My kid won't get to flake off in the Rebellion until he can peg Wamp Rats in my old T-16.

The road to El Dorado was Dreamworks, not Disney.

Hawaii, The Carribean, Florida, Nevada, Alberta, The Congo, The White House, On A Plane, In Your Fridge...

If you bought Mario on iOS, it means the next game you buy on that system is likely to make Nintendo no money at all.
If you bought Mario on 3DS, it means the next game you buy on that system is guaranteed to make Nintendo lots of money.
If you want to play Mario but don't want to buy a Nintendo hardware system to do it, you likely emulate your games and make Nintendo no money.
Nintendo has no reason to cater to a segment of the market that makes them no money (people who refuse to buy Nintendo products because their friends will make fun of them even though they secretly wish they could play Mario Kart all day).

Listen to what your customers want: Earthbound 3! Old Powerups like Frog Suit! Star Fox! Metroid! Tanooki Suits! 2D Platformers! Pokemon! I want (insert old IP here) in HD with online! Nostalgia!

When you have over 40 unique IPs, "lack of new IPs" is not a problem. "Lack of new IPs" is a buzzword that just started after Skyward Sword when the Wii fell off. It doesn't matter how old Mario is, the customers say "we want Mario!".

The Wii U has complete headset/mic support built-in.
Your "Pokemon MMO" idea is stupid. Nintendo just released a new Pokemon game with the most extensive list of online features ever, and it's selling like hotcakes and likely has already made Nintendo $1 billion.

Smash Brothers and Mario Kart for Wii U do have online multiplayer, and obviously the more 1st party titles that get released, the more Wii U consoles they will sell.

Actually, if you buy a 3DS for Pokemon X&Y, you are more likely to buy a SECOND game for the 3DS you already own. And no matter which game it is, Nintendo gets a cut. A bigger cut if you go for a Nintendo-made game, which just HAPPEN to be the highest-quality games on the system.

If you bought a Pokemon game on iOS, the next game you buy might be something like Angry Birds, which makes Nintendo no money at all. And for some reason Apple would get a cut of Nintendo's Pokemon profits, which currently are enormous, and 100% Nintendo controlled.

Sounds like you just don't want to buy a 3DS or Wii U because even though you like Nintendo games, you don't want to be seen as uncool.

But then no one needs to buy a Nintendo console, and Nintendo makes LESS money. Plus once you own a Nintendo console for Mario Kart, you are more likely to buy ANY OTHER GAME on that console, and Nintendo gets a % on every game sold, especially if it's a Nintendo-developed game or a Nintendo-published game.

Releasing on iOS or Android means the next game you buy has a high likelihood of not making Nintendo any money. Not sure why people keep thinking this is a good idea for Nintendo. Probably because all those people saying "Nintendo should make games on other platforms" are just Nintendo fans that refuse to buy a Nintendo product because it's not 'cool', and likely emulate SNES games on their PC or handheld device. I see no reason why these people who want to see Mario on Android can't just buy a 3DS, other than "my friends will make fun of me".

Or get a 3DS and play GOOD games, and use your phone for Candy Crush.

That's like the audio version of the complaints people have with HDTV - it looks too real, i can see Brad Pitt's zits, porn looks gross, the sets look fake.

Lazy and/or poor parents using a cheap drink like Coke to stretch a grocery budget for their 5 year olds are also likely to be lazy/poor parents in other ways.

There is also higher teen pregnancy, gang crime, teen homelessness, and teen suicide rates in low income neighborhoods/cities. More graffiti and vandalism too.

But you are right - correllation does not equal causation. That phrase is basically a meme at this point.

It should be obvious by now that for every person who falls on hard times because of society/economy/bad luck, there's a whole lot more that are just lazy and dumb, and raise dumb kids who can't be successful.

Also this Oddworld game will be on Wii U because Nintendo is embracing indie developers this gen.

From what I can tell playing League of Legends and Call of Duty, well over 80% of video gamers are gay. At least I assume that's why they all call each other fags all the time.

Considering the PS4 and Xbone aren't even out yet, I would say the Wii U currently has dozens more games than either of those. But also - look at the upcoming release lists and you will note that yes, the Wii U does in fact have games coming out for it, like Watch Dogs, and Arkham Origins, and lots of downloadable indie games.