It's quite surprising to hear that The Conduit was originally a game intended for the casual market.

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D: Can you talk to me a little bit about making the game? Specifically for the Wii — did you help with the Wii build?

MS: It’s actually a demo [of The Conduit]. People will [sic] be able to play the game. The level [on the demo] is one I actually [helped create] for the game. The game itself is actually one of High Voltage’s original IPs. The company is really excited about this…We tweaked [the build] a little bit for PAX. But when [Nintendo] saw [the demo at E3] they were impressed. Nintendo need[s] something that show[s] off the Wii for the hardcore.

The whole idea for the game was for the casual market. But as we went on, we realized that there weren’t any first-person shooters on the market with good graphics on the Wii. I think a lot of developers that make FPSs on the Wii say, ‘let’s do this so [the player] can use the Wii shooter’ And it doesn’t work. You lose half your control.

full interview here

Ahahaha
We're getting our market back.

nintengirls came to my GAME store this weekend and were having mario kart races with people.

They haven't completely abandoned the hardcore gamers.

Are there any 'casual' FPS? I want to see something like that.
*imagines a Blue's Clues FPS*

Long way to go yet, but at least this is a positive sign. So glad they aren't maintaining it on a casual path.