But that wouldn't work either, because he has wave racer in his list of Nintendo games.

This game is far from adult oriented as it also has family friendly style graphics.

The problem is that hardcore and casual is hard to really define.  Sure you can say all the blood, guts, cussing, sex type games are hardcore and all the cutesy, puzzle, dance, kid games are casual.  However, there are casuals that play casual games hardcore.  Take Animal Crossing for example.  It would be defined as a casual game right?  Well, I know plenty of people that put more hours into playing that game (500-1000+ hours) than most people put into their hardcore games.  I never really liked the terms myself to begin with but the industry apparently needed a way to split the two groups (mainly when the Wii was released).  You didn't hear this shit during any other previous generations.  It was when the Wii became a success all this shit started.

Hardcore should be labeled, traditional since most of the group of gamers that call themselves or are labeled as such are basically gamers who play casually or with friends. Hardcore should signify the niche gamers that drop over a 125 hours into games trying to hit multiple achievements, secrets and other in game rewards.

That being said, where is Fire Emblem in the list?