Switch's Gimmick Doesn't Target The Casual Gamer

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Soundwave said:

To be honest, Switch to me looks like the most hardcore game platform Nintendo has made like probably since before the DS.

The only game from them expressly aimed at "non/fringe gamers" was 1,2 Switch for the first 10 months. 

Compare to even the Wii U (Nintendo Land, NSMBU, Sing Party, Game & Wario, Wii Party U, Wii Fit U, Wii Sports Club, Mario & Sonic Olympics in year 1).

Mario is also a good barometer for where Nintendo really sees the system at ... the Wii/Wii U Mario games were more tailored towards the more "fringe" gamer element. Whereas Mario on Switch is going back to the N64/GameCube style of Mario.

Like I have said before, I believe Nintendo does best when going for a "casual-core" approach.

By that I mean a strong emphasis on games that can easily be played by anyone but with enough depth and difficulty to make more experienced gamers come back for more.

Mario Kart & Smash Bros were the two biggest examples of this for a long time but now it seems like they are increasing this by adding Splatoon and it seems like ARMS fits this as well.