Pay devs to release games on the u, not likely to happen so get rid of any costs take 0 cut on games until they pass lets say 500k. Entice them to release wiiu versions.

Buy some devs, but some ips buy some fucking new games.

Get rid of the damn pad, make a base basic core Wiiu $249 (199 if possible) with regular controller. Make pad one an elite version with a good game packed in $299 (249)

LEARN for your fucks ups, learn from the competition.

Make games the market wants, not ones you think they should want. How the hell do they not have a FPS and TPS in this day and age is just stupid. They don't have to be crazy bloody gore, but make some games in the genres that are dominating the current market.

Jesus dude. Like, maaaan. You gave me some IQ points there. But it was what I originally thought. They need to expand their studios, and do things only possible in Nintendo hardware.

But, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, you thought of EVERYTHING while doing that post!

The Wii U is a lost cause, they have to ride this gen as they did with the GC. Their hopes remain in their next system, which they are already planning!

Hopefully they'll be considering a mid 2016 release.

Nintendo should do the following:

1. Get some new second party developers on board, and license their intellectual proporties to those developers.
2. Make Wii U (and 3DS) the number one choice for indie developers.
3. License their intellectual proporties to certain proven indie developers.
4. Get pack on the CASUAL TRACK!
5. New SKUs, like a Wii Fit U SKU, Mario Kart SKU and so on.
6. MORE MARKETING, and market third party games as much as first and second party games.
7. $50 price cut
8. Release a Wii Sports U (a retail version of Wii Sports Club with additional sports)
9. Create a Nintendo Sports brand, similar to EA Sports.

I have my moments.

That's a very good idea.

Getting rid of the Gamepad will not fly, getting rid of the Wii U too quickly will not fly, cutting the price of the Wii U currently will not fly. Nintendo pretty much trapped themselves with the Wii U. All they can do as of now is try to push their flagship first party titles as much as possible. (i.e. Mario Kart 8, Donkey Kong, SSB, among others.) They need to make these games seem as worthy of owning as possible. They need to let the public know that the Wii U does have games and that it's also cheaper than the other consoles this generation.

The 3DS will most likely sell as well as the GBA, which is a good thing. They have Kirby, Yoshi, and SSB coming out this year and those are all pretty large IPs as well. After this year they'll most likely have Pokemon Z/Gen. 3 remake, another Monster Hunter, and possibly a new IP. If the 3DS finishes with 75+ Million, it'll be a good thing. (Although I am expecting more than 80 Million, which is great.)

What do they need to do for next generation? Well, they need to prepare for that now. They must hire more employees in order to increase production of games, they should buy out a few studios in order to guarantee filler games for months when Nintendo has nothing big, and they need to increase the value of the Virtual Console so it can be something that'll make people happy when there are no first party titles releasing.

One thing Nintendo needs to get through their thick heads is that third parties will not support, no matter what. Even when the Wii was the best selling console, they still got bad third party support. When the GameCube was the most technically impressive console, they still had mediocre third party support. And now that the Wii U is the cheapest console (albeit with bad sales) they still have no third party support. They need to stop caring about third parties because third parties don't care about Nintendo, they need to grow themselves.

Nothing, NintenDOOMED.

There are ways you can solve the Wii U situation without ditching the gamepad or cutting the price in a non-natural way.

Assuming the steady release schedule is coming, there are several things Nintendo can do to gain mass appeal.

1 - Redesign your console and change the logo/name.
2 - Launch special edition with: 2 Nintendo games; 1 Nintendo game + 1 3rd party game; 1 Nintendo game plus a few Indie or VC games for free.
3 - To attract core gamers you pack free Nintendo games with the 3rd party ports. Be it Wii U games or VC games that you won`t play for months, unless you buy the Wii U version of said game.
4 - Release special editions containing Indie + VC games to raise awareness of what you can find on Wii U.
5 - Release special Wii U editions with a redesign to resemble NES, SNES, N64, GC and even Dreamcast. Pack in all the launch games (VC awareness) and if possible, an original (wireless) controller to attract the crowd that was raised on those consoles.

About the new console.
There`s a very simple and effective way to end droughts and add diversity to your console: streamline SW production. That way each Nintendo 1st and 2nd party game would be playable on both hanmdheld and home console.
This could happen - and most likely will - by sharing the same architecture in both consoles.
Imagine if this happened. Even 3rd party devs could support this strategy as it would really give them a big install base than a single console could not provide them.