>and what prevents the average joe gamer to pretend as a "hardcore" gamer?


when Hardcore gamers buy games like Shadow, Ico, Okami, No more Heroes and Zak&Wiki?

as well as good games with pretty graphics and huge production.

I've seen this happen... well, practically every generation. Back in the day, the SNES got a lot of flak for coming out late and was said to have no chance of stealing the market back from the Genesis since Sega had gotten so much of the third-party support that the NES had previously held. The PS1 was said to be too gimmicky, yet another jaded corporate cash-in attempt like the CD-i, and had no chance to steal the limelight from Nintendo. The PS2 was predicted to be an instant failure since the DreamCast had the lead and since the PS2 wasn't as powerful as promised. They were all wrong, of course.

Naysayers and disbelievers of success. They've always been around, they'll never really go away. I guess they just want to be there on the off chance that something downright near-impossible happens and the unlikely scenario they're proposing happens.

I don't think Kotaku itself is biased, even their comments are pretty balanced. They like to poke fun at everybody with teasing/sarcastic jabs.

@prlatino86

You say that there is a perceived notion that Nintendo is leaning away from its hardcore fans, however that notion, while sometimes propogated by Nintendo, is fueled by the game sites, when evidence that it's simply not true, exists with every single first party Wii game. Honestly, when has nintendo ever put out a more hardcore series of franchises so quickly, then it has this generation? Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Brawl, Kart? Not to mention upcoming Kirby games. Nintendo hasn't stopped supporting the hardcore, it has just increased supporting the casuals and that is why it's hated.

I do tend to disagree with you. If feel the articles you linked are more admissions than praises. Except for Brawl. Some Kotaku editors are Brawl fanboys, no doubt.

Let me assure you, Jaffe is as much of a Sony fanboy as anyone can get. He can't help it. In turn, Nintendo is his mortal enemy. What's worse, he uses the excuse that he owns Nintendo products and plays them, in an attempt to seem unbiased, when he says their products are inferior to Sonys. It's terrible and deceptive, and its a good think that the internet community recognized this long ago, or we'd see a ton of "ZOMG developer Jaffe doesnt' like the Wii," instead of a nonsuprised smirk when we hear him insult Miyamoto for not liking violent racing games with machine guns, when in all likelyhood, Miyamoto doesn't know who the fuck David Jaffe is.

I've said, Kotaku is critical of everyone, sometimes, but are critical of the Wii consistantly.

It's not Kotaku's reporting that I have a problem with, it's their anti-Wii commentary in most of their articles.

Laughing at company patents is fair, balanced, and unafraid.

Not liking Wii Fit? I could care less. I don't particularly like it either. However, acting morally offended and flaming Nintendo with every commercial they release for the thing is a different story.

The Brawl online wasn't taken too seriously. It was biased journalism, insulting the Wii. I can't tell you how many times I've heard the term "proper online" or "proper console" by anti-Wii fanboys. It's their motto. The "Brawl doesnt' have proper online" is one of two things. Biased, or ignorant. Take your pick.

I don't feel like digging up the link on the Patcher story. It's about 5 pages in. I quoted what Kotaku said, that should be enough. I didn't make it up.

While one or two editors might have liked Mario Galaxy, apparently someone there wishes Miyamoto was working on something new and different.

VGchartz community is pro Wii, because the numbers on this site are pro Wii, therefore, Wii fanboys flock here. The comments on Kotaku are anti-Wii, therefore anti-Wii fanboys flock there.

Let me reitterate, this is my opinion. I can't prove them. However, while you attempt to retalliate to every one of my assertions, I can tell you this. Biased or not, Kotaku has many more stories degrading the Wii, than any other system, and many less stories praising the Wii, than any other system. As a Wii fan, I dread clicking any link that has anything to do with David Jaffe, the Wii, the DS, or sales, because I am almost certain to see anti-Wii biased in the article and in every comment on the whole page.

I can't prove fox news is pro republican either, but I thought that would be obvious.

Nintendo make casual games and hardcore games too, but they don´t make RPG, I like very much a reborn to Mario RPG Wii

Earthbound RPG ftw.

Dude zenfolder what are you trying to prove? And since when being critical mean bias? I'm critical of my brother does mean I'm biased against. It seems like your just complaining that someone said something that you disagreed with.

You also put 1up as unbiased. You realize that they think the Wii has the worst line up and for next year and half of them haven't played Zack and Wiki. I would explain myself better but my flight is taking off. Thanks for the laugh.