Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition announced for Switch (2020)

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Barkley said:

Wyrdness said:

Look at the definition I posted.

And from the Wikipedia page it links to : "A port that contains a great deal of remade assets may sometimes be considered a remastering"

From the remaster page:£ In some cases, the original game's graphics visual assets are not compatible with the new technology, so the developers are necessitated to remake or remodel them with improved texture depth, physically-based rendering, and light-reflection; and additional features such as realistic physics and joints employed for movable objects like character models. An example of a game that has had its graphics redesigned is Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary"

The Wikipedia page is full of "citation needed" and has no definitive distinction between remakes, remasters or ports. Tbh I don't think there's a general consensus on when to use those terms. There's nothing that seems to be agreed upon. Hell Activision thinks Spyro is a "remaster". I'll just keep using my own definitions.

Remake - An updated version of a game created from scratch.

Remaster - An updated version of a game with new assets built on the foundations of the original.

Port - An existing game moved to a new platform with no or very minimal changes to assets.

I sincerely can't believe you even have to argue this.

It's like "Zelda 64 is an RPG" all over again. There was even a time when the majority of Nintendo fans were saying this, "Of course it's an RPG, you play the role of Link." It was as though the fanbase collectively decided to forget what an RPG was. I know I am getting off-topic, But... two things. First, you weren't playing the role of Link; you were controlling Link in a video game. Second, the definition of an RPG is a game which inherits its core mechanics from pen and paper RPGs. 

But one thing I learned is that no matter what, in the end, the reality of the situation is going to be what it's considered. The whole argument was irrelevant in the end, as a few years later, no one was calling Ocarina of Time an RPG. It was some brief moment of insanity that went away. Similarly: people can scream, "It's a remake!" all they want, but it is not going to make it so. If mass insanity of the Nintendo fanbase occurs where 90% of people are calling it a remake: time + reality means they'll be calling it a remaster again.