I would say if we saw it played on Treehouse Live, it's almost guaranteed to make next year. The question is when. My bet is that Kirby, Mario, and Yoshi will lead the way in spring. Splatoon will come out probably in May alongside the Mario Kart 8 DLC to lead into summer. June may well be empty since it's a pretty meh month for gaming usually. July or so I think we will se Mario Party 10 to help keep summer sales and revenue up. August or September we will see Xenoblade; it and Splatoon will bookend summer to help keep the baseline up leading into the fall. Also, September or August gives X some breathing room to stand on its own and get some spotlight. I think November will be Zelda; Nintendo has proven in the past that when push comes to shove, they will meet Zelda deadlines (see Wind Waker). The rest of the schedule I think will be filled with general stuff. A spinoff title akin to Toad will probably come out to fill up a month (December probably), a game will probably get localized, and maybe a remaster. I think there will be two empty months next year, some time in the spring or summer doldrums and June. Devil's Third, SMTxFE, and Star Fox are wild cards. I think DT *could* make it, but it's a long shot; look for it in October or December depending on how far along it is. Star Fox I think could be delayed to 2016 due to it being in such a rough state. We don't know anything about SMTxFE so 2016 is a definite possibility; December 2015 is the absolute earliest I would see that land. I think Nintendo will use some of their easy outs (spinoffs, collaborations, HD remasters, and localized titles) to pad their count in 2015.
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