How exactly is presenting carefully-cut trailers that may or may not be of actual game footage in a format dictated by the company themselves not "spin" or "bullshit"?
If you're going to demand a critical eye you can't suddenly get pissed when people decide to do it on something you like.
Well, I'm not really demanding a critical eye, I'm just saying that these people could cut Nintendo some slack once in a while. This ND delivered on its promise of talking about upcoming games.
It would have been bad if the ND ended after Iwata said "Mario, Mario Kart, and Zelda are coming" because that's just an empty (or obvious) promise, but then Nintendo shows footage of upcoming games and confirms the existence of surprise games. They aren't just saying that there will be games; they specifically gave examples.
My point was that Nintendo can't win. Even when they announce new and interesting developments, people say it's not enough. For Nintendo, it's never enough. I don't think more footage of Yoshi, Bayonetta 2, SMT x FE, and X would have really changed that much because no one is ever satisfied. For some it may be because Nintendo didn't have footage of Mario, Kart, Smash, and Zelda, or because they didn't announce Metroid Prime 4, F-Zero U, and Star Fox U, or because they didn't announce an ambassador program for Wii U early adopters, or SOMETHING. I know this is kind of a straw man argument but with the gaming community you can never tell what they'll be satisfied or dissatisfied with. Nintendo is always in a state of recovery when it comes to the dedicated gaming crowd and the gaming press.
And I'm saying this as someone who isn't actually that excited for Bayonetta 2, SMT x FE, X, and even Wind Waker HD. I can at least acknowledge that Nintendo made a good move in directly updating viewers on these developments.