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Player2 on 22 October 2012
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pezus said:
Player2 said:

Well, it seems that I'm not hardcore so obviously I don't know what they like in a videogame. But given the amount of hate Nintendo games get for being kiddie from those that call themselves hardcore, I suspected that hardcore gamers would prefer games with violence, girls, or foul languge.

But anyway, why those hardcore gamers that criticize Nintendo then play Mario games hidden in their basement, like a 14 year old who is hiding from his mother when he's masturbating?

Are you asking a question or making a statement? Hardcore gamers can easily play Mario and still call them hardcore. To me, hardcore is about playing more games and perhaps a bit more "advanced" (that is, harder to learn) games compared to casuals. Casuals can play both Just Dance and Mario as well. Mario is really for everyone.

The first sentence is a statement (using a certain definition of hardcore), and the last one is a question.

I was using the term hardcore to describe those called "adult" in this post of your "Evidence That Nintendo is Not Serious About the Hardcore". I guess this is what happens when everyone uses his own definition of hardcore.

prayformojo said:
bananaking21 said:
 but to talk about the subject as a first party developer nintendo cant compete for the more adult gamer, with the "core" audience being mostly adults thats a problem nintendo wants to solve by attracting third party developers to make those more adult gamers. but when it comes to third party games MS and Sony will slaughter nintendo if they try to compete for the adult gamer, nintendo tried before to make games aimed at adults and failed miserably.

I think you nailed it when the "adult" thing. I've been saying that for YEARS. Nintendo delivers "core" titles, such as Metroid and Zelda. No one can deny that. But what they fail at is ADULT games. Games like Halo, Dead Space, GTA etc. They have NEVER been able to make games that the majority of grown men want to play. They have NEVER developed games with sex, drugs,violence and blood. Every game they release is pretty much kid safe, and that turns a lot of grown up people away from their systems. They think Nintendo, and then think "children". They think Sony, and they think "adult".

I would find shocking to see those grown men playing Nintendo games on their PC.