I've discovered that Pokemon is a Hardcore Game, therefore Pokemon Haters must be Casual Gamers (and a few Mid-core).

[Immortal]

Player2 said:

Immortal said:
That definition is nonsense.
Any game rated above T/12 is hardcore and any game rated below is casual (i.e. for kiddies and soccer moms). Games rated T/12 vary in hardcoreness. With some evident exceptions, this definition always works. Pokemon is not one of these exceptions; it is evidently for kiddies.

Should I trust a forum user instead of the Wikipedia then? Notice that by your definition Civilization, Gran Turismo and Minecraft (for example) are for soccer moms.

Don't trust me. Try the definition yourself. It works.

Civilization games are generally rated 12, I think, putting them in that ambiguous category. I think the vast majority of history-based strategy-ish games along the lines of Civilization and Age of Empires are in the same boat.

GT - and the sports genre as a whole - is admittedly an exception.

And, honestly, I've seen 7-year-olds playing Minecraft. On their phones. Unless they've really lowered the standards, like hell is that hardcore.

I definitely agree with Rol's point as well; this rule works much better on the other end.