While I had no evidence, I have suspected for months that one of the reasons why Nintendo was moving towards the Wii U tablet approach was because they had decades worth of (pretty decent) game prototypes involving handheld-console connectivity that were unmarketable.
Some of these prototypes would have found their way into Nintendoland, but they could easily have multiple "Nintendolands" worth of prototypes many of which could be expanded into their own game with how long Nintendo has produced handhelds and home consoles.