It'd have to be out of these five ladies for me...

Joanna Dark

Chun-Li

Princess Kitana

Lara Croft

Samus Aran

A Problem in Nintendo's past has been multiple people automatically saying that the company is only for kids games, and could never be "Hardcore". I personally think that any game or game system could be "Hardcore", and I think the New systems could turn some heads and change some minds. What do you think?

Considering the term "Hardcore Gamer" usually describes today's gamers in their mid-teens, that feel as though they NEED to be a part of some sort of club (The Hardcore Gamers), and that today's "Hardcore Gamers" are usually "Graphics Whores" (A term created to describe the MAIN crowd that tend to think "Great graphics are a MUST in order to make great games" usually games with more of a realistic look like Call of Duty is considered a game with GREAT GRAPHICS and a game like Mario Galaxy -with more of a cartoony look- is considered a game that DOES NOT have GREAT GRAPHICS for some crazy reason) then I think the Wii U could definitely turn some heads in that sense. LOL!

Satisfying the people that love only graphics and could care less about gameplay...*sigh*

So once again the "hardcore" term is thrown around.
hard-core also hard·core (härdkôr, -kr)
adj.
1. Intensely loyal; die-hard: a hard-core secessionist; a hard-core golfer.
2. Stubbornly resistant to improvement or change: hard-core poverty.
3. Extremely graphic or explicit:

Every console is hardcore when 1, 2, or 3 is applied. I'm guessing the "hardcore" gamers that Nintendo is going for is the number 2 people. Nintendo won't gain those people. Number 2 people don't want to change. Nintendo will gain the number 1 and number 3 people. So in that case the Wii was "hardcore" as I was in the number 1 category. Kiddy games is a funny term. All games could be described as that. Games are suppose to be for kids. I'm no kid but I love video games. In the NES days I played Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers and you know what I played my nephew's Toy Story 3 game. Games are just what they are games no label is needed other than the ESRB. So as I didn't answer the question yet. It depend on which category of "hardcore" gamers are in whether their mind about Nintendo is changed.

LMAO!!!

The second definition describes MANY of today's gamers!!

Nintendo should make an m rated game or buy a developer that does. It seems that's what some people consider hardcore.

Hmmmm....

Maybe...get Silicon Knights to make a certain sequel and call it...

...Eternal Darkness 2?

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to see a revival of GAUNTLET!!!! It would fit SOOOOO perfectly with the new controller!!!

its not always about power,so its not like ghere gonna keep adding power to i every second against compitition. maybe the nextGen consoles will have power,but it all depends on when there coming out with it and exactly how much power the wiiu really has.

Oni-Link
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Epic name.

I will! **()**

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Anyway, I think Rare hasn't done anything... I mean, yeah, there was the Conker XBOX remake, which was good. Besides that, Nuts & Bolts sucked and now they're making garbage like Kinect Sports... Rare sucks now.

It's so disheartening...

What about the fighting game of ALL fighting games? (well, of all 2D fighters anyway) What about Killer Instinct? What has happened to that? Who owns the rights to it now?

I heard that even Rare didn't want to put those vehicles into the 360 Banjo-Kazooie, but M$ forced them!

CURSE YOU MICROSOFT WE COULD HAVE HAD A GOOD CURRENT-GEN BANJO-KAZOOIE!!!! possibly...

I also heard that Micro$oft rushed Rare to make Perfect Dark Zero. I think they wanted it available on the XBOX 360's launch day.

rare is nothing without nintendo

OMG! That Kirby looks SOOO funny!!

*Sigh* I miss the original RARE... So much great games they did...

Their games where complete, utter, AWESHUM SAWCE!! **()**

Yeah Free Radical Design..they are now called Crytek UK, and are rumoured to be developing TimeSplitters 4 o_O

OMG!!! (O_O)

Free Radical Design? Yeah, that's what happened. The people who left were the ones who worked on Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark. They're called Crytek UK now, though.

OMG! That's SOOO AWESHUM SAWCE!! **()**

I didn't know the Perfect Dark and GoldenEye 007 guys were Crytek now!!

Rare just plain sucks now...sad to see a legend fall to the bottom of the well.

*sigh* Yeah...

Micro$oft (...or Rare...whoever did it)completely ruined the image I had of Joanna Dark with Perfect Dark Zero by trying to turn her into a Halo clone. That p!$$ed me off! I played it and was like,"This ISN'T the Perfect Dark I remember! Screw this S#!+"

They sort of redeemed themselves when they completely gave the original version of Perfect Dark a facelift and still managed to keep Joanna Dark more like her original self.

I remember around the time the first Halo was released, I found it hard to get completely absorbed into it because Perfect Dark, to me, was still SO much better. I know that sounds like insanity, but I still have not found the Halo series more entertaining than the original Perfect Dark yet.

What exactly is RARE?? are they a game creating company?

Yes! They made games such as Donkey Kong Country for the SNES and GoldenEye 007 for the N64. Back then they were called Rare Ware.

They were what Retro is to Nintendo today. (I think I said that right)

Yah, Rare sucks now. Some of us had a nice discussion about that in the chat a while back

Anyway, I don't mind much. Honestly, Retro is a thousand times better than Rare anyway. Metroid Prime is the single greatest transfer from 2D to 3D ever. In fact, I would be much more happy if Nintendo simply purchased the rights to Banjo Kazooie and gave it to Retro, considering Rare's current... Situation.

Even if you say it's all Microsoft's fault, I wouldn't take the chance of them messing up Banjo Threeie

WHOA! What's up with Rare? What's going on?

They don't completely own the rights to Banjo?

Hehehehe. just a joke though, don't take it seriously XD

That pic is SO funny! LOL!

They've been making most of the Kinect games.

OMG! REALLY?!

That's it?! That's ALL?! *sigh*

Well, I guess it's true what I've heard then. When Rare split from Nintendo, some of Rare's most talented people left Rare itself and formed another game developing company...I forget the name of the company, but I think the new company made the shooter called Time Splitters.

What have they been doing since Microsoft, you ask?

Sucking.

LMAO!!!

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...but still...this fact saddens my heart. (If you can't tell by my pic...I LOVE Perfect Dark N64 even to this day)

I was just wondering...

What exactly has RARE been doing since leaving Nintendo and working for Micro$oft? I know they made a few games and all, but really...what have they been doing?

I'm starting to miss the good old days when they used to crank out hit after hit with the Big N. *cough* *cough* Perfect Dark *cough*

Does anyone remember Killer Instinct?

LMAO! OMG! C'mon, let him slide just this once. He didn't know! LOL! I didn't chew him out for saying that. LMAO!

What is said here is true sadly
They created Kinect Sports(which you shouldnt know since it lacked all of their charm) and Kinect Sports 2 which is on its way.

From my username you should tell this saddens me.

I feel your pain...I feel it...*sniff*

*cancels preorder*

LMAO!

That's great! XD

I've actually heard rumors that capcom is going to have a character be in SSB. I hope it's Megaman.

Megaman would be great!

I like the adaptability, like some smashes are outright useless against some characters/stages (Dk on any big stage as an example)

Yes, SO true!