Not really. They pay for the development of a game by a third party once in a while. Their marketing is horrible to put it mildly and their online is not on par with the XB1 and PS4.

A lot of people just use the terms casual and hardcore in video games, expecting it has a universal definition. To each his own.

A person who has only played few video games like Destiny, Dragon Age, Call of Duty and NBA2K but spent huge amount of hours to each them. Is he a casual for only having a small library of games or a hardcore for spending months on those game?

How about a video game collector who owns at least 10 consoles and has over 500 games but has only played 10% of those games and spent little time to them? Is he casual for spending little time in playing or a hardcore for having a huge library of games?

Nintendo may not have the action games with guns and gore that unfortunately many 13 year old boys think are the qualities that make "hardcore games". But Nintendo is an institution in the industry. What they've done has been one of the most "hardcore" moves in the video game industry. They don't need guns and broken games to prove that.

They pay for 3rd party exclusives just as often as the other guys, poor marketing =/= cheaper marketing, and their online is absolutely on par with both.

There was a time where those"hardcore" games where actually hardcore, now most of them are casual. Sure Nintendo games look "childish" colorful and easy, but they are actually more hardcore they need more effort, some need truly skills, memorizing patterns, etc. For more casual that Nintendo looks they aren't.

90% of new gamers can't pass the very first level of Super Mario Bros. mostly because "the game dosn't tell you what button to push". So apart from Wii, Nintendo consoles are everything but casual. Or at least they became hardcore in time as they weren't back in 80s. The whole concept of NES was that anyone could pick that console and play. I guess the problem is that gaming has never been easier as it's now. The other problem is that people think if you need to kill in a game in order to finish it, you're already classified as hardcore gamer (because it's more "mature", I guess), which is HUGE misconception!

Well I guess we`ll have to agree to disagree...

I do have to agree that their online is pretty solid. I've played Smash, Kart, Monster Hunter, Bayonetta, Call Of Duty Ghosts and Blops 2, and Ninja Gaiden and never have any more connection problems than I have playing the Xbone. 

Stability is the same, services are not though. But all online services are free on Nintendo, so you get what you pay for.

Maybe they'll make a console that will gain 3rd party support like the NES/SNES. Even something like the GameCube wouldn't be too bad with 3rd party, since it did have lots of focus at first. Just add GTA, get back some CoD, Assassin's Creed, and EA games, and it should be all fine. With their exclusives, it shouldn't matter if the games look just a little worse, but Wii U needs to be at least 3/4 power of the most powerful for a chance of that.

I'll just give you the answer you want to hear > Yes

Who cares? If Mario 3D World, Smash Bros U, Bayonetta 2, Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, Donkey Kong Returns Tropical Freeze, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Muramasa Demon Blade, Little King's Story, House of the Dead Overkill, Madworld, Zelda Skyward Sword, Xenoblade, Sonic Colors, de Blob, Punch-Out!!!, Wario Land Shake It!, and No More Heroes are "casual games" I will gladly take more of them.