The fact we have Digital Foundry calling for Wii and Wii U remasters speaks volumes about the lack of content available on the Switch today. I've already played these games on the Wii U and I don't want to replay them on the Switch but it would be good to have these ports available for people who skipped the Wii U. I just hope that there's more new content available to play on the Switch in the near future.
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DF: More Wii U Ports Heading To Switch! Is This A Good Thing?
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ShockingAlberto
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It is almost like game quality and sales are not 100% tied together.
I want to see Bayonetta 2 and W101 get a second shot with the audience, they're too good to stay trapped with a dead console.
Mario Maker Switch and Smash Bros Switch are literally no brainers. Just add in a few more different landscapes and a map in Mario Maker and a few characters and a new mode in smash bros, call it a day and slap the Deluxe name on both.
I would also personally want to see Captain Toad with extra levels on Switch.
And I say all this as a person who owned all these games on Wii-u.
Mario Maker Switch and Smash Bros Switch are literally no brainers. Just add in a few more different landscapes and a map in Mario Maker and a few characters and a new mode in smash bros, call it a day and slap the Deluxe name on both.
I would also personally want to see Captain Toad with extra levels on Switch.
And I say all this as a person who owned all these games on Wii-u.
molnizzle
Member
One of the more embarrassing posts I've read here on NeoGAF.
Nintendo made some terrible mistakes with the Wii U, it's no surprise that it bombed. Acting like it's our holy duty to buy the products of an international entertainment company is fucking asinine. Nintendo screwed the pooch and the market responded in kind.
Some ppl have to realize....
With ports, remasters.. they are mainly aimed at those who didnt get the orig. For whatever reason.
Could be one console households and they never got a Wii U, PS3, 360, PS4, etc.
I can tell you out of all the console I just posted, Wii U would be a last resort if I had to chose just one.
A very last resort..
Mister Wolf
Member
I remember how excited I was to play portable A Link To The Past on my Gameboy Advance
ShockingAlberto
Member
I bought a Wii U and a lot of the games getting ported
My reward was playing those games at the time
I'm also not a crazy person so people should get to play these games now
My reward was playing those games at the time
I'm also not a crazy person so people should get to play these games now
Amen, fuck that Fisherprice toy POS
This doesn't sound like the talk of a True Nintendo Fan.
Today I learned that not porting quality games that came out on a laughable failure of a system is the high road.
Wowfunhappy
Member
How does Mario Maker work without a touch screen? Would kind of suck if it was portable-mode-only, I'm not sure Nintendo would want to bother.
Steiner_Zi
Member
What's TMS?
Orniletter
Banned
High road.
Like they are actively debasing themselves by porting their awesome games to their sexy new device.
lol.
Skittzo0413
Member
Then why are you saying it's strange?
The PS3 sold about 7x more hardware than the Wii U did though. And anyway, most of the PS3's best games were ported, one of the highest rated ones was ported to the PS4 less than 9 months after it launched!
This thread is literally about ports from Wii U. Port begging is usually frowned upon because it derails threads, right? Well in this case port begging is exactly what the thread is about.
When has Nintendo ever communicated that they would not port or remaster old games onto new hardware? They did that quite often and started as early as Super Mario All Stars on the SNES.
I can't believe there are people like you and Nintendobooger against this.
As if porting/remasters havn't been a thing, well, ALWAYS.
As if the Dreamcast didn't get a number of its games (Sonic, JSR) happily ported to other consoles.
As if allowing consumers more options is a bad thing.
As if being able to play great games on the go is a bad thing.
As if remastering a game somehow cancels out a new game, as if the development time/money is at all similar. (I don't have any facts, but I imagine they could remaster 5 games for the manpower/budget of a new game).
It's as if you guys hold some grudge against the consumer market for not buying a WiiU, a miserably named, marketing, and conceived console.
I think any argument against this is insane.
And with all of this, there has only been one remaster released for Switch (Mario Kart 8DX), one announced (Pokken DX), and two rumoured (Bayonetta and W101).
franklyshankly
Member
I really don't see a problem with level creation being portable only, and then you can just pop it in the dock if you want to play the completed level on the TV.
Get out of here with this logic, yall are making too much sense..
SMB3, hell, I wasnt even thinking that far back. I was thinking N64 games...
Icedburden
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I don't think you understand... I NEED MARIO MAKER.
It's not, just ignore it...its a good thing nintendo doesn't make game just for you though.
Icedburden
Member
It would still be taking from the systems main feature.
