maybe he used puppets thing at E3 because he didnt wanted us to see him looking sick and weak from the cancer
the last public announce he did was an apology for nintendo performance at E3
wanna know what's even sadder?
he died thinking his fans hated it
I am pretty sure he didn't mind, I bet he even thought about what you just said, thinking how stupid we would be by saying such an stupidity, he knew at every moment that people loves his work and that he won't be forgotten over time.
Now I must get an umbrella, it is raining inside my house for some reason.