| NightDragon83 said: It also provides people who had no interest in picking up a Wii U an opportunity to play these titles on the Switch. Besides, how much different will the next MK, Splatoon and Smash be from their Wii U versions other than having additional content? Might as well release enhanced ports early in the Switch's life cycle instead of forcing gamers to wait years before a new version of each franchise is released on the Switch. |
Exactly, this is also a successor to 3DS, so 3DS owners who have never played MK8/Smash U/Splatoon are in for a real treat.
Nintendo's last sales update has Mario Kart 8 at 8 million while Mario Kart 7 has sold just under 14 million. If we assume that 100% of MK8 owners also have MK7 than that is still 6 million MK7 owners who never owned MK8. Obviously not all MK8 owners have MK7, lets say its closer to 50%, that would be 10 million MK7 owners who never owned MK8.
And I agree with you as well about sequels not really being needed in general. These 1.5 editions are going to have new characters/stages/items/modes which is exactly what sequels would be offering. The only difference is that these devs dont need to start over from scratch.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
