Have Nintendo picked up any of the hardcore with the 3DS

[F0X]

brendude13 said:

F0X said:
If be "hardcore" you mean niche audiences, then the 3DS shouldn't have a problem. Games like Monster Hunter and Shin Megami Tensei have a large following in Japan, and will attract a certain kind of hardcore gamer in the west as well.
The kind of hardcore player that would buy a Resident Evil game, however, doesn't strike me as one who would be hugely interesting in playing such a game on a handheld system. Save for the Japanese.

I expected P4G to have a bigger impact in Japan.

I suppose it wasn't a big enough game to cause a long-term rise in Vita sales (though the game itself sold well imo), or maybe those who are most interested in P4G already owned a Vita to begin. Even so, my point is that the if the 3DS (or Vita) gets more games of that type, the gamers will come. There will always be one major game to sway buyers, but it will be more effective with a host of supporting, smaller games (or remakes/re-releases of games).

A SMT game built from the ground up for Vita might help, all things considered.