Eiji Aonuma: Wii won't alienate core gamers

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Legend11 said:

PS4 said:

In an interview with Nintendo Power this month, famed Zelda director Eiji Aonuma had this to say when asked how Nintendo can expand the gaming market without alienating its core base:

It’s because of gamers that games have come as far as they have… it’s not Nintendo’s intent to alienate those people… We think we can involve everyone — people who played games in the past because the approach is so new, and people who were never gamers.

People avoid change like the Plague, and gamers like myself are no different. But even though the Zelda director says Nintendo won’t alienate core gamers, said players better anticipate the “new approach” assuming they haven’t already; otherwise there’ll be some disappointed folk like those we’ve already seen. The question then becomes, will the final result be better for gamers, non-gamers, or both?

http://www.infendo.com/wii/zelda-director-wii-wont-alienate-core-gamers/

The part I highlighted says it all... Core gamers on the Nintendo better prepare themselves for the "new approach" on the system or face disappointment. What does that mean? Well anyone reading between the lines will take it as meaning more "casual" games on that system at the expense of "hardcore" games.

Readers should note carefully that the highlighted part is the blogger's words, not Eiji Aonuma's. The only part of that post that came from Aonuma is the middle paragraph:

"It’s because of gamers that games have come as far as they have… it’s not Nintendo’s intent to alienate those people… We think we can involve everyone — people who played games in the past because the approach is so new, and people who were never gamers."

I think that is what says it all.

I don't get it. In one thread, Nintendo is criticized for using the same IP over and over again. In the next thread, they're criticized for alienating traditional gamers by doing things that are too much of a departure from tradition. NEWS FLASH: You don't have to like every game that comes out on a given console to enjoy your own experience with that console.

Diomedes: Reality says that Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are all coming this year, not to mention games that have already been released or third-party games yet to come. That's plenty traditional for me.