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In this editorial we take a step back and look at whether or not Nintendo has ditched core gaming entirely. And as you will see in this article, Nintendo's new business model is more of an expansion than a total transition to the casual market.
Nintendo has always been the bastion of core gaming. That is, until they released the Wii and ditched the core market for the more lucrative casual market. Or have they? If anything, in comparison to the Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo 64, they have expanded upon the amount of cores games they release. The only difference now is that have expanded their portfolio to include an array of casual games. The expansion, instead of being considered an expansion, has largely been taken as a transition to the casual market. This idea of Nintendo making a complete transition can largely be attributed to the media, unjustified comparisons to HD consoles, and to some extent, Nintendo themselves.
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I frequently come to the defense of the PS3 yet I know I can't convince people it is doing perfectly fine. People want to believe it is crashing and burning and I can't stop them. Even though all the REAL evidence points to the contrary.
You jump to the defense of the Wii. Yet surely you must know that many of us just don't care. Hell I own a Wii and I don't care. My son plays it and that's fine with me. Keeps him away from my PS3 and 360. So at least in my house it is a "kiddy" system. And this is a stigma you're never going to get away from so long as the best selling games are filled with colorful cartoon characters. Even if they are fun.
When will people learn that. :sigh:
My grandmother to this day will tease me about watching "childrens" cartoons. Even if they are the most violent anime you could find. She sees animated images and instantly thinks it is for kids. And many people think this way.
GameCube, people will call that kiddy but it's easily the most Hardcore system of the sixth generation, all that first party support *sighs happily*.
That's probably why you love it so much.
Brawl was terrible, Mario Galaxy was short, Zelda wasn't the best it could be and i ain't got round to finishing Metroid Prime 3 because its just boring.
Agree about Metroid though.
Old Wizard are massive Nintendo fanboys.
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