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Asriel on 03 February 2019
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Miyamotoo said:
Asriel said:
Some of these suggested ports don't make much sense or have been ruled out. With Mario Maker and Pikmin 3 it makes more sense for Nintendo to make new entries, given 3DS got its own version of Mario Maker, so I would expect Switch to get one too. Pikmin 4 has been talked about in the past as nearly finished - so it may be ready to launch any time soon. Nintendo have already ported one Wii U Mario game this year, so I think that rules out 3D World. Xenoblade Chronicles X has more or less been ruled out by Monolith Soft themselves given the scale and expense of porting it.

I could see the HD Zelda remasters coming at some point - but several journalists and 'insiders' are expecting a 2D Zelda this year, so that potentially rules them out for 2019.

I think the next Wii U port will be Wonderful 101. It was hinted at by Platinum last year and they've said they will have a busy 2019. We shouldn't rule out seeing more than one Wii U port later this year - but I don't think the list above are especially strong candidates.

Mario Maker and Pikmin 3 are totally different kind of games, saying that there is no point releasing Pikmin 3 because Pikmin 4 is coming is same like saying there is no point releasing any remaster which sequel is already out or that is coming. Pikmin 3 is game with story and campaign, so Pikmin 4 can be quite different game compared to Pikmin 3, and actualy Pikmin 3 could be used like marketing tool for Pikmin 4, not to mentione that Pikmin 3 is one of best games that didnt had popularity and sales that deserved.

Mario Maker is different kind of game, focus is on making and playing levels, so doesn't make sense to port Mario Maker and to release Mario Maker 2, and making so Mario Maker 2 is just too easy, just few new modes and features and you have sequel.

Fair enough on the Pikmin front. My personal feeling is that, given a fourth main game was discussed openly and supposedly nearly complete, Nintendo would concentrate on releasing that rather than porting the third game. But I accept the point you're making - it could be a candidate for 2019. I'd expect at least one Wii U port, but I'll stick with Wonderful 101 as my guess.