Wouldn't that make a lot more sense on the 3DS? Cards are usually played outside, and Pokemon was ever more popular on handhelds to begin with.

That was the biggest waste of time! Said absolutely nothing. Here's another translation of what he said:

"Later we may reveal something about one or more of the features that our console is supposed to support right now, and we may, or may not, eventually start to think about moving towards making decisions to become active in the activity of creating experiences for the activities we have promised will be available on our newest Wii U console, which currently aren't available on our newest WiiU console. I can't say anything more about it at this time, as I have already said too much. See you at E3."

Awesome, ok its settled. They can do both, so you take the game on the road with your 3DS after you've scanned in the cards using the Gamepad's NFC, then after you've leveled-up on the trian, airport or wherever, come back home and connect with your WiiU and battle online.

It boggles my mind that people get excited about NFC. ITs essentially just physically packaged DLC... Great for them as business, horrible for the consumer. Unless of course you're a child on only see the collectable side of things. The technology holds zero potential in my eyes, the worst kind of gimmick.

If someone has imagined a creative way in which it will enhance gameplay or allow for new kinds, I'm all ears.

Pretty much exactly what I was thinking.

I'm much more interested in the prospect of dual Gamepad configurations than the usage of NFC tags on cards or figurines. Why the other way round Nintendo? Guess the Pokemon audience would be more inclined in collecting this kind of stuff. With all the money Skylanders has provided, and Disney soon to follow; Nintendo will most likely want to be part of this. But will they use NFC commonly or will they try something new? Some new implementation, please.

Wow, you pretty much missed most important points:

• Nintendo now considers its Nintendo directs as its main channel for broadcasting news.
• Nintendo still values E3 as a "Demo" type showcase platform.
• The dual-gamepad tech is being placed in second priority after NFC.
• Nintendo intends on making NFC available to more devs in contrast with Disney and Activision which have their proprietary devices at a steep cost.
• Nintendo intend on making extensive use of NFC at least in one Nintendo IP.

As a gamer I could care less about NFC. As a shareholder, I think it's spectacular. People will eat it up. Nintendo is the type of business that could milk this into something massive. Pokemon, or a new IP, could pull the kids in left and right. I love it because I think it could push major systems.

As a gamer I do love the idea of two gamepad play. There are amazing possibilities. A 1v1 strategy game... with neither using the TV? Picking plays off the touchpad in football? It's endless. An elaborate, multiplayer dual screen game could really show off the WiiU and make other systems seem boring and old fashioned by comparission. Nintendo should push this with a major title.

I'm very happy to hear Nintendo is pushing forward with both of these techs, and that we will likely see something from it this year. Very exciting.