Do you consider Nintendo gamers core gamers?

[Michael-5]

noname2200 said:

Michael-5 said:

Blasphamy, Lost Odyssey was the best JRPG this gen IMO.

Either way, I consider anyone who plays Good quality games, which aren't just the ones with mass advertizing, or high sales core gamers. This implies they know something about gaming, and get games they like, not just want's popular.

However, as good as some Wii games are, there aren't many of them. My Wii collection is only 20 games big, whereas my PS3/360 game collection is about 100 games combined, and I'm still acquiring more.

So I can't imagine anyone who exclusively plays Wii games as a core gamer because it means that A. they don't play much, and B. They ignore offerings by other publishers.

If you look at that and compare it to a car buff, most real car buffs, while prefering one make or manufacterer, still look into rival cars, or other types of cars, and probably give them a test drive at the very least. Plus, they don't just leave the car sitting in the garage (unless it's something old and rare like a 1952 Gullwing.

Fair enough. I personally disagree, and I know some members of this site have purchased 80-100+ Wii games (I believe amp, gamerace, and especially mike_intellivision are in that group; my own collection probably stands in the 60-80 range), but at the end of the day the question might be at least partially personal to begin with!

I think if you own 60-80 Wii games, and play them regularly, you're still a core gamer.

What you bought, I don't know, and why you buy 60 Wii games and 0 PS3/360 games, makes no sense to me, but if you know what you like.

Regardless, I think it's good to diversify your experiences. I played Mass Effect on a recomendation (I thought it looked glitchy and stupid at first, too much like a MMO), and it's now one of my favorite franchises. Same goes with the Tales of series and Pikmin.

Now I give any well reviewed game a shot, unless I know I'm not into it because I've played other games of the franchise. e.g. I won't get another God of War or Ninja Gaiden game because I gave them a shot and I really didn't like them. I'm also skeptical about the show hack and slash genre, but I still picked up Bayonetta, and I loved Vanquish.