I think Gaijinworks growing into WD v2 is just a matter of course. If anything it's already picking up right where WD left off.
I'm holding out hope that Namco does something Ridge Racer related for the 20th anniversary (but not that Unbounded crap), Xseed steps up their efforts to translate the Kiseki games, we find out what Falcom's doing with those PS4 devkits
we know they have, and we get greater details on Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem and Xenoblade II.
Nintendo's just passing on the press conference due to the dangers of live presentations. It's to keep Reggie's body from being ready again. Instead of the presser they'll be doing a pre-recorded Nintendo Direct feed from their website.