Eurogamer: Sources: Nintendo Switch to get Pokémon Sun and Moon version

[Nuvendil]

Kai_Mao said:

Nuvendil said:

Last of US worked cause it was very recent, still fresh on people's minds.  Mario Kart 8 and Smash came out in 2014, Splatoon in 2015.  Collections are another, different issue, but that's not what we are talking about.  GTAV, same thing as Last of Us.  And if games are old enough, yes a remaster can be big news.  Splatoon, Kart, and Smash for Wii U all sit in the awkward place of being too recent for remasters and too old for a straight port.

But you just said the Last of Us Remasterd worked because it was just recent (about a year apart from PS3 to PS4 if I remember). What is too recent? 

Last of Us was recent enough to work as a port or remaster, basically falling into the "crossgen" category in many people's minds.  IMO it has to be within 12 to 14 months, basically a crossgen feel to it.  That's why Last of Us was able to work, it could have been a straight port with better performance and it would have worked.  But once you get past the 18 month mark, you hit a definite dead zone for a while where it's too old to excite people with a port and people will roll their eyes at a remaster.  Honestly, you can't start pitching the remaster thing until it's more of like 6 to 7 years older or more.  Needs to be long enough to pull on those nostalgia strings. 

I could be wrong, but I doubt it.  Why would the people who didn't buy a Wii U for Smash 4 and Kart 8 buy a Switch for Smash 4 and Kart 8?  And if Nintendo says "no new Kart or Smash on Switch," why would Smash 4 and Kart 8 fans be interested, since they can play the most recent entries on the Wii U they already own?