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I hate the terminology. But yes, many people who play on Nintendo systems or games are "core". I would say most are. Nintendo really started "core" gaming decades ago with titles like Zelda, SMB, Metroid and so on. I call gamers casual if they are only into COD, WiiSports, maybe some GTA, a party game or some dabbling in NSMB or MarioKart and maybe the latest EA Sports title. Core gamers will often play those, but play them more, and will get into lots of other titles and genres like RPG and adventure. Casual gamers will just play a few titles that they can pick up and play with their friends, or something that gets lots of mainstream press like GTA or WiiSports.