When it comes to Nintendo remakes or a new entry they are always ALWAYS ALWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS "enhanced port" to the clueless. Splatoon 2 "enhanced port" despite being a full sequel. Same with Ultimate despite new engine, models, remade stages and the like. Imagine someone calling Phsyco 1998 a "remaster" of the 1960 film. That's how silly that logic is. Part of the blame is stupid marketing these days.

They probably did some market research that says the term remaster is looked at more favorably than remake or reboot. This is speculative but the terms of remake and reboot seem to have more negative connotations these days than not. Remaster, oh they are just touching up thing I love vs remake. OH GOD! They are going to fuck it up and ruin my childhood!. Same with a reboot. Even reimagining. FFVIIR is a reimagining. Xenoblade is a remake. DMC HD Collection is remastered.

There is.You can download it now.

The real question is, is the Switch a remastered Wii U, or a remake?

Worst direct ever. Can't wait for the full one in June.

Bravely Default 2 is gorgeous. I think it might be one of the best-looking games on Switch. I was not expecting it to look that good.

On the other hand I'm still kind of underwhelmed by Xenoblade remastered. Outside of the new character models I feel they didn't really increase the poly-count of the environments but just slapped new textures on the old geometry. It just looks like a step back visually from Xenoblade 2 to me.

Bioshock and Borderlands coming to switch are interesting. As usual my purchase will depend on whether or not there are motion controls. Both are great franchises to be able to have 'on the go.'

Burnout Paradise is also nice. The franchise hasn't been on a Nintendo system since the Gamecube.

Mini but with 25min? Well I`m surprised.

Oh sweet. Good time to try it while Collection of Mana is still on sale.

A couple for my shopping list:

Already on the backlog: Marvel Ultimate Alliance, RFA, ARMS, Animal Crossing

New entries:

Bravely Default 2, Ninjala (anybody else got heavy Splatoon vibes from that game?), Burnout Paradise,Catherine: Full Body, King's Bounty II (but this one on PC)

So yeah, my poor wallet... and I can't even play right now (stores are closed due to human malware Coronavirus and my right joycon doesn't work anymore, so can't get a replacement right now )

You are still missing the point. Just doing something again exactly the same as before but better is not a remake by any definition for a media product. Square Enix did not have the original code from the original KH I when they decided to make the HD version, so they had to recreate it again with the help of sold copies. The end result is... Kingdom Hearts I. In HD. Is that a remake? They had to recreate the entire thing almost from scratch. By your (silly) definition in which anything made from scratch is a remake, KH HD 1.5 Remix should be a remake. Despite very clearly being a remaster. Again, a very expensive and hard to make remaster. The only difference between something like KH HD and Xenoblade Definitive Edition, is that the later has better graphics than the original work. But that game is still about improving the audiovisual quality and gameplay of the original work. In other words: a remaster.

As for movies, I already gave you the example of George Lucas with Star Wars. The remastered versions of A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi all have changes and things made from scratch that weren't in the original, much like, let's say, Ocarina of Time 3D. A remaster is not just boosting the resolution of a videogame or clearing up the colors of a movie. It can be a lot bigger than that. But being bigger than that doesn't make it a remake.

A remake implies having a certain degree of difference from the original. And not just by how it look or how it sounds. I bring back games like Metroid Zero Mission or Final Fantasy VII Remake. Same core game as the original works, but at the same time a very different product. That's a remake.

And a reboot or a reimagining as you like to call it is, as I said, just going bananas and makeing something entirely different with an already established IP or game. It just keeps the name and some details. You said FF VII is a reimagining. That alone shows how little you understand about this topic. A reboot or a reimaging would be Tomb Raider (2013) or DmC.

Remaster, remake, reboot. You don't get (or don't care to get) any of the three. If you want to keep thinking wrong, I'm absolutely ok with it. But stop saying these things in public, because there are people that may think you are correct. And it would be better for everyone to call things by their names.

Can't wait to get Bioshock collection and Xenoblade, especially Star Wars Ep1 Racer!

Jedi Academy and Panzer Dragoon Remake are on my wish list. :D