For those of us, myself included, who were hoping for some Wii U launch date during the Tokyo game show, we will have to wait a little longer. Iwata announced during Nintendo’s investor meeting that Nintendo will be waiting until next year to announce the release and price point for the Wii U. This announcement could take away any hope of the Wii U coming out the first half of 2012…well at least the March and April time frame. Nintendo has held conferences in January before. Maybe we will hear something then.

Iwata also talks about how the 3DS price drop may affect the Wii U.

“Our decision of the price markdown this time has a side effect that, at the launch of the Wii U, people may feel that the price might drop in the near future if they wait,”

“Nevertheless, we have decided to cut down the price of the Nintendo 3DS as we consider it as a necessary decision now. What we will be able to do to recover the consumers’ trust before the launch of the Wii U is very important to us.”

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