Say What? "Softcore"

Nintendo seems to be treading in very deep water lately when it comes to core games. The only partly true hardcore game in the past year was Super Smash Bros: Brawl, which was nothing compared to recent 360 releases such as Gears 2 and Fable II. This in itself is enough to get me worried, but what the Big N says about itself makes me ready to pawn off my Wii for a more core-savvy 360. Denise Kaigler, vice president of Nintendo's corporate affairs, says this:

"Nintendo and our publishing partners have already released many Wii games specifically designed to appeal to core gamers. In the past twelve months we've published Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Wario Land: Shake It!, and Animal Crossing: City Folk. And before this year we've published versions of our classic core-gamer focused franchises like Zelda and Metroid."

Whoa whoa whoa!! Pardon me? Mario Kart and Animal Crossing CORE? They may be to some extent, but if this is Nintendo's definition of what core gamers want, they're grasping at the thin air. Zelda and Metroid were amazing, and held my love for a good while each. However, Zelda was an entire two years ago! Nintendo had better live up to their claims for next year. They have games in the works such as Sin & Punishment 2, a new Zelda, Mario, and Pikmen, and one or two others. You have no idea how much I can't wait for these, but I also am highly disappointed at the fact that this it it. I want hardcore, not semicore. High Voltage's The Conduit is slated for an early 2009 release, and that is going to blow my brains. Literally. Hopefully Nintendo notices just what core gamers are looking for.


These are simply my thoughts, and I would like to know how you stand on this. Do you agree that it is simply "softcore" material, or am I overreacting? Go ahead and shoot up comment.