People who buy solely CoD / GoW / RE / Pro Evolution / Dynasty Warriors -> "Hardcore"
People who buy solely Wii series / Carnival games / Kart games / Fitness games / Mario games -> "Casual"
People who stretch across lots of genres, pick up niche titles and have been gaming 10+ years -> "core"

so does that make everyone game that has an easy/beginner mode casual?

o_O DOES IT

no

I agreed with you, if not, MP3 could be a multi million seller right now. But its only over 1 million.

Sorry, I don't like using "hardcore" but if you are going to use that label and those games you should throw in Madden, Halo, and Final Fantasy.

I see NSMB Wii more like a "Casual and Core Gamers", so, it could be for both of them.

You don't game much if you didn't know about PM, it has been since the N64 and there were plenty ads for those games. You being disappointed with super paper mario because it isn't a "2d mario" is almost as lame as people being disappointed with halo wars not being a FPS. You talk like if you considered yourself a "core" gamer but you look a lot like a "casual".

And there are games that appeal to everyone, from casual to hardcore gamers, and NSMB Wii is one of them. I don't see why is so difficult to understand.

Most casual games have similar basic features:

* Extremely simple gameplay, like a puzzle game that can be played entirely using a one-button mouse or cellphone keypad
* Allowing gameplay in short bursts, during work breaks or, in the case of portable and cell phone games, on public transportation
* The ability to quickly reach a final stage, or continuous play with no need to save the game
* 2D, abstract graphics
* Some variant on a "try before you buy" business model or an advertising-based model

The word "casual" indicates that the games are produced for the casual consumer, who comes across the game and can get into gameplay almost immediately. A lot of consumers play casual games online, many of whom do not normally regard themselves as gamers, or fans of video games.

I hate this word so much. Let's just play some games.

I don't see why not....unless there are 20 million core/hardcore games on the DS. Also the OP is stating as fact that this game is created for the purely for the "casual"audience not the everyone audience as Nintendo has repeatedly stated.

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Yeah, some people act like the games have a tag and you have to show a core or casul ID before buying games.

Anyway, I don't agree with you about this not beign a game for "casuals". I mean, if you put casual as your grandmother, then yeah, this might not be the game. But if you're talking simply about people who play videogames less then, say, 10 hours a week, or doesn't play alone, or used to play in the nes days or so and had got out of it, people who are now in their mid 40s or 50s but had contact with videogame, and women (ha, if this was any other topic I could never get away saying that :P) then this game is as much of a bridge game as it gets.

Also, non-gamers have a ridiculously hard timing trying to coordinate themselves on 3D words, even in simply and intuitive system like what you find in B&W on the computer, let alone using thubstics. "easy" FPSs? Never. No matter how easy. They may not die, but they won't move properly wither, it just won't make sense, while Mario you have a D-Pad and 2 buttons and just two directions.

Bejewled and Guitar Hero on the other hand are better examples, they're kind of like Wii Sports or Wii Fit in this sense, but still, as far as "gamier" games go, nothing beats 2D Marios as bridges.