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Slownenberg said:

Oh yes the port will absolutely be $60. I was absolutely shocked when the did it for DK but since they did that there is no way NSBM U port won't be $60.

Other than Mario Kart they really should have made a policy than any Wii U ports will be $40. If they did that I don't think anyone would have any problem with Nintendo porting a bunch of Wii U games, as long as they were being ported at the same time as new games in those franchises are being developed for Switch. Releasing Wii U games at $60 tells me Nintendo considers them new games for the Switch and can therefore take the place of an actual new game in the franchise. Like since they released DK at $60 (more expensive than it cost originally!) I know there won't be a DK game on Switch for years. With a likely $60 NSMB port on Switch in 2019, when I had been expecting a new 2D Mario game in 2019, I now expect to not see a new 2D Mario game for a few years. I don't know what the hell Nintendo is doing with all their resources since they should be focused on a single system for the first time ever basically, but it seems they are diverting their resources to bring out full priced ports instead of new games.

As someone who used to own a Wii U and sold it to get the Switch, I'm starting to get a bit annoyed at all these ports. I mean, I don't have a problem with the ports themselves, I even bought Bayo 1 and 2 again since I liked them so much (And I'd buy WW+TPHD day one on the Switch), but most of them shouldn't be priced as a brand-new game would.

I get why they're doing it, but it's hard to be excited to play the Switch when so much of its first-party library so far has been old stuff. Ports aren't bad when released alongside new games, but so far they've just been used as replacement for new games. I'd love a new 3D Donkey Kong for example, but Tropical Freeze might as well be the DK game on Switch, who knows if we'll get a new one in the coming years (Be it 2D or 3D).

I love the Switch's hardware and it's so much better than the Wii U, but I can't deny that I'm disappointed with the line-up for the time being. At least 2019 sounds like it will be great, and Smash looks amazing too.