Why does it seem that to be accepted by the Nintendo community, you need to be a hard core fan?

[HipHopGodd]

Because Nintendo fans need to justify their love for Nintendo. They feel that the Sony or Microsoft choice is what people do because it's what's popular. That's why they laud crap games like Pikmin or think Mario Party 102 is the best game ever but trash Call of Duty gamers. They feel that the games they like are faced they choose to like and not games they play because they're popular games.