What do you think are Nintendo's realistic expectations/plans going forward with the WiiU?

[Mr Khan]

Soundwave said:
I think internally they are commited to the following projects on Wii U

Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, X, Zelda U, Yarn Yoshi, Smash Bros. U, Fire Emblem x SMT, and probably a moderate handful of other unannounced projects ... likely things like Mario Party U, Kirby U, and maybe a Metroid game.

I think they will go ahead and release all these through the end of 2015 but are also working on a new portable (hybrid) platform for 2015 and a lot of these games will be ported to that platform because Nintendo is not going to get the sales they want on the Wii U from these games.

Beyond that I don't think Nintendo is greenlighting any new major Wii U games now, I think they just want to wash their hands of the platform as quickly as possible. It's a drag on their bottom line and its hurting key franchises (ie: DKC, Pikmin, etc.).

? Pikmin 3 got more attention than 1 or 2, largely because the games had more time to gain awareness. Now, attention may not translate to sales with any immediacy, but Pikmin is now a more "relevant" franchise in Nintendo's docket than it's been in a while.

Like GameCube, it's the top franchise (Mario) that will hurt the most, while the paucity of titles on Wii U will benefit the lower-end franchises just as those franchises gained more notice in the GameCube era.