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Have the casual games gone a little bit too far?

Tyranitar24 | July 21, 2008 | News | Wii DS E3 2008 
According to the article, the casual games are going a little too far. Nintendo always has a fun, casual game to play. There's Nintendogs, Brain Age games, Wii Sports, and tons of others! After awhile, E3 2008 bestows its greatness upon us and what games do we get? Another Wii Sports game and a music game without an air guitar. Do you agree with the article, have the casual games gone too far?
Every year during E3 season, when the latest me-too hi-res shooter, debuting on whatever next-gen console, attempts to do what my self-built gaming rigs have been doing for years, I take comfort in the fact that Nintendo and any third-party developers toeing the line will provide something new, and fun, and different.

Metroid Prime, Mario Galaxy, No More Heroes... a quick smattering of titles that took the idea of a distinct control scheme and ran with it. Come for the casual, stay for the gaming. And now, our E3 headliners? Instead of leveraging its market share for equally innovative and expressive gaming experiences, we get air guitar with less plastic, and Wii Sports, again. Is that really the best use of the new MotionPlus controller? Nintendo could've cranked out a Twilight Princess director's cut, "now with awesome swordplay," and won E3, easy.

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    Wind_Warrior_1989 | July 22, 2008 | reply
    I'm a very big fan of nintendo but I was really hoping they would've released a couple of core games, I like the casual games and all but it'd be nice to get core games once in a while, E3 2008 had a couple of pluses but overall was kinda disappointed.
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    Gamesta100 | July 22, 2008 | reply
    To be honest, I'm not happy with casual games and gamers practically taking over the industry.
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      Silver Mirror | July 22, 2008 | reply
      I doubt many on this site would Gamesta100
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      NyffTotal90 | July 22, 2008 | reply
      Casual games aren't taking over the industry, PS3 and Xbox 360 are mainly all core titles.
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    Remino52 | July 22, 2008 | reply
    Well at least Mad World is coming.
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    Gillies2006 | July 22, 2008 | reply
    I say they delay star wars:force unleashed for the wii and implement wii motion plus to it then it has my 60$ if not there's no point for getting it for wii when I have a ps3. I've learned my lesson from gh3. Great game shoulda got it for the 3. But ya I am really tired of plain horizontal/vertical attacks with the wiimote come to think of it it's not really what I expected at all from launch. I expected way more.
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      Shadow net583x s | July 22, 2008 | reply
      You and me both. I expected to be swinging lightsabers, shooting guns, having swordfights, etc, but none of those have come true, or at least they haven't been fun. Nintendo knew about Clone Wars, that it would be lightsaber duels, and they knew that WiiMotionPlus would make that so much more fun, but no they don't announce it until it's too late. That's pretty much just a middle finger to Lucasarts and all of us.
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    HisServant77 | July 23, 2008 | reply
    I'm not upset with casual game(r)s at all. I think it's kinda great to see that there's games for people who don't . . . play games or consider themselves "gamers" even.

    Yet, the times that it takes away from the good games (and I don't mean "hardcore" games just good, solid games with great plots), is when it gets bad.
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    Big A2 | July 23, 2008 | reply
    Maybe, but this reporter definitely has.

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