While I don't entirely agree with you, it does seem odd from a gamers perspective.
However, when one looks at it from perhaps a business or investor relations perspective, I think it makes sense why they chose to do it now. Fiscal New Year and all that jazz.
I game. You game. We game.
I'm a videogamer, not a fanboy, but have a special place for Nintendo.
Current Systems Owned: NSwitch/PS4/XONE/WiiU/3DS/2DS/PCGaming Rig-i7/ASUS i7 Gaming Laptop.
Previous Game Consoles: PS3/Xbox360/Wii/DSL/Pretty much every one thats been released since the Atari 2600.