Not really.

Not like it's targeting the FPS or sports fan that had a PS2 for example...( or the realistic racing simulation fans..)

In my book, Mario games other than Mario Party are pretty much core games, as are Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon, F-Zero, etc.

Or was Nintendo doing blue ocean audience expansion during the NES days?  No, core games can bring people to a system, too, and expand audiences (so yeah, they're also bridge games).

What's new about the Wii vs. GCN etc is the move from Mario-type games as the salient concept to balance boards, vitality sensors, Wii Music-type stuff, etc.  When it hits, it hits big time because the potential audience is huge, but in the meantime they should be bringing more Mario, F-Zero, etc, games which would together drive sales significantly in a demographic that spends a ton on games.

EDIT: wow, I see that you define any game with legs as NOT a core game but a momentum game.  Discussion over.  That is ridiculous.

I'm sorry, but the best multiplatform games ARE needed...

The Wii's potential market is declining, because it's already saturated: most of the past Nintendo core gamers (basically, a large part of the 20 millions GC owners) now have a Wii for a long time... and most of the people who were attracted by the "cool new things" that were Wii Sports, and then Wii Fit, now have a Wii as well... Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit+ are maybe nice updates, but the people who buy these are mainly the ones who already had the originals...

And all the best Nintendo franchises won't suddenly attract millions of newcomers: the "usual" 5 millions Zelda lovers are ALREADY here, the "usual" 10 millions Mario lovers are ALREADY here too, and Mario Kart has already done an incredible job by attracting 7 millions more...

But no Starfox, no Donkey Kong, no Fire Emblem, no Metroid, no F-Zero, no Kid Icarus will suddenly attract millions and millions of newcomers... all these games will please the Nintendo fans, that's for sure... and most of the times, not EVEN all of them: just 500k, 1 million, 2 millions... so "outsiders"? Don't even think about it, they're NOT interested: otherwise, they would already have a Wii as well...

The ONLY exception would be an INCREDIBLE WM+ Zelda, a game so awesome that all the "hardcore" gamers out there suddenly think: this is TOO good, now it's time for me to buy a Wii... a game so good that it could be considered as one of the best ever, and the ultimate immersive experience in gaming ever...

But such a Zelda won't be enough: the console will need a GTA, will need a FF, will need ALL the most successful franchises not exclusives to Sony or Microsoft... otherwise, all the "avid hardcore gamers" not really into 1st party Nintendo games won't ever touch a Wii...

We all know by now that the actual Wii is technically very limited: it already was in 2006, so now... and it's a pain in the a** for many devs to DOWNPORT... to convince them, Nintendo needs a more powerful hardware, very easy to program and to master, so that the costs of a Wii port are as small as possible, and the games as good as possible... then, most devs wont refuse easy additionnal sales for nearly the same budget as their actual PC-PS360 projects...

We've waited for three years now, three years wondering if these "exclusive, expensive, AAA" Wii games by 3rd parties would come, or not... and there are a few, yes, finally... in 2010, 4 years after launch... but a few isn't enough...

Wii needs ALL the 3rd parties best, and also needs the money of all these "avid, hardcore gamers"...

Cos you see, that's your other BIG mistake: you want Nintendo to attract that "miraculous" new mass market... but this type of gamers only buy 3 or 4 games each year, while each "avid hardcore gamer" may buy 5 or 10 times more...

If you view it that way, 1 million "hardcore gamers" are as important as 5 millions "casual" gamers... and THEY are the ones who create profits for most 3rd parties: for the most successful franchises as for most "niche games"... while that brand new "mass market" will only buy a handful of games... and nearly all the time, only Nintendo games: it's a vicious circle, and you can't expect the 3rd parties to see a lot of potential in such a situation...

Sorry if i'm a little bit too long... but really, if PS360 move on the controller side, Nintendo needs to move on the hardware side... to stay competitive, and relevant in a (very) near future... otherwise, Wii will finally be "a fad"... a very successful and lasting one, but a fad anyway...

It does. Do you not know what the phrase "all ages" means?

@loudhotwhitebox
YES!

For those who are too laizy to read what Iwata said, just read my translation here k?
"Sorry bros, we didn't have enough awesome games for youse, interest went south see, cos wes didn't have that "next big thing" kinda game ... I mean, yeah it sucked for us too and we even had to cut the price and all, tsk, soz to disappoint all of use bros" He then turns and accepts the seedless grapes fed to him by one of his 18-24 year old bikini clad assistants.

@68soul, how is Wii's potential market saturated? There are hundreds of millions of people who don't own a Wii and are not gamers, but could afford it, there is a much larger market still untapped by Wii.

The core nintendo games won't attract, you're right, but neither will the core third party, the multiplats aren't going to help push the Wii sales, what is needed is software to reach those hundreds of millions who still haven't gotten into gaming.


GTA and FF will not give the Wii the sales that it needs, if it could, then MS and Sony wouldn't be so far behind the Wii.

Nintendo never had trouble selling software to the mass market that only buys 3-4 games, maybe because they buy more games than you know

No Wii doesn't need to move on the hardware side, until they can find another disruption, one that shatters the Wii market and creates a totally new one.

age is a demographic modifier, as in male 20-24, or female 10-15.

However, there are other demographics that, while sharing similarities with age demographics, are independent.

For example, if I make a new kind of football helmet, the demographic I target will be team owners. While these team owners are probably male 40-70, my demographic is still "team owners", not "males 40-70", because the majority of "males 40-70" are not team owners.

This is what I mean when I say "targeting all ages does not mean everyone".