Xenoblade X port, Beyond Good&Evil for Switch leaks & more

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cycycychris said:

zorg1000 said:

I doubt it will hurt the systems image outside of a small, vocal group of forum goers. The vast majority of PS4/XBO games in the first year could be played on PS3/360, I dont really see how this is much different.

But a lot of those were cross gen games releasing around the same time. And the remasters they did make were all by diferent companies and spread quite a bit out. If this rumor is to be believed, Nintendo is just throwing them all out at the same time for some reason. Like Mario Kart 8 remake just makes no sense to me. Whats the points of it when you have had more than enough time to make a sequel.

In my opinion, its hard to market remasters. But its easy to build hype for new games. I totally agree with remastering these Wii U games to make money back. But they are doing to many of them so close together that it worries me the public might not see it as a positive.

You would be right, if the public even considered buying or knows about the Wii U and its library. That is not the reality, and Nintendo is taking advantage of that.

Year 1, Nintendo wants to sell the Switch fast and in big numbers, and appealing to the Wii U fanbase is not the right way of doing that. So all these ports make sense when we realize thay the Wii U is a failure of enormous proportions. If it hurst their image for the hardcore fans, then so be it. We will buy the Switch at some point anyway, so it's better for them to attract non-Nintendo fans or non-Wii U owners first.