I don't know what exactly we're disputing here. Yes, the W101 is a new IP published by Nintendo. But it is one game. When discussing Nintendo's overall software strategy, we need to look beyond one game.
I mentioned more games than just that one. Yes they only produce a couple per year, and across multiple systems, but they are still producing at least a few new IPs or IP revivals per year, every year. Honestly I don't even know another company that releases that many on an annual basis so I'm not sure what the problem with that number is.
We don't know that for certain. Miyamoto has been talking about creating a new character for years, and I don't know where you're getting that IntSys info. If they were working on a sequel to Fire Emblem for 3DS or a Paper Mario U, I wouldn't be the least bit shocked.
I actually did misinterpret the unannounced IntSys game as a new IP. My bad. X is probably coming next year though and I would be pretty surprised if there wasn't at least something else brand new coming to 3DS and/or Wii U that has yet to be announced. It doesn't have to be new really anyways to get me excited as I am pretty excited about Bayo 2 even though it's a sequel.
Xenoblade and Kid Icarus are good examples of new experiences, but there's a couple problems here. First, Xenoblade is a perfect example of Nintendo's reluctance to release risky games. The only reason it came out last year is because Nintendo didn't even want to localize it! Compare that to how Sony really got behind the Last of Us.
Yes I completely agree Nintendo does not get behind their new IPs, and that is a huge issue with the company. However, it does not mean they aren't making them. Even if Nintendo ignores them after they push them out the door those are still extremely quality games that aren't just Mario/Zelda/etc.
As for Kid Icarus, the game released over a year and a half ago. While you are correct that is not too long ago, this is also on a separate system from Xenoblade which is on a separate system from Wonderful 101.
As a result, Nintendo has to double the workload on releasing fresh games for two different platforms. Furthermore, Nintendo has, for a variety of reasons, created an ecosystem with very poor third party support, so the brunt of supporting their systems falls on them. This makes them double down even more on "safe" sequels.
So if you're a 3DS owner and you want that big, brand new experience, is the answer to wait to have just one every year?
Nintendo makes more games per year than any other company in the industry. Honestly i think it is somewhat unreasonable to expect them to do more than they are currently doing. New IPs just don't make them money, as much as I love them. If they are making between 10 and 15 new games a year though and at least a few are new that is typically good enough for me. It also helps that I honestly don't mind the sequels so long as they remain quality (which they have) and I also own a PS3, PC, and am capable of buying third party games on Nintendo platforms as well.
How much they are innovating within their franchises is debatable. None look to innovate to the extent that Mario Galaxy did. Personally, I own the platform already and I don't even have any interest in NSMBU. Donkey Kong I'm interested in, but is it really innovating? New camera angles and Dixie Kong?
"Look to innovate" is completely different from actually innovating. I am pretty sure after these games come out people will love them because that is pretty much what always happens. Mario 3D Land is regarded by many to be the best 3D Mario ever and that just came out in 2011. Most of the people who disagree with that assessment prefer the Galaxy games instead, which are only barely further in the past and came directly before it. I don't see any reason to worry about games like Mario 3D World, especially when they do look to innovate with power ups that offer new traversal abilities and throwing in the idea of different characters with different properties into the 3D games (as well as simultaneous multiplayer with them).
We don't know a whole lot about DKCTF yet but the little they have shown, including the camera and dixie stuff, does indicate that it is not just a "rehash" of DKCR. Plus even if it was, we are talking about one of the best 2D platformers of last gen, how in any sense would that even be a bad thing?
You can say, "Look at all the Wii U owners who bought NSMB." But I would say to look at all the people who didn't buy Wii U to play it. If we can dispute the quality of these games, and we can, then it's "arguable." You obviously can't please everybody, but we're seeing a lot of people with fading love for Big N and the sales are reflecting that.
NSMBU is not a system seller. But it is a game more people will pick up as they buy systems. Look how well the Mario games have done on Wii and 3DS so far. The franchise still has the power. None of these games have scored poorly from critics or fans so I really do think the quality of the games isn't that arguable. I haven't played NSMBU yet personally even though people have said it is great because frankly I too have been a bit fatigued on Mario. That doesn't mean the game's quality has gone down though, it just means Nintendo is making too many of them...which is a pretty big difference. You don't have to play every Mario game Nintendo makes. That doesn't mean they are bad games though, and it also doesn't mean Nintendo is making nothing else. Because they are.
All that being said I am sure that I will end up getting NSMBU some day when I am more in the mood and the last trailer for Mario 3D World definitely has made it something I am more interested in than before so the franchise obviously has staying power.
The problem is software. The problem is rarely marketing. There is a lack of software, which you mention, but the games they are releasing are too often direct sequels that offer extremely similar gameplay and aesthetics to their predecessors.
If we want to get to the heart of why people feel like they're losing their love for Nintendo (the subject of the thread), the problem is not that they don't like the marketing. The problem is in the games.
There was a lack of software on Wii U due to it coming out on 3DS. I bet the reverse will be true next year but 3DS will be fine because it actually has third party support. Again, I don't really see how lack of software on one of their two platforms at a given time actually has to do with their software quality though (which is what this topic is about).
Nintendo makes more games than anyone else but they do it across two systems. When only talking about their output of course there will be droughts on occasion on one or the other, but their total annual output is consistently pretty strong.
Your assertion that people don't want sequels is completely incorrect. Right now their system that is selling is 3DS. Why? Largely due to sequels to their series like Mario, Mario Kart, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Zelda. The Wii U on the other hand only really has one sequel thus far in a series that is put out at a regular pace (Mario). It isn't selling poorly due to that.
