Nintendo says the lack of hardcore games announcements at the recent E3 exhibition was merely a "misunderstanding", following claims from Nintendo Wii fans that the console maker had forgotten its loyal fan base.
"We are sorry about [the E3] media briefing, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about Super Mario or Legend of Zelda," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Forbes.
In June, Nintendo promised "several new titles" for core gamers at E3, only to unveil three casual-oriented first-party games: Animal Crossing: City Folk, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Music.
Historically, Nintendo has used E3 as a platform to announce games intended for enthusiast players. In response to this year's showing, many gamers felt alienated and were openly critical of the company.
"If there is any perception that Nintendo is ignoring the core gamers, it's a misunderstanding, and we really want to get rid of that misunderstanding by any means," added Iwata.
"The fact of the matter is the so-called 'big titles' need a long, long development period... We really didn't think this year's E3 media briefing was the time to do so."
And though Nintendo failed to inspire the hardcore gamer at its E3 press conference, the company threw loyal fans at least two bones last week, when confirming upcoming sequels for both Zelda and Mario.
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Shad said: Theres more than enough Mario and Zelda Wheres the next StarFox and F-Zero is what Im wondering Command had good gameplay but the writing was horrible
curtis said: see im a hardcore gameri had an xbox 360 for 2 years and just got rid of it for a wii see what most people dont look at is most of nintendos hardcore games are out mario galaxy came out like 8 months ago and people already exspect another onewtfthat would be like halo 2 coming out a year after halo games arent made in 2 monthsgames like super mario galaxy and zelda take a few yearsthats why theres mario baseball and kart and party like i said i came from xbox 360 because i miss games that are fun and not about graphicswould high def graphics make mario any betterummno games arent about graphicsi used to be a graphics whore and now im notgames like mario are the best and are just fun people are missing the point of gaming of course nintendo didnt say dont worry the next mario and zelda are coming out on this dateyea right them kind of games came out every 3 years
Kenny said: So Nintendo arent making another Metriod 4 wii like hunters come on Nintendo 2 games arent enough and wat about those 3rd party game developers get your head striaght only High Voltage is decent with the conduit need more core games