I can't believe Luigi was confirmed and I missed it, even though I jokefully threw out he would be confirmed this month. Oh well.
It seems my theory/theories that there won't be unlockable characters/less unlockable characters (mostly with veterans, specifically the ones that will be playable) might be true.
All the titles you mentioned is exactly the reason why Nintendo has to have Smash 4 (at least the Wii U version) ready for release for Q4 2014.
Nope, because Call of Booty, a GTA V WiiU port, and another title (whether Zelda or Metroid or something similarly as big) will likely carry the holiday season. Really, the season after winter is probably the most underrated season of all. Plus, all those games might "cancel" each other out, especially since there is an international recession.
Plus, unless Nintendo went stupid for the third straight time (first releasing the Wii U too early, second having no quality titles for it for about 10 months), they will have other titles then. Really though, I don't think 2015 will have many big budget or high quality games early on like this year has had.
I don't think the Wii U is going to get any big budget multi-platform games after 2013 as well. Though I suppose its possible Nintendo might convince Konami to make a Wii U port of MGS5 considering its a 2015 360/PS3 title.
Ummm... they still have the deal with SEGA, they still will likely get Dragon Quest, they still might get Kingdom Hearts III (which will be overrated to high hell), and they still kinda have Platinum Games