[Tiktaalik]

This is a bit of a desperation move from Nintendo as they have pretty much nothing for the holidays for the Wii U with the NX still in development on the horizon.

That said, at that impulse buy price point, I'll definitely pick it up and I'm sure it'll be incredibly popular with those that grew up with the system. This isn't the sort of product that really grows Nintendo's market with a new generation.

I wouldn't be surprised if it outsells the Wii U this holiday.

[apozem]

This is what worries me about Nintendo. With the possible exception of Pokemon Go, they aren't capturing new users. They make money off of loyal fans who grew up with Mario and Zelda. Do kids today care about Nintendo?

[krapp]

I'm pretty sure kids today like Splatoon and Super Smash Bros, at least. Mario Maker seems to be popular, and I would bet most of the people who play it weren't even born when the original Mario games were out. Nostalgia alone doesn't seem to be enough to justify the mountain of cash they're sitting on, so they must be doing something right.

[Nexxxeh]

That may change when they eventually ship Zelda: Breath of the Wild next year. I think missing the Christmas window will hit them pretty hard. And it's supposed to ship on the WiiU and the NX simultaneously.

How many Zelda fans, myself among them, will have skipped the WiiU?

If BotW is as good as it looks to be, it may finally be the game the WiiU should have shipped with.

Until now, has there been a Nintendo console that didn't have it's own proper new Zelda for it, right up until the launch of that console's successor? I guess the Virtual Boy...

[mathgeek]

The fact that they even released Pokemon Go to such rabid fanfare is more than I expected from Nintendo this year.

[bsharitt]

My kids(8 and 6) each have a 2DS and we have Wii and Mario and Zelda are among their favorites. Many of these are re-releases of old Nintendo games on either the virtual console or things like Mario 64 DS or Ocarina of Time for the 3DS, but also newer games like New Super Marios Bros and LoZ Twilight Princess. They enjoy these games right up there along size Minecraft and what ever that bear game my daughter plays.

[Nexxxeh]

Have they played Zelda: Skyward Sword? It's not as good as TP or OoT, but it's still really good.