Originally Posted by TheUnknownForce

The issue is that Retro doing effectively DKCR2, and that is one of the underlying issues with Wii U's first party lineup: nearly every game is an iteration of a previously-released Wii or 3DS game. They can be good or the best games ever (see reception of SM3DW), but that does not convince certain people to be interested about the platform...especially since the last platform ended up with dropoffs of support four years in.

Retro making Tropical Freeze is not bad, but in a time when Wii U needs something more than "we got sequels of Wii games in HD" to get more people interested, announcing TF was probably not the best move.

Definitely my sentiment. It's not that I don't want new games in these franchises, but they're clearly using the same assets and engine for a lot of these games, and it's getting eerie.

- Mario 3D World is a direct sequel to Mario 3D Land, a 3DS game.
- The new Kirby 3DS game is clearly using as much from Kirby's Return to Dreamland game as much as possible.
- Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze is a direct sequel to DKC Returns.
- NSMBU was directly using NSMBWii stuff.
- Mario Kart 8 is clearly using assets, animations and ideas from Mario Kart 7.
- Heck, Smash Bros is coming to Wii U and 3DS at the same time!

It feels like Nintendo cheaping out and making direct sequels instead of making new and unique IP that use their new controller to the fullest.