I'm sorry but Nintendo should not be forgiven because games take time to be developed. They should have known that the core were watching and they made a major U turn. The exact same thing they did in 2008.
Me neither, but it's a real problem. People expected Zelda U and Smash Bros., get your expectations in check and it was an alright show.
Bearing in mind they have all the 3DS stuff later, this was an amazing show.
But judging solely on what they showed, it was just alright.
There was no wow element to the presentation. There were no surprises or anything that said "Hey we are Nintendo and this machine is a big effing deal." What I got from this was "Hey we are Nintendo and we don't play with your rules. We will have more information on our time and you have to come to us to see it." I'm sure I will go where they tell me but from right now, I had no idea what I wanted to see, but what I do know is what they showed was not it.
That's my gripe.
Nintendo have said the past 3 years that they're all about surprises. Where were they?