This generation, I have had an xbox 360, wii, and ps3. Currentley, I only own the ps3, which I play almost daily and love it. 

Now, I'm no Nintendo h8errr. I loved the N64, Gamecube (mario sunshine one my favorite games of all time), Gameboys (addicted to old school pokemon), even the DS had a a lot of good/great games.

However, as a hardcore gamer, I feel that Nintendo just flat out does not care about me anymore. Nintendoland packed in with the Wii U? Really???? I'm sorry but I have no interest in that 5 year old rubbish, nor do I think playing with that oversized gamepad will be a fun experience. I think Nintendo is taking this "innovative" thing way too far when it comes to new consoles. Sure they have the "pro controller" (xbox 360 clone controller) with the Wii U but I doubt they will focus on making games specifically for it. 

Maybe I'm just old school, but I like my RPG's, 1st/3rd person shooters, action, and open world games to play with a standard dualshock or 360 gamepad. 

Is anyone in the same boat as me? It's really weird but it annoys me when I read some 20 year olds here on Vgchartz hyping themselves as "da hardcore" gamer when they can't wait for year old ports of Darksiders 2 or Mass Effect 3; or looking through Batman's Inventory with a giant controller that has a screen on it....
I'm sorry but it just bugs me. 

/endrant

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I'm 32 years old "hardcore gamer" and I love pretty much every single Nintendo game...

Get a Pro Controller and play newly released mutliplatform titles instead.

/rant confuted.

What's so old school about a 360 controller?

"hardcore gamers" use PCs no dated consoles like ps3; so i think you are no a "hardcore gamer". but that is a compliment trust me :)

I am a 30 years old and I am not waiting for old 3rd party ports for the Wii U. I am waiting for Nintendo games on the Wii U and they already have 2 decent ones coming out at launch. If you liked the N64 and GCN then I don't see why you didn't like the Wii. The Wii was a platformer beast.

20+ year old nintendo gamers... in this site... calling themselves hardcore.... that can't wait to play.... Mass Effect 3?!?

In which dimension I am now?

If you don't like it, don't buy it.

this.    

im a 27 years old, i play the "hardcore" games on my pc (like Diablo 2 and 3 Baldur's gate and a lot more) and i am waiting the nintendo games... they already have 2 at lauch so... if you enjoy the N64 and gamecube pick up a Wii U!! :)

Well, maybe I wasn't very specific, but I do love the Wii. It was a new idea, which I can appreciate, and it had a lot of killer "hardcore" games! Twilight princess, both mario galaxys, Super Smash bros, ect. But when you leave the first party games, there was a wasteland of emptiness for the Wii.

Nintendo looks like they have learned from some of their mistakes for the Wii U, but still I was expecting a console more powerful than the current gen. I'd be very surprised if the Wii U has a game equal or above some of the best that the 360 (halo 4, gears 3) and the ps3 (uncharted 3, MGS4, Heavy Rain) have to offer visually speaking.

Again this thread was not meant to bash Nintendo. Maybe I should have worded it differently haha. I guess I'm just annoyed that Nintendo doesn't think much of the old school/core gamer. Then again, it's not like they really need to when you outsell the entire competition hahahaa.