I believe this rumor. Completely. Would not be surprised.
Nintendo has two options, if they indeed need to cancel the Wii U SKU to consolidate resources in the final stretch of BotW development, or because of the framerate, or whatever:
Option A) Announce the cancellation now. Like, this week. Rip the bandage off. People will complain and whine, but by the time of the Switch presentation in January, it will be mostly forgotten, and then you can focus on the positive, which is this amazing game coming out on this amazing-looking system.
Option B) Since BotW is missing the Switch launch anyway, stay mum about it, say nothing, and wait until Switch is out and has been selling well. Once you've built up a base of five million or more Switch units in the spring, put it out there when you finalize BotW launch for summer, that it's only coming to Switch. The risk there is that you knowingly withheld info on the Wii U version from the people that simply don't want a Switch, and were promised a Wii U version.
I would take Option A, but that's just me.
The silver lining here, is that by not having to worry about QA and certification, etc on two SKUs of the game, this change may well allow Nintendo to move up the launch of the game. People should consider that as well. Might only help by a few months, but still, I'd rather have this in April or May than June or July.
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