(Refering to SNK) That part of the piece was about the VC so it is only logically that they were talking about that. Which is logical since then Nintendo can limit the number of games that are internet capible so they can work and unseen bugs out of the system because getting a bunch of smaller games crawling through the network.
As for Pokemon I can't wait, though me growing my little pretties in the Japanese version is akin to a myopic squiril trying to collect nuts across a busy street.