Eiji Aonuma says “Nintendo won’t alienate core gamers”

Eiji Aonuma says 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 caught the attention of the director of Zelda: Twilight Princess Eiji Aonuma 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 haveÂ… it’s not Nintendo’s intent to alienate those peopleÂ… 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…”

Via Infendo

Eiji Aonuma says 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 caught the attention of the director of Zelda: Twilight Princess Eiji Aonuma 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 haveÂ… it’s not Nintendo’s intent to alienate those peopleÂ… 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…”

Via Infendo

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