What could Nintendo do with its suddenly empty 2016?
Nintendo's week has been full of glum news. Its 2016 flagship game — a new Legend of Zelda*— had been pushed to next year;*its NX platform wasn't appearing at E3; its console and handheld lineup is thin, at best. The company saw its profits fall 61% this year, and it doesn't look like fiscal year 2016 (which starts in April and runs to the end of March next year) will be much stronger.*
This doesn't spell positive things for Mario's keeper, which already didn't have e**ugh releases on its 3DS and Wii U platforms in 2015 — hits like Splatoon*and Super*Mario Maker***twithstanding. While it seems like the company is putting a lot of stock into 2017, when its mysterious NX platform will be released, these next few months can only be described as slow. Read more...