ok I have seen the whole interview at G4 and it was awesome, I only read some excerpts before so I have to admit I made a hasty judgement on it, and now Im more fond of Iwata than ever, some things I find worth mentioning:
Although he didnt made the interview in english, he took the time to translate and talk it in in english, and that rocks.
Nintendo suggested developers uses of the controller for their specific franchises, which is really nice.
The guy doing the interview had such a cocky and annoying attitude that I felt like punching him in the face, but its G4 so that was expected.
oh I almost forgot, I love how Iwata responded to the question about wether he think Nintendo was going to be able to be number 1 again, now I forgot the exact words but it was something like "Nintendo doesnt want to be number 1 in a niche market".