Bold Prediction Wii U will have a true Animal Crossing game

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HyrulianScrolls said:

curl-6 said:

Nintendo had no problem leaving Wii and Gamecube to wither and die towards the end of their lives. One would hope they have learned their lesson, but since we're 12 months away from NX and Pikmin 4 hasn't even been shown, I'm not optimistic.

You don't know we're 12 months away from NX. I'm sick of people treating it being a 2016 release as fact when we have literally been given NOTHING to indicate that yet. If anything, the fact that we're still getting big releases on Wii U proves it's more than a year away, since as you yourself are arguing Nintnedo likes to leave their system for dead for a solid 18 months or so before the next. 

Zelda/Star Fox were originally going to be 2015 titles but were delayed while Twilight Princess is an HD port, SMTxFE is a localization of a 2015 Japanese title and Pokken is a port of a 2015 arcade title. Then u also have to consider all of those games except for Zelda are projects outsourced to 3rd party developers. Nintendo themselves really aren't giving Wii U much support.

Another thing to consider tho, is Iwata's comments last year about the difficulty they have had in the past during the transition years of previous generations. They have had a tough time giving adequate late life support while also giving strong early life support to the next console. This is something they plan on fixing and having the majority of 2016 big releases be outsourced and delayed projects allows them to give Wii U decent support while their internal teams works on NX projects.