Miyamoto explains the shift away from casuals.

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KylieDog said:

His words are hot air.

Says these things but no evidence from Nintendo they doing such things. Still got a forced Gamepad bundle when the screen and its gimmicks are a casual attraction, all their big efforts have been casual games and aside from maybe Xenoblade everything Nintendo is making is casual. 

"Their attitude is, 'okay, I am the customer. You are supposed to entertain me.' It's kind of a passive attitude they're taking, and to me it's kind of a pathetic thing.

Lawl at this line, yes, you fucking well should entertain us if you want our money.

Well said. I guess Nintendo's biggest problem right now is that they fail to attract either the mass market or the core market. The people who bought Wii Sports and Wii Fit don't want a gamepad and don't want Nintendo's current games. And the people who bought an N64 / Gamecube don't want Nintendo's current games either. The overall game output does not appeal to any audience right now.