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blublibla said:

This is really weak.

Nintendo has only cultivated 4 big IPs :  Mario, Zelda, Metroid and Pokemon.
They've let other IPs become somewhat secondary: Kirby, Donkey Kong, Earthbound...even Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing nd Pikimin are not that big and only speak to fans.
Then there are only these two derived IPs that are huge: Mario Kart and Super Smash Brothers.

So yes, the fact that they're already releasing Mario Kart + 3D Mario + Super Smash Bro + a Zelda now shows that not only they're desperate but they're also going to either run out of IPs OR WORSE (for the futur) they're going to milk their IP and have them lose all their value.

But they aren't going to release them now, they will release them in the span of 2 years. That's almost half the typical lifespan of a Nintendo Console.