they werr going down and hit 12k in US then jumped up to 52k with 2 days of price cut, then 90k second week in US! No new games either

Three weeks away... no major releases between now and the price drop, unless you consider W101, so I think this is the perfect time to announce it. Right as the big guns start to hit.

Well it worked for 3DS so for some reason Nintendo believes it will work for WiiU.

If they pulled an Ambassador Program 2, some might be motivated to get the console before the price is reduced...
I knew a few people who got the 3DS before the price went down to get the GBA games...

Why? Because they're desperate, that's why. Even with a price drop and big games releasing soon, the Wii U is probably going to end up with a really bad 2014, I'll be surprised if they manage more than 8 million units for the whole year.

Dropping the price after less than one year on the market is a sign of weakness from Nintendo and this might cause them to keep losing money on the hardware well into next year. This is isn't a bad move per say, the whole concept (or lack thereof) of the Wii U was a bad move, in my opinion.

They're in deep trouble and they know it, this price cut is a sure sign of that, if anything.

While I agree Nintendo is somewhat desperate, it's doesn't make sense that they dropped the 3DS price by $80 and gave an ambassadors program only 6 months in the market while the system was selling waaay better than current Wii U sales. A truly big desperate measure would be much more drastic than this.

I want my ambassador games or just give us WW HD and I'll shut up!

Give me Xenoblade HD and Ill never say another bad thing about Nintendo lol.  Well I probably will, but not for a long time.

Nintendo Direct is mostly for people that already have the console, so the 2DS announcement would make sense but the price reduction not so much.