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.