So Nintendo has just made an Animal Crossing announcement community on Miiverse!
The hype is real
In the post (This one here
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/245720-miiverse-gets-animal-crossing-announcement-community )
They seem to suggest that it is New Leaf related news, so maybe some DLC is coming, hopefully new content and even some New 3DS improvements (60fps please Nintendo!)
That's not too say that the Wii U version isn't around the corner, although I was thinking, maybe it'll skip the Wii U altogether.
I have a feeling we might see an announcement for the successor to the 3DS sometime this year with a full unveiling at E3 with a few games announced as well, I recon one of those games will be the next Animal Crossing game.
I know the New 3DS has only just come out, but the DSi was also released shortly before the 3DS's announcement.
But I am willing to put money on the fact that the next handheld will be out between 2016 and early 2017.
Maybe I'm looking into things a little too much, but Nintendo console life cycles seem to be around 5 years and with AMD's recent remarks about working on a mobile processor for one of the major companies, I wouldn't be too surprised.
Still I'd rather have Animal Crossing on the Wii U