Eh. From the rumors and rumblings, most everyone was predicting the NX to probably come out around mid-November like the Wii and Wii U did with Zelda being the major launch game like it was with the Wii. If we go from Star Fox's release date to November 22, that's 7 months. In those 7 months, what are we expecting for releases? There's Mario & Sonic Olympics, Tokyo Mirage, and Paper Mario possibly coming out in this time. Zelda was expected to be the last hurrah in November/December. I know there' some other stuff like e-shop games or Mighty No. 9 or Lost Reavers but as far as major retail releases, is there anything else I'm missing?
The only question was whether Nintendo was going to make a surprise announcement or two about a game that would be released for the Wii U between June and November to help pad the schedule. We already knew it was going to be a slim pickings year like the last year of the GameCube and Wii. The only difference is that there was expected to be a new bounty of games for when the NX launched.
If we go from November 22 - Mar. 17, that's 4 more months. Yeah, the NX getting pushed back sucks when you look at the current schedule leading up to November. Yet, 4 months isn't too long an extra wait time. If there were more Wii U games from Nintendo, like even a total of 8 or so spaced out over that time, it might have made this delay more bearable. As it stands, August 22 will put us back on track from where we before this delay announcement. And if they do announce 2 more Wii U games, we'll be back to where we stated for game releases.
Enjoy 3DS gaming because that's what Nintendo's still supporting.