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RolStoppable said:

JWeinCom said:

3D World and Mario Kart 8 are I think the only Wii U ports I've bought again. MK8 because it's a multiplayer thing and the scene would be dead on Wii U. 3D World because of Bowser's fury.

I really hate when Nintendo does things like Bowser's Fury or the new Xenoblade DE quest whose name escapes me, and doesn't make it available separately from the main game. Bowser's Fury was really fun, but it sucks that fans who already owned 3D World had to pay 60 bucks to play it. Really no reason it couldn't have been released as a standalone title. It feels like Nintendo is giving the finger to the fans that support them the most.

A bit of a weird reasoning there. I own 3D World on the Wii U and could then play Bowser's Fury for free, because Nintendo was so generous this time around that they made Switch a system that a lot more people want to own. This means there are so many Switch consoles among friends around, that nearly every noteworthy Nintendo title is owned by at least one person. Physical games can be lent and borrowed, so plenty of games that are legal and free. Which reminds me, I should borrow Mario Kart 8 Deluxe again.

But sure, there can be a problem for people who meet at least one of the following requirements:

1. They have no friends who own a Switch console. Increasingly less likely over time.
2. Their friends belong to those idiots who buy games digitally.
3. Their friends have absolutely terrible taste and only buy AAA third party games.

On the off chance this is real, a lot of people would rather own something than borrow it, for reasons so obvious it would feel ridiculous to explain it. There are also people who would rather not lend their games out. I still haven't gotten back my copy of Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube, but I also have a friend's copy of Xenosaga, so I guess the universe is in balance.

It is likely that a significant number of the five million people or so who bought 3D World would be interested in Bowser's Fury, and would prefer to own it. It would have cost Nintendo next to nothing to release Bowser's Fury as a standalone digital title, except for the money they would forego from people who would otherwise repurchase 3D WOrld to play it. It is a purely anti-consumer move that's kind of impossible to defend on any ground besides Nintendo wants to make that skrilla and if you want to own Bowser's Fury you gotta give Wario his coins. If they had released a standalone version, anyone who would rather borrow it can still do so, and the mooch market would be unperturbed. More options is never a bad thing.

Last edited by JWeinCom - on 14 September 2022