As with any other console. The good thing is that the dry period will only be about half a year because Nintendo will not be handling Holiday 2017 like Summer 2013.



Also seeing how low key Mario Kart 8 was handled I could see them releasing a lot of WiiU ports (Mario Maker, Smash , Pokken etc.) to fill the gap.



how great was japanese third party support for 3DS in its first year?



the only notable release was Resident Evil and Street Fighter 4. combine that with the fact that nintendo had a really pisspoor 3DS launch lineup (unlike switch which has a zelda game)