They needed a Zelda trailer, one that would show what the Wii is capable of and would put Oblivion's graphics to shame, not some concept art that was shown behind closed doors.

EDIT: As much as I like the prospect of a new Metroid and SMG2, I really didn't care about either all that much. Fan(boy)s like me want Zelda.

In comparison to 07 and 08, it was a huge improvement. However, there was really no point in announcing the Wii Vitality Sensor without some kind of software for it as the thing is pretty much a complete joke now. They seemed to overdoing it a bit with Mario what with New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Then again, Mario Party and other sports spinoffs weren't included so it could have been a lot worse in that regard.

Iwata wasn't refering to the content when he said that. He specifically pointed out not being able to convey the charm of New Super Mario Bros. Wii on stage properly, similar to how Nintendo seem to think they failed to communicate Wii Music to the market properly.

The content was great but they're right, I didnt get as ecited as I should have at the advent of New Super Mario Bros. Wii (I am now though!) and many still think it's a port of the DS version..

i thought it was pretty bad...im glad they realize that too.

And if that one game is all they care about, that's their problem, not Nintendo's. You're supposed to have high expectations, not narrow expectations.

Nintendo's hardcore fans are demanding gamers (I'm the living proof! haha). The problem is that other fanboys of other consoles will use the same excuses as us and don't even know why. It's to look like sheep or to look cool, I guess?

Let us in our game, get in your own I say! xD

I like how everybody thinks it is easy to make a trailer no matter how far they are in game development. They just say *poof* give me a Zelda Wii trailer even though I'm not ready for one* and then not only do they get a trailer their game is almost done. Maybe they were not ready to show a Zelda trailer, because they didn't have enough to show. Makes perfect sense imo, especially when you consider that this game won't be released for a year and a half - 2 years. I would much rather them show a more "finished" game at, say their October Conference, or E3 2010.

I think they're refering more to the reaction.

Next year they may only show Zelda and highlight old games, but that's not the point. Iwata is talking about exciting the public, this year they announced some pretty big games but the way they showed them was not sufficient toe xcite the public.

New SuperMario Bros. Wii was their BIG BIG game announcement, but with the four people just playing on stage it looked a little cheap. That's what he's referencing to, and he's absolutely right.

They may show fewer games, just look at E3 2004, that was basically one new game and the DS. The rest was pretty much known, but it was delivered in a way that created excitement. It's a lot more about the presentation itself.

I think expectations are a little higher and the competition is very fierce so I don't think they can deliver the goods in terms of excitement at E3. I think they have a better chance at their own event in October, where there is no competition and they can set their own tone.

But they can certainly improve fromthis year, despite the fact that many games were shown I don't think it was actually much better in terms of excitement than E3 2008 was. And that has nothing to do with the games, it was once again the setting and the vibe of all competitors plus their own.

Amen.

They have rather slow reflex if it took them this long to realise their E3 sucked second year in a row.
Then again they are lucky that other E3 conferences this year sucked almost as much as their so it wasn't that visible.