I believe so. Why do gamers constantly lament the Nintendo and the Wii as casual? In my opinion nothing could be further from the truth. Sure the WII and the DS are crammed full of shovel ware and crappy casual games. However, I implore you to show me a system with more variety in its gaming catalog than Nintendo. Thats right Nintendo has the system for the well rounded gamer either at home or on the road. Since the launch of Halo and the growth of FPS Nintendo has gain a rep as a casual gamers system. Well I call bull shit on that. Show me a system with a more balanced library of games, I guarentee you can't. The Wii and DS have something for everyone.

Platformers Wii has them in Spades

Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario, De Blob, Klonoa, Chronos Twins DX, Wario Shake it, Nyxquest, plus classics like Mario 1-3 and World as well as Kirby, Sonic and Donkey Kong. Not to forget all of these games got an 8.0 or better on IGN.

Like PVP Fighters

Try Smash Bros, Tatsunko vs Capcom, Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, and for a little old school Samurai Showdown or Street Fighter 2. Once again all 8.0 or better

Maybe your a racing fan

Try Mario Kart new or SNES one, Wave race 64, Excitebike, Excitebots Trick Racing, Excite Truck, Need for Speed Nitro, Driift all over 8.0.

Like shooters well the system is a little light on Halo esq FPS there still is plenty to play

Sin and Punishment, Lifeforce, Gradius, The Conduit, Gates of Thunder, Lords of Thunder, Medal of Honor Heroes 2, House of the Dead Overkill, Contra Rebirth, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles, Geometry Wars, Gradius, COD World at War. Thats lots of shooter variety and all of it quality.

That is just the tip of the iceberg, Since up til now I didn't mention Zelda, Resident Evil 4, Metroid, or the back log of awesome Gamecube Titles.

And thats just for the WII

The list for the DS is longer and has less competition.

Needless to say if you can't find something to play on a Nintendo System then your not a gamer and maybe you should just start calling your self a FPS Enthusist.

As for me I going to beat my Grandma at some bowling, get in a quick work out on WII Fit, play some Conduit or No More Heroes, then make dinner with my personal trainer cookbook and then play some Chrono Trigger on my way to class. Good luck doing that on any thing but Nintendo.

Well... I wouldn't consider this to be bad rap.... 

Isn't it "Rep"?
Also it has good stuff but lacks of a worthy jrpg

Nintendo bad rep?? Since when....

The name is Zelda and it's really rad, those creatures from gannon are pretty bad

or something like that.

bad rap indeed

The problem is monkey-see-monkey-do.
They just need to make unique games instead of dumping a whole load of me-toos.

Through all of this, its pretty much the fact that Nintendo hasn't changed its basic view of how it makes games or runs its company. Just peoples perception of Nintendo has changed. Since the N64 days and even before when Genesis/Neo Geo fans pegged it as the 'old and has-been company'. Now adays, you're just seeing an extention of that, but with a whole new wave of people who want to find fault in Nintendo for a whole new list of reasons from 'casual games' to 'lack of innovation' to even claiming they are the reason their favorite company is losing money.

People having been trying to find fault for Nintendo for years. For the most part, its not Nintendo who has done anything. They've just been doing business as usual since the NES days. Its just other people who want to find fault in Nintendo. Much like the people who want to find fault in Microsoft, Sony, Apple, etc. Right now, Nintendo is in the lead, so its getting the most flak.

technically, it's "Bum rap", and it means to be accused of something falsely, or be perceived as guilty of something it hasn't done.

It comes from the word rapsheet, which is the FBI "Record of Arrest and Prosecution" sheet.

It is hilarious how an "a" can change the whole thread

Edit: Ignore that

Some people just don't like Nintendo.
It is their loss.

Mike from Morgantown