Why updated ports make sense for Nintendo fans

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zorg1000 said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

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.

Maybe but there's no way to really know. Splatoon only took a year to make and sold for $40 outside the U.S., and they were still able to put out HHD and Amiibo Festival so there is reason to think they could have and only didn't because of Wii U's failure. This is why I want to them to frontload the Switch, to give it the best possible chance of being successful so support from both third partys and Nintendo isn't dropped early again.

What metrics or data are you using to say the current line-up is exactly enough and that even one more game is completely unnecessary? This sounds pretty arbitrary, and by the same token I could say it has too many games and that Zelda BotW should be 2018. Would you disagree with that yet still say Animal Crossing is better off in 2018? I know that they gotta make sure every year has games, but, they can still do that. A single game wont make or break a year. If 2018 is bad without AC then it'd still be bad with it. Though of course we don't know what 2018's line-up is, for all we know it's already stacked. /wishfulthinking