A lot of people just use the terms casual and hardcore in video games, expecting it has a universal definition. To each his own.
A person who has only played few video games like Destiny, Dragon Age, Call of Duty and NBA2K but spent huge amount of hours to each them. Is he a casual for only having a small library of games or a hardcore for spending months on those game?
How about a video game collector who owns at least 10 consoles and has over 500 games but has only played 10% of those games and spent little time to them? Is he casual for spending little time in playing or a hardcore for having a huge library of games?
Nintendo may not have the action games with guns and gore that unfortunately many 13 year old boys think are the qualities that make "hardcore games". But Nintendo is an institution in the industry. What they've done has been one of the most "hardcore" moves in the video game industry. They don't need guns and broken games to prove that.







