Eiji Aonuma says "Nintendo won't alienate core gamers"

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[Only registered users can see links. ] There's silent war going on between those labeled as "casual gamers" and "hardcore gamers". It doesn't help that the Wii has gained a huge chunk of the casual gamer market prompting the latter to worry some more.

One of the reasons why hardcore gamers are so upset over this trend is their fear of gaming going mainstream. Will Nintendo be driving out hardcore gamers in favor of the bigger and possibly more lucrative casual gaming bunch?

Apparently, this wave of interest into gaming has [Only registered users can see links. ] of the director of [Only registered users can see links. ] [Only registered users can see links. ] and he has taken a few minutes of his time to assuage our fears regarding the matter.

It's because of gamers that games have come as far as they have it's not Nintendo's intent to alienate those people We think we can involve everyone people who played games in the past because the approach is so new, and people who were never gamers.

So will we be seeing a world where hard core and casual gamers can peacefully co-exist without prejudice from one faction or another? Well, as Martin Luther King said "I have a dream..."

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