It would mean that investors aren't stupid which is very good. Iwata isn't talking about 3DS and Wii U as if they are going to be the future. Investors seem to realize that the core of Nintendo's recent problems is that Iwata gave too much freedom to other people, and that Iwata is already taking measures to change the thinking within the company.

Miyamoto and Takeda are the ones who are directly in charge of software and hardware; with Miyamoto also having major influence on hardware as Nintendo's software usually dictates what the hardware is going to be.

The approval ratings also fall in line with what has been said at January's investors briefing.

Iwata: "We [Nintendo] have failed."
Miyamoto: "I do not think that we [the software department] have failed."

So you think it's something to do with Iwata admitting to making mistakes and doing things to correct them while people like Miyamoto are being bullish and insisting they are doing everything right?

I still dont get why people seem to hate these so much.

Because Miyamoto is busy wasting time on them when he could be making something sensible.

They both look fine to me and have potential. My opinion of course, but I really have a problem with neither of them.

The GameCube got fucked over by the kiddy image and the crappy mini-disc format which didn't offer enough storage!