A surprisingly lucid article. Although I'm less certain that there's a dissonance than the author is. Judging by how much Nintendo's starting to emphasize "bridge games", and how it's gone on record as saying the next Mario/Zelda etc. games are going to be more "accessible", I'm guessing they're just trying to slowly meld the two facets together, and by doing so ultimately grow their fanbase.
I don't like the style they used when presenting at E3, but it seems very premature to say, as many have, that Nintendo's "abandoning" their traditional fanbase in pursuit of some "casual" El Dorado.
Edit: @Kyros: I disagree. We've gotten more traditional games out of Nintendo on the Wii than we got on the Gamecube at the same period from launch. Whether people choose to focus on Brain Training over Mario Galaxy is up to them, but considering that my library is packed with "core" Nintendo titles it's wrong to say that they're not giving us the traditional stuff as well.
