Zelda U in 2014 says Walmart?

[Mr Khan]

Fusioncode said:

Mr Khan said:

Fusioncode said:

Mr Khan said:
They did say it was ready to show in E3 2013 or Comic Con later that year, held back only by concerns for LBW.

At the same time, if they do this, what will 2015 look like? D:

That's when Nintendo's next home console releases. 

Patently impossible. They would have to really rush hardware design to get it to market, which could be far more disastrous than sitting on the Wii U a while longer.

2016 at the earliest (though i think there will be no new home console, at least not as a totally discrete entity, but a TV-compatible companion to their next handheld which will launch in 2016. A big brother to the next handheld, with full cross-compatibility).

GBA had a 3 year life cycle, why can't the WiiU? We don't know long it would take for Nintendo to get a new console ready, might not be as hard as you think.

Mostly because software and technology development has gotten that much more time-consuming in the past 10 years.

DS is a good example of why launching too soon is bad. The console really had no reason to exist until its first holiday season. Had Nintendo held back a year, it could have launched stronger and then transitioned more smoothly into the heavy hitters of early 2006 (or they could even have launched with the Lite, which was a fast-arriving redesign).

With Nintendo now slower than ever on providing software, rushing to the door with a new console would be a disaster of unmitigated proportions.