Nintendo Teases E3 Surprises for 'Core Gamers'
"We will be announcing several new titles that core gamers will be interested in around the time of E3," public relations director Marc Franklin told GamePro.
This year's E3 Media & Business Summit runs from July 15-17. Though no games have been revealed, rumors suggest the company may unveil an online Animal Crossing title, a new Kid Icarus game, and/or an entirely new franchise.
Despite many attributing the success of the Wii and Nintendo DS to a focus on casual-oriented titles such as Wii Fit and Brain Training (DS), Franklin maintained that "core gamers" represent an extremely important audience to Nintendo.
Nintendo marketing VP Cammie Dunaway made a similar statement, claiming that "Nintendo has something for everyone," following the recent arrival of the May software sale figures, which saw a mix of seven traditional and casual-oriented Nintendo titles rank among the ten best-selling games of the month.
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SilverSnake
replycore gamers = those of us who played Zelda, Mario and Metroid and want more games? i.e. the opposite of "casual"?
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I hope it's something other than zelda mario or metroid...those games are fun sure but I really could use something else...and if it's animal crossing I'm going to throw my wii out the window
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never played it so I really don't know
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If Nintendo tries a new IP instead of a "same as last time" guaranteed money-hats game I will be shocked!
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The Core paradigm shifted significantly when Nintendo went to the casual side. They court it shamelessly (I mean seriously look at their ridiculous ads). Now the core is not metroid, zelda or mario. It's games that can be waggled to. Not that those characters won't be bit players in upcoming games but you will see many more casual (read LAME) games coming out because that's what Ninty thinks you folks want.
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