A few weeks ago I would have said they're failing to live up to their usual standards.
With Pikmin 3, however, I feel they're back to their usual brilliant selves.

^What?

Yeah like getting games for the console they bought

Iwata says that he feels that people’s overall expectations for Nintendo continue to get higher and higher, therefore they are facing more challenges than ever as they try to please both the fans and the investors.

bolded: the biggest problem.

Sony and microsoft have other sectors that can pay for games sector, dont need to please especific investors to get their money like nintendo.

And the investors like more wii fit/sports than metroid/star fox. Cos it sells more.

I'd say Sony/MS and especially PC gamers are much quicker to turn on their consoles games than Nintendo gamers are.

For example, FF13 got pretty good reviews and still received MASSIVE amounts of hate. Mass Effect 3 had extremely high reviews, but a huge back lash simply for having a bad ending. Heck, even Halo 4 and GT5 got a lot of shit, because they didn’t live up to their predecessor.

Skyward Sword’s hate was directed at how little Nintendo bothered to innovate the series. Gamers expect something new and fresh with each literation of Zelda, so getting more of the same was somewhat of a kick in the face.

From what I understand, you can't use the Gamepad to select or throw Pikmin. I thought the whole point of the game was to show off what the controller could do; RTS games are something that would work a lot better on a Pad than a controller.

So if it doesn't take advantage of Wii U, in what ways is the game "progressing" as Iwata says?

@Zekkyou I don't see how you came to your conclusion with that example lol but ok.

...No. We got Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Zelda, 3D Mario, Donkey Kong Country, Pokémon, Pikmin, and more this year, and still people are begging for Metroid. They revive Luigi's Mansion, but that's not enough. Where's F-Zero? Why isn't it out RIGHT NOW? I don't know whether to consider Star Fox a current or old IP, but it doesn't matter, because we've gotten both this year and people still think a new one ought to be coming out this very instant. Nintendo publishes new IP from other studios, but apparently that's not good enough. Their teams that are busy making games that would be missed if they were dropped should work on new IP instead. If Retro was working on a new IP instead of DK, and make no mistake that this WOULD happen, people would be asking where the next Donkey Kong Country is, wondering why Nintendo revived it only to drop it again.

I feel like I'm in the minority here, but Skyward Sword was one of the worst Zelda games I've ever played. Even as a regular game is was just okay when it wasn't holding my hand. Yes I had high expectations, but even then the game was just alright - very forgettable.

That's funny, because I feel like I'm in the minority and I love it. It has problems, but all games do, and SS's issues don't stop me from enjoying it.

Maybe there is no majority on this matter.