Zelda U... Nintendo's attempt to win back the Japanese?

[Dulfite]

While watching the IGN video q/a with Reggie, someone there mentioned the fact that the new Zelda U game had some similarities to Japanese anime and that got me thinking. Zelda is a series that isn't nearly as popular in Japan as it used to be. Let's look at the Japan Zelda game sales:

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	The Legend of Zelda	NES	1986	Action	Nintendo	3.74	0.93	1.69	0.14	6.51
2	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	NES	1987	Adventure	Nintendo	2.19	0.50	1.61	0.08	4.38
3	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	N64	1998	Action	Nintendo	4.10	1.89	1.45	0.16	7.60
4	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	SNES	1991	Action	Nintendo	2.42	0.91	1.15	0.13	4.61
5	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	DS	2007	Action	Nintendo	1.81	1.77	0.95	0.47	5.01
6	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	GC	2002	Action	Nintendo	2.60	0.99	0.89	0.13	4.60
7	The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks	DS	2009	Action	Nintendo	1.37	0.87	0.74	0.26	3.25
8	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	N64	2000	Action	Nintendo	1.90	0.67	0.73	0.06	3.36
9	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Wii	2006	Action	Nintendo	3.66	2.03	0.60	0.67	6.95
10	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	3DS	2011	Action	Nintendo	1.64	0.92	0.57	0.23	3.35
11	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening	GB	1992	Action	Nintendo	2.21	0.96	0.54	0.13	3.83
12	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX	GB	1998	Adventure	Nintendo	1.00	0.63	0.45	0.13	2.22
13	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons	GB	2001	Adventure	Nintendo	0.87	0.52	0.41	0.06	1.86
14	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages / Seasons	GB	2001	Adventure	Nintendo	0.92	0.53	0.41	0.06	1.92
15	The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	3DS	2013	Action	Nintendo	0.98	0.54	0.41	0.14	2.06
16	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Wii	2011	Action	Nintendo	1.94	1.08	0.37	0.37	3.75
17	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	GBA	2002	Action	Nintendo	1.75	0.52	0.33	0.10	2.70
18	The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap(weekly JP sales)	GBA	N/A	Action	N/A	0.00	0.00	0.27	0.01	0.27
19	Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda	GBA	2004	Adventure	Nintendo	0.46	0.17	0.24	0.02	0.89
20	The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap	GBA	2004	Action	Nintendo	0.89	0.22	0.22	0.10	1.42
21	Classic NES Series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	GBA	2004	Adventure	Nintendo	0.37	0.14	0.17	0.01	0.70
22	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	WiiU	2013	Action	Nintendo	0.55	0.24	0.10	0.07	0.96
23	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	GC	2006	Action	Nintendo	1.15	0.36	0.04	0.04	1.59

Now, looking at this chart it's pretty clear that Nintendo sales have gone down in Japan for Zelda. They are now releasing Hyrule Warriors (based on a game series that is popular mostly in Japan). It would appear that the main Zelda game is attempting to also be appealing to the Japanese. What if this is Nintendo's strategy going into the future? To make Zelda more and more Japanese appealing?