I agree that there is a lot of whining about nintendo announcements, but it is only 1/3rd made by nintendo fans.. seriously.. look at the last few nintendo game lineup bashing/upset threads (for games such as wii music) which aren't joke threads, and tell me how many were created by nintendo fans

Yeah, they're obviously forgetting Metroid Dread, Pikmin 3, and Super Mario Universe.

LOL, great article, and he's right about people ignoring good third party support (BlastWorks, Order UP)

@ yushire, Nintendo has to focus in creating new gamers, but that doesn't mean they are not putting attention to core gamers. Even Iwata said long ago that core gamers are their most important consumers. We may or may not be the main focus (which I think is 50-50), but core games will still be made, not only for us but the new core gamers created by the Wii/DS.

Sorry but my opinion right now was opposite from yours, its better to be not too optimistic and too hopeful than to be disappointed again and again. The last E3 tells me not to have high hope for Ninty, anyway I just play core games from the Wii when its available even though its not what I expected to be.

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I think Nintendo has released already many great "Core-games" for the Wii. But the Wii had a lack of ambitious 3rd-Party titles. But that is in the past, there are many great games in the next month from 3rd-Party.

I don't understand the whining and I think the whiners are in reality not Wii owners.

By the way: It is obvious that MS infiltrated some PS3/Wii-Forums with hired people.

Good read and all too true. No complaints here. I haven't caught up with what's available now.

Very nice article. I compleatly agree. I spend most of my time hanging around Nintendo sites and there always seems to be a "Nintendo is abandoning the hardcore" thread.

When Nintendo magically becomes independent of consumers and no longer needs to sell products to survive, then maybe they'll stop making hardware and software and they won't have to hear my bitching.

In the mean time, since I've been buying Nintendo products for over 15 years, I AM GONNA BITCH. I AM GONNA COMPLAIN. I have the right to.

Fuck these condescending anti-hardcore articles.

I promise to only whine about Wii Music from now on. But all will be forgiven if Nintendo just show me footage of Pikmin 3.