I think this is an excellent decision made by Nintendo, for multiple reasons:

During e3, everybody will be checking out the new XBox and Playstation. If you try and discuss what are mainly the same games as the past year (minus a 30 minute spiel on Nintendo Land) you won't hold interest. The other systems will be new, and will immediately claim the attention of millions around the world, which means Pikmin 3 and Mario Kart U stand little chance.
Nintendo also needs to make money, and by hosting a huge expensive presentation, when nobody is watching, seems rather pointless, as it is a loss of money.
In this case, it is a case of the negatives outweighing the positives.
If they are smart, a few days after the other presentations have died down, a Nintendo Direct will come out detailing new games. Otherwise they will just be lost in the shuffle.

I've haddock with these fish puns. u_u

This will actually make me buy this game!

I thought they were Satyr.

April Fools, but still. Replacing Little Mac with Luigi....

Happy Anniversary Nintendo Life! I've been here over a year, and have not found one misleading review, troll (that managed to make it through @tbd), and other things commonly found on other sites. Good job and keep up the excellent work! :3

I usually just do both. It's helpful because if I lose my 3DS, still have half my games. If I lose my retail game bag, I still have half my games. :3
@nesdan321 That cretainly is a long sentence. o____O

Yes! I've been waiting for this! And the fact that its free is even better. :3 I see a huge sharing thread on NL because nobody wants to pay.

I can't believe I never realized it, but this must be the work of @LordJumpMad. Who else could create this much madness?
Oh well, I guess all Pachter really does is seperate the fan boys from the men.

We don't have to worry for a while.
If you were making millions a year, you would milk it for all it was worth. And he is getting paid to do what he loves.

Geez, you're all acting like he went and joined some terrible company. >.>
Oh wait...

Hmm.... so I'm assuming they think Monster Hunter is all right then?

Don't be fooled, this is just Ant Dickens in disquise.

I'm going to get anything that unlocks important things. Specifically the ones that Unlock Classes. Whenever I have a few extra bucks on the eShop, it finally has a great place to be spent.

I hope Ancel doesn't end up leaving, this looks great.
If he left, then Ubisoft would be at a major loss and not have as many good series anymore.

Looks awesome, but if there's Mario references...
Unlockable Mario Kart Cars in-game anyone?
I'm sure they have LEGO ones.

I honestly didn't love this game. The platforming just felt... uninspired and easy. All you had to do was take your time to win, but most people rushed to get a good time.
But the visuals are certainly top-notch as well as the overall production values. But please include a noticeable story and / or tutorial please.

Let's Rev up those [s]fryers[/s] engines!
I'm Clayton☆.
Be seeing you guys out there. :3
Bring it OOWWWAANNNN!

Luigi is ready to go! I'll be seeing you guys on the top of the podium.

Oh yeah! The only good looking game on PS4 coming to Wii U!
Okay, so PS4 just got 30% more lame.

Already knew the name. If anyone else bothered to go far enough, it announced it in game in the original.
Also, I believe partners were mentioned as well. :3 So no real shock here.

I have this game, this is always on there, like a few every time I load it up. -.- They always get responses, although usually its girls looking for guys.
Seriously, some of these have made it to the best of the week before. >:[

Yay for Paper Mario! Got it an hour ago, and been loving it since. :3

My goal is to beat 3 games before I buy FE: Awakening next weekend. So I'm going for The Legend of Zelda: OoT 3D (almost even with ya there Orla ) Pikmin, and Super Paper Mario. Hopefully I'll start Pikmin 2 (which I'm waiting to play until I beat Pikmin first).

By not buying it, you will just make Ubisoft further mistreat its Nintendo fan base. If more people buy it on Wii U, they will come to respect Nintendo.

I don't see myself using Miiverse very much, but these improvements sound like a good step forward. Although younger kids on the interwebs can still add strangers. Because I doubt they will know many kids with a Wii U.

@GazPlant Then it's a wonder how the testers missed this game breaking glitch. :3
Silly 5th Cell.
Maybe it was something really dumb, like they forgot a starite shard.

I haven't been to an arcade in years. This is kind of making me want to go. (Of course I'll be fine when Mario Kart U comes out. )

Yay, karaoke. Just what every die-hard Nintendo fan wants.

@Lan Google Images is your friend.
Good job Nintendo, you just sold a few dozen more eShop copies.

" With a some of" In paragraph 2 is a typo.

@cornishlee: Don't freak out, @Void's just messin with you.
Very excited for this, hopefully I'll be able to notice the HD graphics before I throw the controller at my wall.

Iwata won't leave. This is just his way of saying, "I'm sorry and I'll fix things up." I'm sure it got lost in translation.

I've never even heard of it before this (thought Nintendo Land made it up as a minigame).
Shows how much attention I pay to the world.

Isnt it obvious? They decided to put the classis Google trick: "Do a barrel roll" into the eShops.
On a realistic note, maybe pokemon is getting an event? This is obviously no emergency, or it would be right now (or even tomorrow).
My best guess is that Nintendo is dumb and just realized that 5 year olds can access mature videos. :3

I think Nintendo realizes if you buy a $20 card for these, you are left with just enough to get another game.

Hmm.... I'd suspect based on the words "Local Multiplayer Mode" it is seperate from the main game. Possibly you are placed in a story mansion, and race to see who catches every ghost first.
It shouldn't be co-op based on the wording.

Well, I think I may have to get this. Depends on playstyle and ratings.

@SanderEvers As in, 2 on 2 battles and each player uses 1 pokemon each. At least that's how I interpreted it.

@WoottWinds That hasn't been in the past few games, sorry.

I'm definitely picking this up, as it has more content than the 3ds version. I'll buy if it's under $20 (I'd guess about $15).

Pokamans Ebony Version
Scribblealiens Restricted
Cardboard Luigi: Stick'n Peel
And of course the Professor's latest 3ds outing.

Good luck Corbs~

Well, these are the dumbest names I've heard since.... Gen 5.

This will undoubtedly come to western shores before the years end, as every other one has for 5 years straight.
I'm upset to see this series go. Hopefully in the furure they release a cartridge featuring all 6 games!

Just finished. Thanks for saying I'm amazing.
As for what could convince me to buy one, there really wasn't much to pick except lower price (since I have very little money).

This looks really good; I know 3 people who are buying a 3DS just for this.
As for this being the most bankable franchise, it could be true. However, whenever I ask a Non-Nintendo player what their favorite Nintendo series is; it's Zelda.

AC:NL > Layton #6 > Weege's Mansion > Everything else > The obvious choice, "Call of Duty: Rabbids".

GameStop not loving it means it was a meh launch. They basically are the major place anyone would buy one here. Unless everyone went to Walmart for some reason, this isn't good. At a gamestop here (at a mall inbetween 2 major neighborhoods) 2 people bought them launch day at Midnight at GameStop; I know them both.
Still, I hope this doesn't end up like 3DS.