a terrible idea for Nintendo to have their brand stagnate for two years. No one is going to be really looking at the WIi U version of Zelda U when they will most likely be more interested in what the NX version looks like. 

They should have officially shown it, had it's name out at least by early June, had all E3 to destroy the competition with the shear amount of 1st party games they got coming to it (I mean, we haven't got a big budget game since 2014), throw in some third party, and just have E3 be this big blowout of TONS of titles easing peoples minds of how little their was on the WIi U. 

I personally also think the stagnation is only hurting Nintendo. I don't think skipping E3 is doing them any favors, and in fact think it will overall hurt them. 

I was hoping for a kind of "new" Nintendo mentality with the NX, but it looks like that won't happen.

Nintendo didn't get to where they are by luck...no matter what Nintendo translates to. They continually were ahead of their time in everything they did. Of course, they had slip ups but who hasn't right? I trust their judgement, there must be something they see that we don't or something that requires NX to launch the way it is planned to launch.

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Yes, hopefully they can see what PS NEO and X1.5 have to offer and make shure that NX is on par with them...

I think it will be hurtful in the short run.. no idea about the long run though

The amount of time it's stagnated is not okay. If they hadn't mentioned the system YEARS ago, I'd be more inclined to believe that a reveal shortly after E3 wouldn't be so bad. But we've been sitting here twiddling our thumbs for too long, and things at Nintendo are in bad shape. They need to do all they can to bring the hype, and they need to do it NOW. No more waiting, no more secrets.

its basically saying- "we have nothing and we were too lazy to make anything so give us a few more months and maybe we will"

If there are minimal droughts, then yes otherwise nope

It's a good thing for Sony as I got sick of waiting and bought a PS4.
As a long time Nintendo fan I expect delays. I would have a heart attack if Nintendo actually met a release date.

If they are not ready, then they are not ready. What's best is for them to release the console when it is ready and has a steady stream of content, that way they do not repeat their mistakes with the Wii U.

Kimishima seems to be aware that rushing the launch and having a poor lineup will hurt them more than a slight delay.