Is it to late for Nintendo to win back the core gamer

[retroking1981]

Im a multi format owner and have had fun playing all the consoles so far in this gen.

Nintendo have done a great job at gaining a new audience and have still managed to release some excellent core games along the way. Most of their Wii updates i think are far superior to the GameCube prequels, Mario Galaxy, Kart, Smash, Zelda and Metroid are some of the best games ive played this gen.

However its very obvious that the wii is having an awful holiday season for core gamers like myself. Currently there are 10 wii games in the top 50 for the week ending 31st October. They are:

1. Wii Sports - Bundled with the console
2. Wii Fit - Cool exercise software but not a typical game
3. Guitar Hero: World Tour - Multi format casual game
4. Mario Kart Wii - Good game but over 6 months old
5. Wii Play - Harmless fun, good freebie with your additional wiimote
6. Wii Music - Supposedly poor mans Guitar Hero
7. Super Smash Bros Brawl - Good game but over 6 months old
8. Super Mario Galaxy - AMAZING GAME but over 12 months old
9. Carnival Games - A poor party game, scares me to think this might over take Warioware in sales
10. FIFA 09 - Decent football game but multi format and prob inferior to the HD versions

I think only 4 of these (4, 7, 8 & 10), can be considered core games 3 of which are far from new releases and with the current release schedule it isnt gonna change this side of new years.

 

Personally it doesn't effect me much, like i said im a multi format owner and can happily play Gears 2, Little Big Planet etc whilst i wait for the new Punch Out. But what about others?

 

Is it to late for Nintendo to win back the core gamer? Or have they given up and moved on?