Nintendo could help themselves by releasing new games.
The common misconception is that Nintendo hasn't had 3rd party support since the end of the SNES era is false. The N64 had reduced 3rd party support but it was there and once certain games started selling 3rd parties actually came on to support it more, not as much as the PS1 but more then it was getting in its first few years. The GC was the opposite, it actually had decent support to start but as developers started to use more of the space that the DVD format Nintendo's competitors were using in their games, Nintendo ports and support began to be phased out.
The Wii U has the chance to get stronger 3rd party support if it actually starts to sell, but developers are probably wary because with the Wii, eventually the differences in power caused consumers to not bother spending on the inferior versions of major games (especially once Sony and MS released their own motion control options) and outside of UBIsoft and a few casual games, few managed to strike gold. The Wii U looks like short of some 3rd party having the brass to try on their own, none of them are going to even try which is dangerous ground for Nintendo as this will be the first major home console since Virtual Boy to not get any major support at any period of time.
Nintendo is likely going to have to support the Wii U on its own but to do so, like with the N64 (multiplayer games) and the Wii (motion controls/casual market beach head) they are going to need to dominate some niche in order for the Wii U to be successful enough to not be a critical drain on resources. 3rd party support will only come once the Wii U has some logical place outside of just being a Nintendo console and Nintendo fans that think the system won't be a serious blow to the company's future otherwise are kidding themselves.
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