Casuals are people, which buy Wii for Wii fit, Wii sports and Wii play.
And which buy DS for games like brain training and nintendogs.

End of thread.

hardcore works for me.

I dont think Labelling "casual" "hardcore" or whatever has any sense, it's just about people enjoying their gaming, and it does not matter what type of games they play or how long they spend doing it.
( I personally would dislike being called a "hardcore" gamer)

wii'ites

Gamers. Period.

Labels are for snobs.

I think the vast majority of people who play Nintendo systems do not define their life by gaming, which is not necessarily a bad thing (dedication is good, addiction is bad, etc.)

Take me for example. I have been playing video games since before I could form a coherent sentence probably (before concrete memories for me atleast) I Bought a SNES, later got an NES and then a PS1 owned a GB, GBA and then got the Wii and the DS. I also have spent countless hours in HALO and then Halo 2 tournaments with friends and rented a PS2 at one point simply to play FF12. I consider myselft a pretty rounded gamer (modesty I know but lets put that aside for a moment).

However I do have things going on in my life other than gaming. I have school and work (25-35+ hours a week for each of those). I enjoy reading, I am an intermediate movie buff, I collect all things ralated to Dragon Ball Z (which has a spillover to games admittently), I love Star Trek and Star Wars for different reasons, I have a pasion for computers and computer programming, I enjoy fishing and hunting (in the rare instances that I get to), I like to bowl even though I suck, I shoot a mean game of pool and even though I fail 90+% of the time there is nothing better than getting drunk and trying to get laid on the weekends.

Ok, if we must pigeonhole ourselves

For anyone who owns any 7th gen console, or a PC for gaming

If you owned a 6th generation console (PS2, xbox, Gamecube or a PC that you used for gaming) you are a core gamer. Not hardcore, core

If you didn't, you are part of the Extended Audience.

AMEN! I am so tired of this whole discussion. Hey folks, we are talking about video games, playing make believe on a TV set - WTF HARDCORE?  How about hardcore tiddly wink players, world class nose picking?

I think gamer is fine and I wouldn't even brag about that

My name's Alfredo. Nice to meet ya!

Pathetic Losers are people who define themselves in terms of the type of video GAME they play, what they play it on or how much time they waste playing them.

End of thread.