''Super Mario Galaxy 2,'' ''Metroid: Other M'' Dated

Yay, Super Mario! :-D

Yay, Super Mario! :-D

yes, i think mario and metroid are dated too

How about Mega Man XIV..or the new new andventures of Zelda...

I'm sorry but the words "hardcore", "gamer" and "Wii" really don't belong in the same sentence.

However cool Mario Galaxy is, it's still something I only pick up and play occasionally - nothing hardcore about being only half-way through after a year of ownership!

Now, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars is a different kettle of fish ;-)

You have the definition of hardcore messed up.

I am so very surprised at the release of more Mario and Metroid games.

Words cannot express my shock.

No, I don't think so. I don't know of any Wii game that has either a) required sufficient levels of gaming prowess or dedication to be considered a "hardcore" title or b) has garnered an intensely loyal following to be considered having "hardcore" fans.

I don't know of anybody who obsesses over Mario Galaxy to the same levels as Mario 64 or Super Mario World, same can be said for Zelda.

Now if the phrasing was "hardcore Nintendo gamers" then yes I'd entirely concur, but the Wii, no matter how you split hairs or define "hardcore", is not, nor was it intended to be, a "hardcore" gaming platform.

It's a Wii, all games are dated.

This might give reason to dust off the Wii again......

Does it work with my 8-bit NES?

"Metroid: Other M – the unlikely collaboration between Nintendo and Team Ninja – will be released in North America on June 27."

Only good can come out of this. I think I will borrow my parents' Wii (wow, never thought I would one day say that) to play this one.

This one looks great and makes me want to play it.

Well Super Mario Galaxy was actually a GREAT game.
I will definitely get the sequel.

As to it being hard core? Umm... It's a Wii.
Casual gaming at it's best.

Can't wait for Mario Galaxy 2 to come out. It looks better
than the first one. The first one was an awesome game, it'd give it a 10/10. It was one of the games that I actually played through and collected everything. I haven't done that with a game since Donkey Kong Country. Usually with today's games, I don't have the time or patience to play the game thoroughly any more. Mario Galaxy brought back childhood memories about what gaming was like when I was a kid.

Remember when Super Mario 3 first came out and playing that for the first time? It was a revolutionary concept and style of play. Mario Galaxy made me feel like that when I first played it. It was so addicting.....I almost missed my father's funeral.

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I didn't know Mario is a well trained ninja.

That's been a part of the franchise since 1996's Mario 64 on the N64....

Mario Galaxy sucked 2 weeks from my life. I haven't had that much fun playing a Nintendo game since the days of Mario 64 (which really sucks now that I look back on it). Mario Galaxy was beautiful, well thought out and difficult enough to be enjoyable. The Luigi factor was also a nice touch. Luigi really made the game even more difficult. Well played Nintendo.

Sorry. like a few other people, when my eyes scanned over this headline I thought Tom's was saying they were antiquated. At least it was good for a chuckle.

Wow, I'd thought that the original SMG gleamed with so much polish it hurt to look at, (my only nit-pick is that I wished they'd somehow put anti-aliasing into the game, even if it meant being an option that cut the resolution to allow for it) it seems that they've managed to take it farther yet for SMG2. I'm pretty sure it'll be able to steal a good number of days/weeks out of my life... But like with the first, I doubt I'll remember to ask for them back.

Read as: "It was too hard for me to get more than halfway through it."



I wonder what argument you make on it not being "hardcore"... The lack of shiny graphics that the 360 and PS3 have? Irony there would lie in how "dated" such hardware capabilities are on those, even when they came out. (and the existence of games like The Conduit) Or is it because the Wii includes motion-sensing which was part of the PS3 from the start as well?

Really, the platform doesn't mean jack squat as far as how "hardcore" something is; that's entirely what the developers choose. Historically, Nintendo's made some of the most hardcore games; Super Mario Galaxy is among them. There's a REASON why there's a term, and it's specifically called "Nintendo Hard."

That's because you haven't played the WiiWare versions of Mega Man. Uber-Hardcore, Super difficult and if you're not patient, frustration will come along to sing you a song about what hardcore really means.