You're just being overly eager and crapping on everything Nintendo offers until then. They will come....

“Take The Legend of Zelda franchise, for example, the fans must be looking for the graphic representations that they do not see as cheap at all when the title is released for the Wii U. When it is necessary, we do not hesitate to role out our resources.”

Zelda is on its way, a proper successor to Mario Galaxy is clearly on its way I can't believe you can think otherwise. Did you know that Galaxy had a 60-man orchestra?? Just for the music. They don't take Mario lightly on their home consoles.

3DWorld doesn't need to be a whole new idea, it just needs to be a sequel, just like DKC2 was to DKC1, or like Fusion was to Super Metroid. This isn't 3D Mario like you're reading it, it's a handheld 3D Mario game, it doesn't fit in your definition of a 3D Mario game not copying a prior entry. Also if you look very closely Galaxy borrows a lot from Sunshine. I'll try not to deviate too much but to say even mainline Mario doesn't borrow is not completely fair either. There is only so many entries in 3D Mario after which you can innovate. You only do spheroidal gravity once and then it's no longer an innovation.

DKCR 2 is exactly what is needed now, and in due time a proper 3D Mario and 3D Zelda game will arrive much like it mostly has mid-way through the Nintendo home console's life-cycle. Just be patient if Smash, X, MK and other great gaming content is not enought until then.

Whether you are satisfied with the games Nintendo showed or not, the fact remains:

Several were delayed.
They line up for the next 9-12 months looks THIN (as in few games), and this is already after a 6 month drought.
Nintendo needs momentum, they need to SELL MORE CONSOLES. Who thinks Wii U will get any attention at Christmas 2013 with $349 price point, a Gamecube remake and a 3DS platformer sequel?

I am not attacking Nintendo because I want them to fail, I am attacking them because I want them to succeed. And right now they are not doing what is necessary to make Wii U a success as a platform. The "core gamers" will flock to PS4, the "casuals" will not spend $349 for a console to play games that do not show real innovation or major improvement from Wii.

So we are getting a few new games that seem less than Nintendo's full effort, we already had a long Wii U drought, and us Wii owners had an almost 2 year drought before that!

How does Nintendo expect to even keep the loyal base they still have left? And why do they not want to sell games to the huge Wii base anymore?

It's like they were so afraid of the "casual" competition from social games and mobiles and tablets that they just abandoned it completely.

I predict the Wii U will be the least successful Nintendo home console ever, by far.

Why? I hold Nintendo higher than any other developer, because they always brings the good stuff.

But what if this is THE 3D Mario od this gen?! Remember, they're busy with making a new engine, developing the game and developing it for HD. I don't think they have the time to make another game between Galaxy2 and the next home console Mario... This might be it.

You're getting my drift! This is what I'm talking about!

Dear god...

No, just no. It makes absolutely no sense at all. They have a lot of resources dedicated to the upcoming successor to galaxy, not enough to fit in what we saw with 3DW, much much more......

You don't hold Nintendo up to higher standards, you hold them up to standards which make absolutely no sense with their pedigree and that's my gripe here. Your expectations make no sense with Nintendo's supply of Mario, Metroid and Zelda for most of its history. The games will come out, just not yet. It's a new HD era for Nintendo, it may take a bit more time than for Wii, but not so much more than for the cube (WW, SS all came out later).

Coming up with a plan and content for Nintendo E3's has to be the easiest job in the world.

Predicting Nintendo s message at E3's has to be the 2nd easiest job in the world.

Predicting when Nintendo games will be released for play has to be the most difficult job in the world.

I have not even followed gaming for more than a year or 2 but how hard is it to predict that Nintendo is working on a Zelda game, a Mario game, a Donkey Kong game, maybe a Metroid game and so on.......
they are probably always working on games containing their big name characters/themes so it is not a stretch for them to announce as much- of course actually giving release dates or even committing to a specific console generation is a different story. Nintendo could come out tomorrow and announce they are working on every game that it s followers would like see and it would probably be true- but it does not do much good for people who bought a Wii U last year (or are considering buying a wii u now) if you don t know when or if these games will be released.

Nintendo was touting games last November and December that were due out w in 1-4 months, some which already had release dates and some of those games are STILL not released. So for Ninty to announce a game that is due "sometime in 2014" is like not announcing it at all IMO- it means nothing- I loved Xenoblade and think the trailers for X look great- but it is due in 2014 - the Wii U could be gone by then as far as we know- and 2014 could just as easily be 2015 or who knows when - same w all the 2014 games that have been announced- they announced a Wii U Zelda game a year+/- back but did not even mention it today-

Nintendo has not exactly earned trust behind their words IMO so could have announced 100 games today but if they don t have release dates in 2013 then it does not mean much

I don't think you can determine which path 3D Mario should take until after we see sales figures for 3D World. If it passes Galaxy 2 like 3D Land did, then this is a step forward.

It doesn't need to be a 3DS title it just needed to come later, like 2015 later.  We need a definitive Metroid or Star Fox game to really show the console.

I agree, we needed a full fledge Mario game that made us say wow, didnt hapen

I thought it was really good, but not great due to the above points

I can already play this game - on 3DS! That's the problem. I really do hope thet 3dLand/World becomes a new spin off - but it's not a "proper" 3D Mario like Galaxy or 64.