I want to say this sounds like a bad thing. If they're just going to stop providing third parties with a central resource, third parties will likely just quit putting in even the token online Wii got, and what would that mean for Nintendo's games anyway?
Or it could be a good thing in that they'll be more flexible than, say, XBL, which has had countless issues with third parties doing server-based stuff, in that Nintendo might let third parties do that, but then that's what they do already, and provide them the endless joy that is WiFi Connection if they won't shift for themselves (which is most everyone, except for Capcom in Monster Hunter and EA in everything)
Which could in turn explain EA's presence at the conference. Not that they're partnering with Nintendo, but Nintendo will let them continue to do their own thing as far as EA online on Nintendo home consoles is concerned, but that's really no change from what's going on at present.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
