I hate the term "Hard-Core" because it is a loosely defined term, and used by people to only identify their own gaming tastes; "Casual" is equally as bad, and is used to identify the types of games people who declare themself as "Hard-Core" don't like ...
The fact is that Nintendo has released a lot of conventional games which have had a track record of sales since the N64 or Gamecube; games like The Legend of Zelda, Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime, Super Paper Mario, Mario Party, Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, and Super Mario Strikers are all (pretty much) the same games Nintendo has been making for decades so you can't really claim that Nintendo has abandoned anyone.
Smart third parties Like Ubisoft, EA, Namco and Capcom have noticed the success of Nintendo and their conventional games and are bringing out their own conventional games ...
The reality of this situation is that the only people who claim Nintendo has abandoned gamers are people who didn't own a Gamecube (and probably didn't own an N64) and were previously claiming that the Wii would be unsuccessful (and then later that the Wii was a fad).
