Why updated ports make sense for Nintendo fans

[zorg1000]

Einsam_Delphin said:

zorg1000 said:

Ya we assumed Wii U would get Animal Crossing, it got Splatoon instead. A pretty fair trade-off.

The rumored 1st party lineup is already pretty diverse

3D Mario-3D platformer

Splatoon-3rd person multiplayer shooter

Mario Kart-arcade style racer

Zelda-open world action game

Smash Bros-multiplayer brawler

Xenoblade X-open world JRPG

Mario Maker-2D platformer creator

Pokemon-turn based JRPG

Pikmin-real time strategy

With that lineup Animal Crossing isnt really necessary and would be better served as a 2018 title.

Nah there shouldn't need to be a trade off, the Wii U shoulda had both. There's simply nothing that makes up for having less games, Animal Crossing is just one of many examples. What I was getting at though is that there are no safe assumptions when it comes to Nintendo as I've learned the hard way, so I try not to assume things anymore no matter how much sense it makes. I just take whatever Nintendo does as it comes.

My stance on this and my reasonings for it remain, being that more games is always better than less and that Animal Crossing appeals to different demographics, but I also can't disprove your logic either, so we're just gonna have to agree to disagree here. 

What I mean by pretty fair trade off is that im not sure they have the manpower to develop 2 full size HD games at once so its possible it came down to one or the other.

And ya obviously more games is better and i agree that AC appeals to a different demographic than those other games but Nintendo still needs to make sure they have some of their really big hitters for 2018. Having Zelda, Splatoon, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros & Pokemon in 2017 along with some smaller support games is enough for a single year.

AC would be better suited as a 2018 title in terms of spreading out the big hitters.