Who’d have thought that the hardcore’s darling Nintendo, whose games were the only reason for any self-respecting gamer to own a Gamecube, would less than ten years later be accused en masse of disregarding and deserting their loving fans in favour of mothers and pet loving girls.

While gamers as ever have blown things hugely out of proportion, it is true that Nintendo’s Wii has been sorely lacking in games for the hardcore gamer audience. Efforts from Nintendo have been few and far between and as with the Gamecube third parties have struggled to find the console’s sweet spot.

The worst appears to be over, though, as several third parties like Activision, EA and Sega all seem to be finding their feet whilst Nintendo promise more Hardcore games and soon. Today we’re going to take a look at two of the top hardcore on Nintendo’s console available at the moment.

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