Shouldn't it be a 'gateway'-game then?

play too mutch of this game and you'll become hardcore! :-)

That's weird 'cause the system itself only has "mini-games" and "shitty games" on it. Only fitting that it now has a new genre.

Also, I own one. Just saying.

there are no Hardcore, Casual, or Bridge games.

there are fun games, and not fun games.

Bridge. Nice. Hope to see that POS term brought up countless times in blogs.

If it isn't one thing with Nintendo, it's another. :<

I just wish we could go back to calling games what they are -- "games."

Yes, this.

What the fuck? I already coined a term for this.

Who the fuck cares what they are called, just play the bloody things and be happy.

Yea you're right, it's pretty dumb.

Mario Kart Wii is called a "bridge" game because Nintendo knocked it out in about half an hour, knew that gamers who have been fans of the series since the Super famicom days would recognise it for the watered down, snail paced, half assed piece of shit that it is, and sought to avoid deserved criticism by trying to label it as an entirely new beast.

If you cut the corporate jargon, what Nintendo are actually trying to say is that Mario Kart Wii looks like crap deliberately, "Hey it's a bridge game and we're not trying to make it look good, we want it to appeal to everyone which is why everything about it screams mediocrity". Sorry Nintendo I don't buy it.

Mario Kart Wii is Nintendo at their absolute worst and I'm qualified to say that because i'm a lifelong Nintendo fan. I remember the day i knew the N64 was toast, I walked into Game and saw Mario Kart 64, it was slow, boring and looked as if it as made with the arrogance of "Hey it's Mario isn't that enough?"

On the TV screen right next to Mario Kart was Wipeout on the PS1, it was fast, fresh and exciting. Nintendo had missed the Zeitgeist by a huge margin, Wipeout was confirmation that the CD storage medium allowed more dynamic games.

What's my overly long point? Nintendo are at their absolute worst when they go through the motions and just assume they can get away with producing lazy crap beacuse it contains their classic 'fun' gameplay. It's not enough Nintendo.

damn labelling

@B-radicate:

And which of those does SSB Brawl fall under?

Yeah, that's what I thought. (Not saying there *aren't* crappy games on the Wii, but come on... Rig Racer 2?! are they f***ing serious?!)

I totally made this term up a year ago or so. No one ever listens to me making up terms but Nintnedo comes along and now we all listen!

As I said before, there is absolutely nothing wrong with labeling this sub-genres. It helps marketing and categorization, which is how the human brain functions. The problem occurs when idiots try to define themselves by these categories and limit themselves to it. I have no problem calling myself a casual gamer.It doesn't mean I only play pick up and play casual type games.

Inversely, it doesn't mean that casual games will only appeal to casual gamers. But the fact remains that there ARE different types of games and different types of gamers.

So, a hardcore game is a hyper splatterfest, and a hardcore gamer is a person who plays games a LOT.

A casual gamer like simple minigames and puzzle games, and plays only occasionally.

A bridge game is a little of both but not enough of either. So how do we define bridge gamers?

I thought Nintendo's marketing team would come up with something a bit better than this. Not like they really need marketing at this point.

I'd like to coin the term "soda and pizza roll gamers". I'm sure there are enough of us out there that prepare a plate of pizza rolls and mountain dew before settling into a game, and we are totally misrepresented by the media. I AM SO MISUNDERSTOODZ!!1!

@Niero

How do you think us "Heroin and Hookers" gamers feel?

I would like to take the PR halfwits who thought of 'bridge' gaming and throw them from the highest one I can find. That one in France that sits above the cloud layer should do...

'gateway' games? LoL!

Okay now children, drugs are bad. Mmkay? And, if you like some games, they'll make you like other games. Mmkay? Ya see, drugs are bad.

Fun game and not fun games is one thing, but some games require more than that. Have a noob play a vet in virtua fighter 5 and see how well that goes. Brawl is *shudder* a "bridge" game because it has handicaps and other options in place that can let the noobs hang with the vets. Last time i played with my best friend and his girlfriend i had an auto-handicap 90% damage handicap but we all had fun and enjoyed it nonetheless.

I still think it's a stupid unnecessary term though.