Whoever thinks that Mario is a 'hardcore' game is quite frankly hugely mistaken and you need to take a look at what you think are the lines of core and casual.
You must probably think that GTA is hardcore as well.... guess what!? It's not.
Mario is hardcore yes, everyone in the hardcore gets it... but more than that it's casual as well - most hardcore want to play it, but pretty much everyone who has played 3D games generally enjoys Mario games.
This game is hardcore and casual.
Metroid Prime fails so badly because it's purely hardcore the hardcore'st of hardcore... Galaxy hits both segments.








