"Wii games for the most part ignore hardcore gamers"

Wow…just wow. I will let this statement speak for itself. This statement is form Juan Castro at IGN Playstation, grabbed from over at CR.

“How is the Wii the only right choice for gamers? Contrary to what you believe, Wii games for the most part ignore “hardcore” gamers. Just look at its lineup. It’s filled with games like Elebits, Super Monkey Ball, Duck Hunt and Excite Truck. It has a handful of promising games, take Super Mario Galaxy and Wario Ware, but the rest hardly qualify as harcore, if that’s the point you want to make. Hell, even its best games, like Mario, Zelda and Metroid, wouldn’t really qualify as hardcore.”

“The Wii may outsell it (PS3) at launch, but no one cares about those numbers…With the Wii, on the other hand, developers hesitate calling it a next-gen system now, which isn’t so hot…and this is something both hardcore and casual gamers will definitely notice.”

Man, I usually hold back with stuff like this…but…I cannot keep quiet on this one. The one statement I really have a problem with is the “games like Mario, Zelda, and Metroid wouldn’t really qualify as hardcore”. Perhaps I am missing something…if 3 of Nintendo’s long running franchises don’t qualify as hardcore gaming…then what does?! I can’t wait to hear your opinion on this one.