Here is how I felt the devolopers conferences went.

Microsoft: "Look at our no-controller tech!"

Sony: "Look at our endless commercials to deflect that we had nothing to show except 2 hours of the Move!"

Nintendo: "Look! Remember these!? You used to play these as a kid! LOOK!! DON'T YOU REMEMBER!?"

Sorry Microsoft, and Sony, I don't care about your me too tech. Nintendo... I don't care about your old IP's, and remakes. How about bringing something new to the table?

I guess I am a sucker for nostalgia, for Nintendo had me this year. I would have gone home with Nintendo and done things I never would tell another soul. 

I don't care about the 3D, but I do think the hardware upgrade was needed for the DS. Look at what the iPhone or PSP can do. The DS was showing its wrinkles in comparison.

Randy, what a joyless life you must lead.

Okay, that was harsh -- I get the skepticism.  But like Marty, you can call me a sucker, too, 'cause I will eat up these old classics in 3D.  And so will millions of others.  We'll get our new experiences, but from a purely business perspective, consider Nintendo as president of Mensa. 

And the Kid Icarus game might as well be a new IP, based as it is on a 20+ year old title. 

Clearly I'm biased.  But I spent yesterday all giddy and euphoric, feelings my 29-year-old body feel less and less.

I have Star Fox 64 and Ocarina of Time on my Wii. I'll probably get these on the 3DS, but I'm more excited about a new Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble and a new Wario Ware Twisted, and I simply refuse to live in a world where these don't exist. Make it happen, universe!

Still, these old games are, well, old. There are plenty of people still out there in the wilds who have never played these or any of the other N64 classics. Most of my nephews and nieces weren't even born until long after the N64 was dead. This could be a great way of introducing brilliant games to an audience who missed out the first, second, and third time, especially considering many of them have no idea how to or interest in trying to jump into the Wii Shopping Channel. To many consumers and the vast majority of my family, games still only come on physical media.

They're not relying on "pure nostalgia" to sell units. The fact is that these are really great games, remade to some unknown extent. Assuming that they do enough with the games and launch them at a reasonable prince point, there's nothing here to take up arms about.

There's also some willful ignorance in saying that they refuse to create new content for the 3DS. Kid Icarus is a new IP in everything but name, as Pit's character has been completely redesigned and the game plays nothing like the original. Treating it as anything other than new or exciting just because it shares a name with an older game doesn't seem fair. Or well-reasoned.

There's also an original entry in the Paper Mario series and a brand-new (well, minus six years in development) IP, Steel Diver. This might not be the avalanche of new in-house IPs you've expected for the system's launch, but it's respectable, especially when taken in consideration with the handful of remakes and other proper sequels that will be available.

The "onslaught" of these several remakes is a symptom of the system's launch (though I anticipate vintage games will be availably digitally) and as 3DS development begins full-stop and the system finds it swing, we'll see less and less of it and more unique and interesting content not just from Nintendo, but third-parties as well.

How is it a cop-out if it's a guaranteed day one purchase for you? That would seem to imply this is something you really want, yet you act like you wish you didn't, as if it's some sort of sick addiction.

Nintendo is remaking these games because they think they'll translate well to 3D and because they know you'll buy them. Just because they know there's a market for something, it doesn't mean it's a cop-out to provide that thing.

@Richard: Not having children of my own, I never thought of it that way. Timeless classics do have timeless audiences.

@Kenneth: I'm not necessarily "up in arms" about it. Like I stated, they are great games that I'm more than happy to play through again with a unique 3D spin. It's tough to launch a system with new, unproven technology and have great new games at the same time. However, I don't think that Nintendo picked the titles to remake because they thought it would be a great showcase for the system. I think they chose these titles because they knew of their intense popularity and that it could possibly turn a certain generation of gamers into early adopters of the new platform.

@Chas: Like I said in my reply to Kenneth, I don't believe Nintendo remade these titles because they would demonstrate the 3DS capabilities. They made them because it would demonstrate Nintendo's capability to make insane amounts of money on content that is over a decade old. That's why I chose the term "cop-out."