Bang on, even some of my most sensible friends are snared into the FIFA trap every year. I don't know why they don't just make the player names dynamic and hosted server side and update them every season? Oh wait. Money, that's why. The only FIFA release I've enjoyed in the last few years is the VITA release as I thought the touchpad shooting system was quite innovative and fun.
I have quite a few under 25 friends who LOVE Zelda and Metriod one of them even dressed as Link. Maybe I just have gamer friends with taste I dunno. MAKE THEM LOVE F-ZERO. Besides, they know all the FALCON PUNCH memes.
I think Nintendo should bring out 1 really good new type of Mario 64/galaxy game fully 3D.. what I have seen of the new Mario game looks too much like the 3DS version which I have already played, its great for a handheld but I expect more from a console capable of a little more than the PS3.. I also want to see a proper star fox game and also maybe a new character from Nintendo. The system seems really good but lacking content at the mo. I have my launch games only still.. I also think they should sort out the licences for the virtual console so that there are no missing great games because of licencing they would defo make their money back am sure. So far I might go and get a PS4 it looks rather good. Xbox one I may get a year or 2 down the line when price comes down
The WiiU is practically a direct response to tablets. For phones, their big issue is that they don't want to open up their platforms so others can easily develop and publish on them, that's a big issue that I don't think they're taking seriously. But past that I'm not sure what else they could do to compete with the phone market (3DSPhone?). The one thing they have going for them is proper controls, something that Phones continue to struggle with finding a solution for.