..but really, they lost third party support since the inception of cd usage in home console space

How about we say this after the week is over, yeah? We've seen from 2 3rd parties, one of which had many of its big games on the U.

Why is this going on BEFORE Ninty direct?

First see them fail, then bitch. So far, for all we know, they could do incredibly well.

I agree, it's too Apple-like. Only Nintendo is not Apple, the entire videogame industry combined is not Apple.

you should consider that nintendo need to create some hype.

they will create some hype with mario/card and ssmb but that's not enough as the pk would only last 3 minutes.
They need more bullets for the PK today and that's the reason why the 3rd parties kept quiet about wii u -that's just my theory but i think you will see many of those games presented for ps4 and xbox another1 also on today on nintendo direct for wii u.
As "blocked used games" is no longer an excuse for Nintendo since the ps4 press conference there is a chance by 90% that i'm right.

Nintendo could help themselves by releasing new games.

The common misconception is that Nintendo hasn't had 3rd party support since the end of the SNES era is false. The N64 had reduced 3rd party support but it was there and once certain games started selling 3rd parties actually came on to support it more, not as much as the PS1 but more then it was getting in its first few years. The GC was the opposite, it actually had decent support to start but as developers started to use more of the space that the DVD format Nintendo's competitors were using in their games, Nintendo ports and support began to be phased out.

The Wii U has the chance to get stronger 3rd party support if it actually starts to sell, but developers are probably wary because with the Wii, eventually the differences in power caused consumers to not bother spending on the inferior versions of major games (especially once Sony and MS released their own motion control options) and outside of UBIsoft and a few casual games, few managed to strike gold. The Wii U looks like short of some 3rd party having the brass to try on their own, none of them are going to even try which is dangerous ground for Nintendo as this will be the first major home console since Virtual Boy to not get any major support at any period of time.

Nintendo is likely going to have to support the Wii U on its own but to do so, like with the N64 (multiplayer games) and the Wii (motion controls/casual market beach head) they are going to need to dominate some niche in order for the Wii U to be successful enough to not be a critical drain on resources. 3rd party support will only come once the Wii U has some logical place outside of just being a Nintendo console and Nintendo fans that think the system won't be a serious blow to the company's future otherwise are kidding themselves.

No third party bomb shells. Just the remnants of promises made when the system wasn't quite as dead as it is today unfortunately.

Oh well. Plenty of first party goodness to be had if we're patient! :)

Looks like it didn't lose Ubisoft support just yet

http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/12/ubisoft-wants-wii-u-to-sell-more-units-before-making-more-exclusives/

they want to see more units sell before making more exclusives, but do plan on supporting the system.

I don't get this thread, as I see it, the WiiU has the most third party support since the N64 :- !

http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/03/rayman-legends-vita-missing-28-levels-from-other-builds/

Fast forward about three months and we now know it's missing 28 levels.