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Wyrdness on 24 October 2017
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PAOerfulone said:

Grand Theft Auto 5 sold 22 million on PS3 and 16 million on 360, for a total of around 38 million, 30 million by the end of 2013, which was well beyond the previouis best selling game in the series, but that didn't stop RockStar from porting it to PS4 and Xbox One for another combined 23 million, the PS4 version looking like it'll match or eclipse the PS3 version, but it won't matter to them, because they're looking at over 61 million copies of Grand Theft Auto V in total.
http://www.vgchartz.com/game/65883/grand-theft-auto-v/

And recently, it was announced to have shipped 80 million and still going strong. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/red-dead-redemption-2s-new-release-window-narrowed/1100-6450270/
Chances are, it's already surpassed Wii Sports as the best selling game of all-time.

Now what does this have to do with Smash Bros.?
Because if there is demand for a port, and there most certainly is for Smash 4, then if Nintendo makes it, it'll sell. Why settle for 13 million when they could go for 20 million with a fresh, definitive Smash 4 on the system everyone and their grandmother is talking about now?

Nobody was asking for a Mario Kart port NEARLY as much as Smash Bros. but look how great MK8D is doing. Because not everyone bought the Wii U, and I'm almost certain Nintendo was expecting far more from the Wii U version than what they got. They got what they expected from the 3DS version, but they must have surely been disappointed with the Wii U version's performance, especially since that's THE version of Smash 4 in everyone's eyes. It hasn't even caught up to the original game on the Nintendo 64, let alone Melee, https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html
Those are lost sales that I'm sure Nintendo wants to get back, Mario Kart and Pokken are proof that fans are more than willing to double dip for a good port on a recent platform, and there are millions of others on other platforms, not just Grand Theft Auto V.

Again the are flaws in your reasoning, MK8 was solely on Wii U Smash IV isn't it already has another version that has made it become the top selling game in the series a lot of the demand has been met for it, you can be a person who doesn't own a Wii U but still have Smash IV the same can't be said for MK8 and Pokken.

GTAV came out on all platforms with in a year of its first release and was a new release S4 was out 3 years ago (4 as we go into next year) and strategy wise Nintendo don't really want their major titles to be last gen ports because it's not appealing as a consumer, a ground up Smash would be much more attractive and built for the new online service. R* are also not trying to sell a platfom to the whole market they have their own target audience.

I'm sure Nintendo were also disappointed in SM3DW's sales as well but we don't see that be rereleased instead we see a new installment.