CAL4M1TY on 10 October 2009
I would argue that the Wii-mote is more "hardcore" than Littlebigplanets "innovations".
And yes all of them have been done before, popularising doesn't equal innovation (even motion controls).
I'd say the most important step forward was Metroid Prime 3 and Motion controls. I don't recall a game doing a shooter quite like that (I could be wrong)
Littlebigplanet thing really annoys me, it's like they said "hardcore" gamers to immediately disqualify Nintendo and then add in a game like LBP (who may appeal to hardcore gamers, but it's artistic direction doesn't really show that, if you define hardcore as being brown, black and grey, which is what most people who use the term do).
