This thread has gone nowhere, I'm just gonna close it.

So let me get this straight, Nintendo announces sequels to every game that sold well on the Gamecube, and you say they are not anouncing enough new IPs.

Not 5 minutes later, you say "What's Nintendo going to make after all their old game sequels?" Didn't you just answer your own question?

Argh! you know, My job as a mod would be a lot easier if I didn't always feel like this was a daycare centre!

Making the argument that nintendo isn't focused on the hardcore gamers don't effect the sales. the whole reason the sales are high is a big part of the causal market. sales will be fine its the type of games you will get due to trends is what disturbing. I plan on getting a wii when i find one for metriod 3 a hardcore game. Its that there wont be as many hardcore games showing up on the wii dispite the great sales.

"Core" gamer was a term Nintendo initially used (mainly) to reference the 'Hard-Core' gamers ...

The types of things a "Core" gamer does is play a lot of videogames, understand the technologies behind games, talk about games (online), care about the sales of games and game systems, and discuss whether graphics really matter ... It (in reality) has very little to do with genre.

People complaining about Nintendo not making enough games to satisfy their needs for a particular genre are the most annoying people around. They complain that "Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bio Shock, Killzone 2, and Unreal Tournament 3" are all being released this year and Nintendo needs to answer it; if you're complaining about this odds are that you already have the systems needed to play these games so play these games and then we'll see about whether Nintendo should make a game for you. No game company can make every game in their library every year; any attempt to create many of these games will result in lower quality games and lower sales.