They at least made EarthBound officially available in Europe for the first time with the Wii U VC release, so who knows what they have in mind? I have to say though, EarthBound isn't exactly one of the best known games to go down in history. Just my observation.
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem on Wii U is happening, though. Not exactly Fire Emblem, but very close and I bet fans of either series are already excited despite virtually no show of what it is.
I kinda thought that statement was ambiguous. It's a fact that Shin'en is making FAST Racing NEO for the Wii U and they've been an official Nintendo 3rd party for a long time so I'm thinking maybe Nintendo is waiting for Shin'en to make its game first to gauge demand. They surely wouldn't want to screw over a good 3rd party that's been making games for them since the Game Boy Advance...
Funny you should mention these two games because they were developed by the same company, Skip. Who knows what they're doing now? (Obviously they recently made the Chibi-Robo shenanigans for 3DS.)
Oh, the 850k sale projection isn't for the SMT crossover. It's for the proper mainline Wii U Fire Emblem game. Info from some interview about the unexpected success of FE:Awakening.
And if you loved Captain Rainbow/Giftpia/Chibi Robo series, you might want to instead go to the source. They were all by ex-Love De Lic devs. Some of their games:
As Love-De-Lic
Moon Remix RPG Adventure PS1
UFO A Day in the Life PS1
LOL Lack Of Love DC
As ex-devs from Love-De-Lic
Endonesia PS2
Chulip PS2 (localized)
Contact DS (meh)
Little King’s Story Wii (the Vita one shares only the IP but none of the original talent)
As ex-devs from Love de Lic heavily involved in Nintendo projects
Paper Mario 1/2/4
Mario and Luigi GBA/DS/3/4
Chibi-Robo 1/2/4
bit.Generations
Giftpia
Captain Rainbow
Tingle Rosy Rupeeland DS (localized, for some stupid reason US poll readers said to NoA to cancel it and they listened)
Tingle Ballon Trip of Love DS (it’s more similar to Marvelous Mouhitotsu no Takarajima and Navi Trackers)
Shin'en also did a Game Boy Color puzzle-game, but it wasn't that good, and it was a German-only release.
I don't think Shin'en and Nintendo's relationship is unprofessional to the point someone would ask another to hand them IPs then storm away from the building angry when their request is refused. (btw what Factor-5 did when they published that Kid Icarus pitch was bad form) For example, Kamiya's initial W101 pitch was with Nintendo characters, and they refused - no strife happened.