Two Nintendo Rumors(one for 3DS, another for...Wii Hi-Fi)

[thekitchensink]

Khuutra said:

HappySqurriel said:

Since 2007, Nintendo has maintained a strategy where they are not releasing much information about products until they’re very close to release; and with the success they have had I wouldn’t expect them to change their strategy. The 3DS is a very good example of this because it is only a few months from being readily available on store shelves and no one knows anything about it.

It is likely that Nintendo is finalizing their next generation home consoles and some key third party publishers (EA, Activision Blizzard, Sega, etc.) have information about it to anticipate its release; and it is possible that Nintendo might release this system at the end of 2011. I personally see it as being amazingly unlikely that Nintendo would really talk about this system before E3 on the year they’re releasing it though; and with the 3DS coming out this year it certainly won’t be released before E3 next year.

This is generally true but not strictly true, especially not for new pieces of hardware (even if they are peripherals). I can't remember, but weren't Wii Fit, Wii Sports Resort, and Mario Kart Wii announced a year or more before their respective releases?

Don't forget Smash Bros--dear god, that wait was agonizing :(