If you\’re unfamiliar with Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, he makes a living from talking about the videogame industry. He has made a name for himself with Nintendo Enthusiasts the world over by spouting uncovential, controversial and more-often-than-not incorrect theories about Nintendo. His latest episode of Pach-Attack focusses on viewer questions about Nintendo, including the HD re-release of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, their eShop strategy

MP: \”Yeah I think so, I think Nintendo is very late to the party with the eShop. But so far what I\’ve seen it actually works quite well, you know, I think in typical Nintendo fashion they did it right, they just did it late. So I think it’s their intention that any place you can download their games, they\’re happy to sell them to you.\”

Marc42: \”What do you think of Nintendo re-releasing Wind Waker? No mention of Mario, Metroid etc. Creative troubles?\”

MP: \”Urm, I think Nintendo is an enigma wrapped up in a question mark. I have no idea what motivates Nintendo to release the games they release. I think you can safely assume that if Nintendo thinks they can make money re-releasing a game, they\’re going to re-release the game. I certainly wouldn\’t diss them at all for bringing back Wind Waker, and I would not rule out that because today there is no mention of any other game they\’re not going to do that. I think that pretty much anything that is Mario or Zelda is under Miyamoto’s control and I think that Miyamoto is given complete freedom to pick and choose what he wants to work on, what he wants his studios to work on. I think that he decided that Wind Waker would just look great in HD. The demos we saw it looks pretty great in HD. It’s a big big franchise and I think they will sell a lot of units. The only constraint to selling units of Wind Waker is the amount of Wii Us out there. So far not very many, but in time there is going to be 10, 15, 25 million and I when there are they are going to get a very high attach rate. That audience is super loyal to the Zelda franchise, of course they\’re also loyal to Mario but you\’re going to get a new Mario title, probably more of these retro titles later on in the Wii U’s life cycle, but again I\’m at a complete loss to explain what motivates Nintendo to do anything, they have their own method, it has worked for them for a long time. I would never ever question their software strategy, I think they do a great job on software, I consistently question their hardware strategy but not software, I think they know what they\’re doing.\”