I dunno, releasing it only on a new console from a new start, while disregarding the still sizable base of the Wii U doesn't make much sense from a business sense too. Even if they're trying trying to boost the sales of the NS version, ignoring the potential sales from the Wii U version and pissing off that base doesn't sound like a smart move, and since Zelda U isn't doing anything that is only possible on new hardward, nor is a major leap in specs, there isn't much sense to cancel the Wii U version.

And seeing how it would piss off you and curl, I imagine there are more people who would be upset, and Ninten would not want to upset anyone. Nintendo did a multi-release with the GC and Wii with TP, and the GC was also a disappointing console. I don't see why they can't do the same here.

But even fans have a limit on the amount of abuse they will take. I was a Nintendo fan since 1994, but if Zelda is made Switch exclusive, I will refuse to buy it or Switch on principal. Wii U gamers comprise the loyalist core of Nintendo's dwindling fanbase, pissing them off is not a good idea.

I feel the same, if they don't launch Zelda BotW on Wii U I'm done with them.

But you and I, and the rest of member of this site and others, are the minority and we have top accept that we don't represent the whole gaming market. Cancelling the Wii U version of BotW may mean them losing a few hundred consumers (and it remains to be seen how many of them would end up buying the new console at a later date), but if that means selling several thousand units more of Switch to the general users, they may find that it's worth it.

I dunno, it wouldn't just be a matter of pissing off Wii U owners, the company would also lose a great deal of credibility in the eyes of gamers. They would be proving themselves as liars and making any future promises they make untrustworthy. Given their perilous position at the moment, I think they would suffer considerably from the amount of bad PR such a move would attract. That doesn't mean they won't do it, but it would be a foolish move. Then again, they've made plenty of foolish moves before.

I feel the same, if they don't launch Zelda BotW on Wii U I'm done with them.

But you and I, and the rest of member of this site and others, are the minority and we have top accept that we don't represent the whole gaming market. Cancelling the Wii U version of BotW may mean them losing a few hundred consumers (and it remains to be seen how many of them would end up buying the new console at a later date), but if that means selling several thousand units more of Switch to the general users, they may find that it's worth it.