It's safe to say that Nintendo won't launch new hardware this year.

[Jumpin]

I don't understand, the holidays are at the end of the year, about 9 months away., that's lots and lots of time to announce a console Most hardware in most industries is announced days or weeks before launch, not years before launch. There is no reason why announcing more than a few weeks before launch will make things more successful. Even with Nintendo launches, Diddy Kong Racing was announced shortly before launch and remains one of Nintendo's fastest selling titles ever.