NinjaCoachZ
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Nobody in North America is ever allowed to play Saturn games unless they bought them or were born when Sega dropped it one day out of nowhere with a barren first-party lineup and marketing push compared to the PS1 because they're not True Gamerz.
molnizzle
Member
One of the reasons I think we'll get a full Mario Maker sequel rather than a Wii U port. They'll need to work out an entirely new creation UI for docked mode.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Im seriously questioning the thought process of some people posting in here. Like, somethings not right with the justifications some people are coming up with to be against this.
I'm going to leave this thread now before I end up saying something which gets me banned.
I'm going to leave this thread now before I end up saying something which gets me banned.
Legitimately amazing. I come into most Nintendo threads for laughs. I rarely leave disappointed.
This would be one use-case for a phone app that I would have no problem with.
Just stick to lurking and spare the condescending shitposts.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I'm only against a port if it hinders development of a sequel.
Like, I think they should make a Mario Maker 2 instead of porting the first.
I wont lie...I kept my PS3 and got another one when it got stolen for MGS 4, lol.
But...as a console and overall library it was way more desirable than a Wii U.
And I can get a PS3 cheaper than a Wii U. Way cheaper.
It's almost like they had been told for years how great the few games on the system were, but didn't like the value proposition of the console.
I view it less of that and more of "Hey, we really screwed up with the Wii U and no one bought these great games, so we're going to make them better and sell them again."
I'd be excited now if you told me I can play A Link to the Past on my Switch!
Me neither.
And it's not as if they couldn't very easily just throw a cursor on screen you could move with an analog stick.
It's kind of nuts to suggest Mario Maker, a huge, million-selling franchise, isn't worth it being ported to Nintendo's new console.
I think when Mario Odyssey comes and goes we'll get the Mario Maker, 3D World, NSMBU re-releases/ports everyone wants.
Although really, if we're talking about Mario Maker, give me two-player, give me slopes, give me Yoshi, give me more backgrounds, maybe a simple Boss-creator, and call it a sequel.
There was NEVER a high road to begin with. They have been doing this in various ways forever. From selling us super gameboys, to DX versions of a few nes and GB games. Then e-reader games, gba converters to play on game cube, backwards compatibility, virtual console, various remasters and re-releases like MP trilogy, new play control pikmin, starfox 64 on 3ds, ocarina HD, NES classic. They have never not repurposed their older software library in some way to try to sell it to a new audience or to make their hardware more attractive. This is core to what Nintendo does in addition to creating new experiences.
jts
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Get outta here.
First of all, that's like saying you're not missing something great because there are other great things.
Second, Galaxy can be the GOAT, but it's highly debatable to put NSMBU in the same breath as Galaxy and call it far superior to 3DW. It's in the pure 2D genre using a highly tired style. 3D World is a clean HD 3D Mario with fresh mechanics and beautiful visuals. Definitely a must play for Mario fans.
NintendosBooger
Member
How?
Next Nintendo Direct or E3 2018 will probably end with a grand finale of a Tropical Freeze port or some other notable Wii U game like I'm supposed to get excited about it. That's not my sweet spot and isn't how to communicate to a previous Wii U owner. My ears and wallet perk up at the mention of ARMS, Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey, and Metroid Prime 4. Ports aren't anything new to any system but the gaming media and the people in this thread need to quit behaving like all those Wii U games are marooned on some island and need rescuing. There are Wii U systems readily available online and at retail. They need to put their work in like I did and buy it.
^^^ This...
Also: The Zelda remasters (WWHD, TPHD) and, if possible, StarFox Zero with another control scheme (No second screen)...
A man can dream :')
Just one of the reasons why PC and mobile are the biggest markets out there...no one give a damn about where the games come from, only with consoles you have this weird mindset.
Imagine people getting mad because movies they bought on DVD are getting BluRay versions...lol.
BRSxIgnition
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You and I just became best friends.
Nintendo just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about getting games on your new console (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by porting all your old games. If you just port every great game, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is Nintendo Fans, after hearing about this, are not going to want to purchase ports for the Switch, nor will they purchase any of Nintendo's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Nintendo has alienated an entire market with this move.
Nintendo, publicly apologize and cancel all the ports or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I'm so sorry.
We're getting both though, so everybody wins. So yea, they should keep porting the big stuff. Stop being petty and acting as if we aren't getting new games because we get a port every now and then.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I mainly want Mario Maker and 3D World. Bayonetta, sure. W101, meh.
Hari Seldon
Member
As long as it isn't preventing new games from being made I don't care, but I'm not buying these games that I already own on the WiiU.
Yep. I also feel this way.
i HeaR MusiC
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