Holding the next core Mario as a big event launch title ala 64 would be the smartest move. That said, I still don't think there's even a small chance the new console is coming before 2017. I feel like there are too many Wii U games likely already in development to release in 2016 for the new console to be that same year. Plus Mario Maker is essentially a Mario platformer, so if we got another one after that that would be 4 Mario platformers for Wii U. I definitely can't see that.







