Last month riches888pg and this month, Nintendo is busy launching the Wii U. And next month? It’s busy not releasing games in Japan. The company’s January schedule, which was recently updated on December 3, is shockingly empty. Here, have a look for yourself: Yikes! That’s pretty freakin’ dry! At the very, very bottom, there’s one Wii U game jinda44 coming out, a new Fist of the North Star game from Tecmo Koei. The rest of the calendar is just barren, with Nintendo seemingly nursing a Christmas comedown or recharging its batteries.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"5965775","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"nintendo","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Yes, Nintendo just released a e19 new piece of hardware and a bunch of games, and, of course, Nintendo can update this calendar in the future. But right now, January isn’t even tumbleweeds for Nintendo in Japan, because at least tumbleweeds are something 発売カレンダー [任天堂] (Top photo: Galyna Andrushko | Shutterstock) Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.