“I would say the message is we were disappointed with our performance at E3. There were titles like Wario which we think will be really fun titles that we should have show cased. We were excited that Mr. Miyamoto made the commitment that Pikmin is coming. It would have been nice if we could have said that on stage. But, we think it was a good recognition for us that we care for our core fans, and not just the new people who are now discovering Nintendo.” - Cammie Dunaway

im glad to see that nintendo has recognised this. plus im glad to see cammie isnt a complete idiot. miyamoto and sata Iwata  have already said stuff like this but she is the only one who has offered ways in which they could have improved

mayb they will have a more positive impact at PAX, they are showing the conduit after all

--just so people know, this is from the VGChartz interview in the news section--

I agree, I'm glad nintendo realizes they let down a lot of their fans. To me it doesn't make a difference, so long as they are actually making the games.

I guess part of it for me, is I grew up never knowing what was coming more than 3 months away, because there was no internet to find these things out. You had to go to the game store and flip through a booklet that had release dates for the next couple months, and that was it.

Dunaway is only acknowledging what Iwata said: they were not allowed to talk about "hardcore" games on E3 stage, because E3 was not about these type of games. Only games demonstrating the new Nintendo values could be showed.
They always recognised this, and no, Dunaway never said it would have been an improvement at all if they took another path.

Remember this message is only for "the people that weren't pleased by Nintendo E3". It's not for the mass market, it's a message to soothe "hardcore gamers".
For the mass market, they delivered exactly the message they wanted to.

Nintendo has always been the most caring company for its fans. I predict another Mario, Zelda, hopefully Metroid this gen.

@ ookaze

yes for the causal message they got it right, but this is her admitting that they got the core wrong and that they should have talked more about pikmin and wario on stage

Maybe they should hurry up and get Disaster released to appease the hardcore crowd. And for that matter, how abotu reviving Project HAMMER. That game looked freakin' sweet.

This is the equivalent of saying "oops" a week after causing a car accident.

All the folks at this years E3 should have the balls and tenacity to admit the same, openly. It was truly a shams this year and I actually and truthfully hope it dies a quick death next year.
People in here scream "BOYCOT!" half the time, here's something for all of you to boycot that would make sense; E3.

I think what many in the gaming press have missed is that Nintendo was talking to the general press.

If you want positive stories on the morning news shows, if you want general public positive reaction, you go soft (casual) on your presentation. That is what Nintendo did. It felt it only had one chance to talk with this group and took it. Unfortunately, it upset (pissed off) the gaming press, many of whom already felt that Nintendo was ruining gaming because it tacked to port while the others tacked to starboard.

That being said, I do agree that Nintendo made a tactical error or two at E3. For example, Wario Shake would have been a good game to show -- and would have fit the softer demographic need as well.

But the way some gaming magazine writers describe anything Nintendo does, there is no way it could get things right in their eyes, so they didn't try -- and that made them madder.

(For example, Game Informer says that between Animal Crossing and Wii Sports Resort there is half a game; it noted that Wii Sports Resort will keep you entertained for dozens of minutes; it made a comment about Castlevania Judgement Wii in a totally unrelated piece; it made the claim that many here have raised question about that all third parties were caught in the dark on Wii Motion Plus ... and I just got my magazine yesterday)

Mike from Morgantown

For all we know Disaster is a dud. I have high hopes, but we don't know if it would appease anybody. As for Project Hammer. That just looked lame.