Yeah, this is a valid point, but what Sakurai says and what he does often change a lot. However, I don't think they'll put in the effort to make the characters and then make them free.
If anything, I think the fact that they're still working on the game is a good sign. If there was no new content coming then the game might be completed and done. At least we know they're still doing things with it!
Apparently they're fully integrating voice chat!
http://www.pixeldynamo.com/...
Very true. This game looks like it was made by following a default Unity tutorial, without adding any original content whatsoever. I love the WiiU and 3DS eShops, but I think the quality control needs to be improved a fair amount.
I agree that making a TCG can be very hit or miss. This one is free to download though, so there's no risk if you dont like it! Pretty good business model. Try it, and buy it if you like it.
And yet, they almost certainly will. When they announce their next game, and it isn't coming to Wii U, they will point to the poor sales of Watch Dogs as their reason.
The conspiracy theorist in me wants to say they intentionally tanked the game so they'd have a good reason to not bring any more to the Wii U.
Right? Imagine using specials to spray the stage with ink, and then doing some sort of squid transformation to do crazy fast movement around (and possibly even healing).
I'm imagining some sort of crazy ink counters, as well as a bunch of really cool weapon-based specials and arials. It'd be an exciting addition.