Are Nintendo gamers enlightened?

[Mr Khan]

NightDragon83 said:

Mr Khan said:
Due to the distinct efforts of the gaming media and third parties to alienate us, we Nintendo Gamers have, i think, become a community somewhat separated from the gaming community at large

"enlightened" is not the term i would use. "Mutual alienation" is better. The clear bias of the gaming media against what we enjoy and their efforts to focus on everything except that which we enjoy makes it such that Nintendo Gamers can effectively get nothing out of mainstream gaming sites anymore, and must find their own communities

This is what makes the Nintendo-PC gamer alliance particularly strong, since those who have really stuck by PC gaming (and not migrated to HD-faux-PC gaming) also experience this alienation

I get your point about the similarities between Nintendo and PC gamers, but I'm not quite sure about this whole "alliance" thing as in reality these two groups of gamers couldn't be further apart since they are on the complete opposite ends of the spectrum from one another. 

Nintendo gamers obviously tend to enjoy Nintendo games the most, ranging from tried and true classics like Mario and Zelda to more offbeat but still amazing games like Pikmin and Animal Crossing, with a healthy dose of pseudo-puzzle and RPG games thrown into the mix like Pokemon, Professor Layton, and the occasional JRPG like Xenoblade.  And that's not even mentioning the more "casual" / expanded audience with Wii Sports and such... PC gamers don't even know the meaning of the word "casual" lol.

PC gamers on the other hand tend to enjoy gaming experiences that only the PC can provide, like RTS and MMO games, as well as shooters and action games with a heavy emphasis on the community aspect like Team Fortress and Counter Strike, as well as supporting all the indy stuff out there like Minecraft and such.  I don't really see these guys playing Nintendo type games, and vice-versa with the typical modern Nintendo-centric gamer.

It seems to me that stronger sympathy exists between those two factions here than elsewhere, despite the hugely different tastes, but i'm basing that solely on impression, sadly, and cannot particularly document anything.