I could forgive a late 2016 replacement, but only if it's last year is strong.

If 2016 is for Wii U what 2006 was for Gamecube and 2011/2012 were for Wii in terms of support, and if Zelda U is gimped by being multiplat with NX, I'm out.

Well, you won't have to put up with my British English anymore. ;)

Nintendo already stated that we will have more infos about NX next year and for now, we literally have nothing about NX.

it doesnt matter teen gamers and new gamers dont want them. there gaming concepts and theories to console development are old and archaic. and how many m rated titles did u list there maybe like 2 or 3. anyways wo sports games and open world games u alienate a huge demographic of gamers.

they are doing it again, iwata said that the new console use wiiu architecture. i already have a wiiu, i dont want wiiu 1.5 again. get with the program and design something that is comparable to the other systems, so 3rd parties can multiplat with ease.

So by copying what the others do, Nintendo is going to find more success? Have u not realized in the entire 30 year history of Nintendo hardware, they do the best when they don't try to appeal to the same crowd as the others?

Nintendo has always done best when they are coming up with casual focused games and simple control schemes.

Wii Sports

Super Mario Bros.

Mario Kart Wii

Wii Sports Resort

Pokémon Red/Blue

Tetris

New Super Mario Bros. DS

Wii Play

Duck Hunt

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Nintendogs

Mario Kart DS

Pokémon Gold/Silver

Wii Fit

Wii Fit Plus

Super Mario World

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day

These are the Nintendo-published games that have sold over 20 million, what is the common theme of all these games? Casual focused gameplay with simple control schemes that were new concepts at the time.

It's not in Nintendo's best interest to cater to people like u who want powerful machines and AAA western games. They should continue to come up with new game concepts that appeal to a variety of demographics, not games that appeal simply to 13-30 year old western males.

This doesn't really mean too much since they always work on the next gen console while the current one is out

Do u know how much it had to have sucked if u bought a 3DS in 2011/2012 for around $200 and got games like New Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Ocarina of Time 3D and then 1-2 years later are expected to buy another $300 device to play those games direct sequels? Based on the sales of 3DS & Wii U, I'm guessing a lot of people said fuck that and just stuck with their 3DS.

With the unified setup that no longer has to happen. U can buy a single device and get the full Nintendo experience on it, meaning Nintendo is likely to sell a lot more software since they aren't split up between 2 separate dedicated devices.

Also the theory that Nintendo will lose out of hardware sales can get thrown out the window as well since people are really buying both anyway.

Wii U makes up a whopping 15% of total Nintendo hardware sales this generation and considering not every Wii U owner is a 3DS owner, it's like 10% give or take that Nintendo could potentially lose out on. But then again we also have to take into account that the overall software output will increase meaning a higher chance of new buyers getting one of the devices which easily cancels out the need for dual device owners.