Uhm, haven't you read what he said after the first sentence? That's where he says they will try to create games that don't need a controller. They will create Nintendo-like apps for everyone, thus making them as simple and intuitive as possible. Sorry to say that, but a touchscreen input system is more intuitive than a controller. 

*Darth vader voice*

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Nintendo is finding success on smartphones, and there is room to grow. A controller definitely makes sense if they want to offer more Nintendo-like experience on smartphones.

I started threads on this very subject and I am still pulling arrows out of my @ss.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=216625&page=1

I told you Nintendo is going to make a smartphone controller.

So.... how long until Nintendo gives us one of these (controller snap on for your smartphone):

And they start makeing Android games, and dropping their Handheld hardware ?

on one hand I'm exited but on the other hand I'm concerned. To be honest, only the N64 and Gamecube controller where ok, but the rest of the controllers where not handy. They never really designed a good controller/handheld with a good grip for Western people.

Buy 1 of these
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Retro-Super-Nintendo-SNES-USB-Controller-Jopypads-for-Win-PC-MAC-Gamepads-HT-/201493788901?hash=item2ee9f738e5:g:3XoAAOSw~otWg6UG
Then 1 of these
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Micro-USB-to-USB-2-0-Converter-U-Disk-OTG-Adapter-For-Android-Phone-Tablet-/391415399777?hash=item5b222d0561:g:-7AAAOSw37tV-jbG

And away you go.

Considering how cheaply you can get a Classic Nintendo controller for use with smartphone games I really think there isn't going to be a massive amount of money earned from Nintendo doing this, unless they want to take legal action to everyone selling these type of controllers that are already on the market.

The idea here is to release a piece of hardware that enables Nintendo to release games that aren't bound by the usual smartphone games "guidelines" that every game developer has to follow when they enter the software development environment of mobile games. This is obviously an assumption, but I think it's a safe one. 

I game on my smartphone but I choose my games carefully, turn-based RPGs, for example, work really well on smartphones. Try to make a platformer like Mario and you will end up with a bad game. What if Nintendo wants to offer that kind of experience on the iPhone? A controller add-on can be the missing key. 

Nintendo is still testing the waters with mobile games, we'll see what will happen if they decide they want to continue to be in that market.