With all these housewives and old folks raving about the Wii, hardcore gamers feel left out. Let's face it: mini-games are really cool if you are used to Mine Sweeper and Solitaire. But Nintendo's not trying to push players away! Just listen to Zelda director Eiji Aonuma explain how Nintendo can expand the audience and not alienate fans:

It's because of gamers that games have come as far as they have... it's not Nintendo's intent to alienate those people... 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.

Words of comfort to hold gamers over as they play Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario and the GameCube's back catalogue over and over and over again. Sit tight, those real games are coming! Brian Ashcraft

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