How can you say the Wii wasn't marketed as "Hardcore"? I was at E3, they didn't show DS ports and PSP ports or tons of Mini Games, they showed Mario, Zelda, and Smash Bros.
Hardcore is not a joke, its just a demographic like nintendo fanboy and microsoft fanboy
both of these articles Bret's and Matt's are great reads
I think your name says it all nintendostar, the author could've put nothing about the Wii and you would complain about that. I believe the author was saying Nintendo promised all these amazing games at the E3 before it was released, but the Wii soon became nothing but pure shovelware. Have fun playing your DS and PSP ports.
Bret's article was anything but poorly writen. Did you even read the article?