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Nem on 27 April 2016
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Hiku said:
Nem said:

I said that there was no way they would have games ready for 2016. So, that date was always unrealistic.

Let's not pretend that you or team 2017 were talking about 3-4 months. When people guess a date, you give or take a few months. You're not predicting the exact month, but a time frame. I went on record in the "do you want to go on record" thread with my prediction saying exactly "Holiday 2016 up until March 2017" and I saw a few others doing the same. Because that's when the fiscal year ends, and it's within a few months of the 2016 holidays.
Team 2017 were all about holiday 2017 or beyond, because they were of the belief that there would be a decent amount of quality games coming out for WiiU until then. A belief that's looking more and more unlikely every day.

Anyway, if they have a launch lineup ready for March, then Nov-Dec 2016 was never unrealistic. Again, you weren't talking about just a few months. Because that would be impossible for you to gauge unless you know exctly when they started developing NX games, and how long those games take to develop.
Here's what I observed though. Nintendo didn't start a single new quality project for WiiU since early 2014 at the latest (the titles they showed at E3 that year). And that holds true to this day, with the possible exception of Paper Mario. (Some people debate whether it is a quality/ambitious title or not. I wouldn't know.)

Do they? Have a bunch of titles ready for launch? Because i still have doubts. Only Zelda and rumors of Wii U ports so far.

It was very easy to tell. Its 2 year cycles minimum to develop an HD title. You just had to count 2 years from each teams last released title and add extra for developing tools for the new system. Rocket science? No. Just common sense. Remember to count DLC development aswell.

Your 2016 line-up would consist of rushed buggy titles. That is why it got delayed and that s what i always said. And i still think that march is still very optimistic of them. We will see what they have. As far as i remember they have 2 teams that can deliver a launch title besides Zelda. 3D mario team and retro.