In an interview with IGN, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he was "very sorry" that Wii U owners must download a rather large update in order to gain access to many of the console's features, including Miiverse and the eShop.
“Personally I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon as they open the box. So I feel very sorry for the fact that purchasers of Wii U have to experience a network update which takes such a long time, and that there are the services which were not available at the hardware’s launch.”
Iwata also commented on the development of new 3D Zelda and Mario games for the system, saying Nintendo is not yet ready to announce anything.
“[One of the unique advantages of controlling both hardware and software development is that] as we develop a new hardware platform, we ask ourselves such questions as, ‘what kind of new Zelda and Mario games do the software creators hope to make on this?’ We will announce the launch schedules for new 3D Zelda and Mario games in the future, but this is not the right opportunity for me to indicate when we will make such announcements.”
Iwata also downplayed the skeptical views that many people have toward's Nintendo's new console, pointing out that many observers had also been skeptical about the Wii and DS before they launched as well.
“The majority of observers had skeptical views toward the potential of the Wii as a game machine. Exactly the same thing could be said about Nintendo DS. These are typical examples of hindsight bias where, only after noticing that these machines had sold beyond their expectations, their memories have been rewritten.”
Source: IGN
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