You know, I really don't understand why people say Nintendo's E3 conference was bad. I actually watched most of the show live-ish...and I was pleasantly surprised with the overall quality of the entire presentation.
Actually, to be honest, this is probably their worst presentation in years. Remember when DKCR was presented at E3? Remember the 3DS announcement, with the games and the models(as in girls) with the models (as in 3DS prototypes? And that's just the last couple years.
I'm think the disappointment stems from messaging and leaks. If no one knew about Castlevania, Epic Mickey, the Mario games, Pikmin 3, Arkham City, etc... going into E3, we would be shitting dollars bills right now to give to Nintendo. No one would be saying it was a bad presentation, even if the games were exactly the same.
I think Nintendo, being secretive, set itself up as the company that will bust out with surprises. And so I, along with everyone else, wondered "Okay, those are the games I know about. What will be the games that I had no idea existed?" Turns out, all it was was Mass Effect 3.
With that said, I think this is a strong lineup. Was hoping for a bit more for 3DS, but oh well. I guess this is Nintendo's way of saying "Maybe you should pick up a Wii U and some games too?"
In the end, I was kinda disappointed, but at the same time, I'll be picking up most of those 3DS games at launch, and a Wii U, and most likely Mario, Pikmin, and maybe ZombiU.