PS4 has 4 games coming in February alone, and XB1 has 2 games in the same month. And we're talking about 6 months here. Three games in 6 months is VERY barren indeed.

Don't discount third-parties, especially when they are coming with games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Obviously PS4 and XB1 don't need as many first-party games due to them already having enough games overall. That's not the case with Wii U.

I think you're standards are probably lower then what Nintendo expects from the average consumer. Only 3 retail games (is mario maker even retail?) for a whole 6 months is pretty poor. You have literally no choice but to love what they put out, theres no room to have any actual taste or preference otherwise you risk having nothing to play.

I don`t know.
That kind of games, with such likeable characters, could really sell well during the holidays. And with amiibo integration it could put the game on the map.
But Smash would just be too much for it, i guess.

The core gameplay has already been shown, me thinks, but amiibo might help sell the game.

Fair enough but Donkey Kong Country which is comparable with captain Toad in this scenario did not profit from the holidays delay. So I guess it's safe to assume Nintendo got nothing till March except captain Toad.

Captain Falcon Toad is not even on the level of DK:TF, its a niche of niches and built off a mini-game in another game. Donkey Kong is an established franchise, it just happens to be a relatively small one compared to the other mainstays on Nintendo platforms.

If they do move Toad, its really to get it out from under the shadow of Smash/Kart and all of the promotions that will likely include the former and also 3D World. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some Skylanders deals as well.

Isn't Project Cars supposed to come out in that time frame too.

So DKC, Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, and Smash (five games) for 2014. At least they're all good games lol.

Fusion era can't come quickly enough for Nintendo, they really cannot handle supporting two platforms in this day and age. 

well its not like a whole lot of people are buying both currently. if we assume that every Wii U owner also has a 3DS, then about 1/6 of 3D owners have a Wii U.

a $150 3DS TV would likely sell better than Wii U and it would allow Nintendo to focus all of their attention on a single platform. Games like 3D World, Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8, among others would have 6x install base to sell to.

its even worse when u consider 3/5 of those titles are developed/co-developed by 3rd parties.

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