There are many people (like myself) that noticed that since 2005 Nintendo has been focusing less and less on the "Hardcore" fanbase at E3 ... Since some time in 2007 they have also cut back on really pushing their "Hardcore" titles at press events at all, and have tended to announce their games soon before they released them; and for the most part it has really worked out for them, being that almost all of their titles on the Wii have soon become one of the best selling versions in their series.
At there press event in October will they announce a "Hardcore" title? Probably, they certainly will have Disaster: Day of Crisis on display as well as their holiday line-up, but it is highly probable they will have a game that is supposed to release before March 31st 2009 to announce. Will this be a major announcement that people would expect? Probably not, it could be a well known series like F-Zero, Starfox or Punch-Out but it is unlikely that it will represent one of Nintendo's top tier games.
