Official Wii U Conference Thread - WII U = 11/18 - $299.99 ($349.99 Premium)! MoHun 3 Ultimate coming in March!!! :D Bayonetta 2 Wii U exclusive!!

[JGarret]

Mr Khan said:

JGarret said:
Some guesses:

- price will be $299, NintendoLand bundled with every system
- release date November 11
-they reveal their achievement/trophy system
-NSMB one of the launch titles, Pikmin 3 is not
-Demonstration of a game where the Wii U and 3DS work together
-They reveal a few more games, maybe at least one of them being quite the surprise

There's no reason for Pikmin 3 to not be a launch game, unless they just want to release it in Spring to have something to release in Spring (which is quite possible. That's what Nintendo did with Super Paper Mario, make a late-term GC game into post-launch filler for Wii).

So yeah, it's a possibility.

They know a new 2D Mario sells lots of systems, so I guess they want it at launch, but at the same time the game might (or will) get in the way of Pikmin 3 at least trying to shine a little, maybe it´s better to save it for later (2-3 months later).