"In Japan, I can be my own antenna, but abroad, that doesn't work," he said.

About time he admits this. Now we can have an independent/strong NOA like in the N64 days or SNES days

The Wii U is great. Iwata isn't. Fire Iwata.

Make more games that people want and make more games that people don't know they want. They need to get back to kicking ass, taking names, and making games.

The same Mario/Zelda/Mario Kart/Smash Bros./DKC games as great as they are aren't nearly enough to get them out of this mess. 

I think what's happening is people now have 2 devices they use to game on. The home console and their smartphone/tablet which they use for occasional/quick fix gaming. 

The role of the console now is to play the higher end games like COD/Madden/Uncharted and those really bigger budget games that demand a 50 inch HDTV. 

Cartoony/arcadey/casual games people are filling that need in their gaming diet more and more from their phone/tablet. That's why PS4/X1 have been able to do well. 

System hardware that doesn't fit into either categorey per se like the Wii U and Vita are having a lot of problems. 

"It has a chance to change course, but I doubt it's going to take it."

I think this is the most accurate quote anyone has ever made about Nintendo. The guys at Nintendo are a deadly combination of stubborn and dumb.

I admit I laughed out loud when I read that. 

Talk about a day for Nintendo. Their all over the news on every single forums that I check.

How the fuck can you post a loss after releasing pokemon? WWWWTTTTTFFFFF!?

the west is definitely his weakest. I hope they allow NOA to do their job, give them a budget and let them execute it.

Iwata is much too small to be an antenna.

^This. Nintendo of America should get a budget for marketing themselves here in the Americas, hopefully it has positive effects. They also need more"western" studios to recapture intrest in this CoD and GTA plagued market.