I took advantage of my job's check-out policy and "rented" a used Mirror's Edge from work.

I never even cracked the case open. I was too busy playing Left 4 Dead.

I want to play ME and I loved the demo. It's just too busy right now.

"I know this is a business and you need to try and make the most money as fast as you can, but does anyone else think that they have stopped caring about the people who have followed them for years? In between the casual games Nintendo throw us out a good game."

Seriously? Aside from Wii Music, how are any of the shovelware games on the Wii Nintendo's fault? The last time I checked, the majority of the first-party Wii titles were fantastic (Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime, Wario Land). Seriously, how many of these casual games have actually been designed BY NINTENDO? Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Music, Mario Party? Just because all of the third party developers want to go casual doesn't mean Nintendo is the one behind it.

The whole idea behind this post is that...what? Nintendo must be abandoning the hardcore because they're designing a new DS? This has been coming for months now - DS sales have all but stopped in Japan, because everybody already has one. It's not a casual games thing, it's a business thing - period. And it's not like this is new - Nintendo has been constantly updating their handhelds since the original Game Boy (the Game Boy Advance had three models, too - remember?).

Seriously, I don't get these complaints sometimes. Nintendo could probably announce another full Mario title AND a new Zelda game by Christmas and you guys would still complain that they didn't round it out with a new Metroid game.

You know...I think I'm okay with these, for the most part.

New DS? I'm in. Storage is fine by me, and if they want to add a handheld version of the Virtual Console to the DS, I'm TOTALLY okay with that. I never really used the GBA slot as it was, so losing it is no great loss to me.

"Enjoy With Wii" is okay by me too, because in my case, I pretty much glossed over the Gamecube and missed out on some good games. As long as they don't try and charge me the full $50 for last-generation games, I'm okay with spending a few extra bucks to get a brand new copy.