Reggie “really chafes” when people say Wii lost the hardcore
June 13th, 2012 Posted in News, Posted by Brian, Wii, Wii UThe Wii’s library is comprised of a bunch of titles for the core gamer. However, some owners would understandably say that the system went through a few periods of software stagnation.
Third-parties didn’t exactly improve the situation. They weren’t able to bring over most of their multiplatform releases and, in most cases, weren’t willing to risk making unique, hardcore games. Some of this was their fault, some of it was Nintendo’s, and some of it can be blamed on the Wii itself – along with its lack of power.
To sum everything up, one might claim that Nintendo lost some of its hardcore gaming audience with Wii. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, however, wouldn’t be in agreement.
Here’s what Reggie said in response to that statement:
“You know, I really chafe at that comment. Define the hardcore. I know people who are playing Smash Bros. Brawl competitively today. They’re playing hours on that game. People are playing hours on New Super Mario Bros.”
Well… this is Nintendo of America’s president, so the response isn’t too surprising! The thing is, Reggie seems to completely believe that the gaming needs of hardcore players were met.
As far as how Wii U will be improving the third-party situation over Wii, Reggie said:
“What I’ll tell you is that with the Wii we did not have the benefit of multiplatform games from key publishers. I didn’t have The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I didn’t have the best of the Call of Duty games. That’s what I missed.
“With the Wii U’s graphics capability, processing power, and HD-output, we’ll get those games. That’s a huge competitive advantage versus where we were with the Wii.”
8 Responses to “Reggie “really chafes” when people say Wii lost the hardcore”
By invader_quirk on Jun 13, 2012
Smash Bros not only meets the need for the hardcore, but any and all gamers. If I had no game besides it, I would be completely content.
Of course, it’d be nice if the online worked…
By himynameischris on Jun 13, 2012
He has a huge point. I’m 100% we’ll see Black Ops 2 on the Wii U and I’m glad. I don’t even like that series, but it’ll be cool to see it running the way it should and not the crappy Wii versions.
Also, I believe they may port Skyrim over. If they did, I’d be one happy gamer.
By thomas on Jun 13, 2012
Obviously there’s a lot of grey area, and it saddens me that by "hardcore", most people in fact refer to the testosterone-fueled games Austin wrote about a few days ago, instead of games that take a while to master and offer a challenge.
By Osobari on Jun 13, 2012
The hardcore games that came out on the Wii that weren’t 1st-party titles got ignored, because the retarded fanboys didn’t want to accept that their “Wii has no mature games” argument was debunked.
By Vigilante on Jun 14, 2012
What…? Melee was a competitive fighter, and a great one at that, but Brawl does not fit the bill. It is the laughing-stock of the competitive fighter community.
Randoms tuff like tripping, poor balance, complete removal of advanced techniques, and terrible mechanics made this game more of a party game than a competitive fighter.
By thomas on Jun 14, 2012
Maybe he was referring to the mod the fan community brought out recently, haha
By Hitokiri_Ace on Jun 14, 2012
True, Brawl was not competitive. We played Melee so much, we hardly got any other GC games. Brawl though.. not l-cancelling, tripping, no shield-reflecting.. all those techniques we practiced in 1/4 speed until we perfected them.. useless…
I like SSBB, I love SSBM.
By Hyawatta on Jun 14, 2012
Black Ops 2 and The Elder Scrolls confirmed for Wii U!