Last year's January Direct was an emergency necessitated by poor Wii U sales and delays leaving the release schedule for the first two quarters of 2013 pretty barren. In terms of quantity, the first half of this year might be even worse, but Donkey Kong and Mario Kart represent a stronger overall lineup for the period.
Put simply, last year the January Direct was amazing and E3 was disappointing. This year there is no January Direct and E3 will be awesome.








