To be honest I don't know really what's worse
Averaging about 47k a month last year through 7 months with no major releases other than LEGO City and really nothing since NSMBU and Nintendo Land ..
... Or averaging about 75k a month this year with DKC: Tropical Freeze + Mario Kart 8 and the benefit of Mario 3D World, Zelda: WWHD, Pikmin 3, Rayman, Wii Fit U, $299.99 NSMBU bundle, etc. having been released.
They're both pretty horrible scenarios. It's not like Nintendo has 10 other Mario Kart sized franchises just sitting around, after Smash, they've pretty much spent all of their really big guns.
IMO another cartoony styled Zelda with an androgenous looking Link is not going to be a big draw for non-Nintendo hardcore.







