Miyamoto better at 'traditional' instead of casual

Finally, the beacon of hope for the Nintendo hardcore speaks. In an interview with The Telegraph that GamePro picked up on, Shigeru Miyamoto touched on his affinity of more traditional games like Zelda and Mario. He also even brought up the fact that the Wii remote may be insufficient when it comes to slightly more complicated games.

[name]

If only the wii had a larger community of fanboys. Then his comment about the wiimote might actually have been a big deal. It'll probably be a big deal at gamefaqs.

[games4fun]

everyone @ joystiq probably thinks its a big deal

[zo6_lover27]

I've had my experiences with some Wii fanboys, there aren't as many but they have to be the worst.

[ChickeyCantor]

zo6,
Same is said about the PS3 and Xbox fansboys....
they are all the same =)

[LastDance]

nah.....i agree..nintendo fanboys are by far the worst....they have no legs to stand on either.

no offence nintendo fun boys

[Kill Sarah]

what the hell is this ?
miyamoto sucks , wii sucks

[Product]

Why would it be a big deal?

[StephanieBBB]

He is saying that the Wii controller and console is made for casual gamers and people that can't use too many buttons because they are not that technicaly evolved. Hardcore gamers need to find thier entertainment elsewhere than the Wii if they don't want to wait for quite some time before they get what they want.

[lizard81288]

still sounds like they are apologizing for E3...

[TruthbeTold]

They need to apologize, and get their act together.

[Maedhros]

Yeah, this is almost certainly a response to the massive backlack they got. They may have the "casual" market as their main audience right now, but I think Nintendo wants the safety net the "core" represents. That they know if they apologise and clarify that they are, in fact, making the kind of games those people want to play, they can hold onto it and see less of the outraged "welp, time to sell my Wii!" from fans.

It's notable that the damage control is being done by the biggest personality in Nintendo and the one who gamers will have the most confidence in, rather than Reggie (who would make it seem disingenuous from the way he handled questions about "core" games at E3) or Cammie (who is more or less reviled).

[PistolPumptMonk]

After watching himself on video at the E3 conference playing Wii music, Miyamoto was like, "WTF is wrong with me??? That sucked!"

Hopefully he figured out that Nintendo is headed in the wrong direction.

[hfaze]

With Microsoft right behind them, with the Newton controller, more casual games, and Avatars... ;-)

[StephanieBBB]

Yeah that must suck...

[iamtehpwn]

That Changed Miyamoto's mind about the Wiimote

;)

[Atomic]

for me , Nintendo now is just a shadow of their past glory ,i'll go even further and say that Sega is a hundred time better than Nintendo at the moment.

[Fox01]

are casuals dumb? Seriously, why do they pay 250$ for the Wii, when everyone know it's worth 150$ less?

why do they buy Wii fit, Nintendogs, Cooking mama and all that shyt? is "casual" the new synonym for dumbazz?

yeah yeah, he's better at 'traditional' instead of casual blablabla...

[ChickeyCantor]

Woaw, because not everyone likes the same stuff as you do we should lock them up and maybe shoot them right?

All hail lord Fox01

[SARCASM EXPLOSIoN OFF]

[Fox01]

you don't need to like the same thing as me to know that the Wii isn't worth more than a 100$. And yet it's being sold at 250$

[Lumbo]

Sure, selling at a profit is a crime , and people never pay to much for stuff ... Where is the price for a stupid barrel oil right now ?

Yeah, seems we are all dumb as Fck

[ChickeyCantor]

Who are you to set the bar?
If people are willing to pay money for something even if one thinks its " expensive" who are you to say if its worth it or not?
Let people be.

How do you know its not worth more than 100?
When you say this please provide some actuall numbers of Hardware costs( Per hardware piece).

[Voiceofreason]

Blame Sony not Nintendo. If Sony wasnt still selling plenty of PS2's at 129, then the price of the Wii would drop. As it stands now no point dropping the price when it offers so much more than PS2 does for just over twice the price.

[gumgum99]

to go this far just to be on top, I can't really blame him.

but at what cost

If you want a perfect example of balance between casual and hardcore for Nintendo look at the Nintendo DS. Unlike its console bretheren which made many Wii owners felt abandoned in favor of the casual crowd, The DS still gets its fair share of hardcore titles from various first and second party franchices. It also is, ironically, the first platform to experiment with the whole "casual" concept.

The bast thing for the Big N to do is just ride it out. if they try to turn back now, the shift would be too drastic and the casual crowd might panic.

here's to the Big N not being bankrupt when this is all over

[Snipes20]

Made a few good casual titles to make loads of money and then used that money to work on many hardcore titles, I don't think as many people would hate on the Wii ____ titles or scream Nintendo sucks whenever they whisper "innovation". Think about it. If they did this, I think a lot of people would be satisfied instead of calling Nintendo a traitor. I really hope this is what they start doing, because something has to be done with all that money the ARE making.