"Honestly speaking, none of us at Nintendo thought that our presentation at E3 was as good as it could have been," Iwata said. "It is apparent that we could not fully convey the charm of our products."
He believes that the charm of games such as the original Wii Sports and Wii Fit were much easier to convey, Because they were "something no one had ever seen or imagined before."
One of the biggest innovations featured in New Super Mario Bros. Wii was four-player gameplay, something Iwata believes wasn't demonstrated well enough at the conference.
"Four people lined up with Wii Remotes was not a scene that no one had ever seen. Those who actually had the chance to play [New Super Mario Bros. Wii] understood how the game would change with four people playing simultaneously, but we could not address that fun sentiment at the media briefing."
Iwata assures, however, that they have learned from this experience and hope to create better awareness of their products for next year's conference.
The E3 conference was a complete failure. It disappointed almost everybody in some way.
Everything could always be better though I guess it's good to know they're looking for ways to improve.
I hope they learned two things which they should have already known:
1. Show ALL games in the works.
2. Don't show off an accessory without a game. It's their job to show how it can be used, we're not the ones who should have to figure that out.
But we need to milk the old gamer gamers for what they're worth. Bring on more niche games like Dynamic Slash.
