Wasn't it his job then to make it happen? .. He had like a 7 year headstart and couldn't close a deal?

NOA has no power to do sh*t. Reggie said he wanted Media Molecule (the LittleBigPlanet guys) but that slipped through their fingers too. Iwata and his Japanese board don't allow NOA to have any real authority to do anything anymore. That's just how it is and how its been for the last 9 years or so.

Why would Wii U want an old port? Isn't this next gen?

WE NEED NEW GAMES GODDAMMIT!

Tim made the right decision. It would do much better on playstation consoles than Nintendo.

This isn't just any old port, old sport.

But but but VGC told me every remaster is bad and that developers should put their efforts into making new games instead of realeasing already made games.

Lazy moneygrabbing developers.

lol I know, it's kinda sad.

Games have been getting remakes since their inception. Other mediums get a LOT more remasters than games do. Why weren't people up in their arms when all those movies were getting remastered for BluRay? Weren't they already on DVD? And what was the point of rerelasing music on CD when it was already previously released on vinyl? 

the 10 years between them? No freaking trailers saying: "it came on last gen but this is actually the one you should have been playing.. YOU LOSER" ( alright the last part I added to it but seriously.. watch the new Metro Redux trailer)

I'm pretty sure they did say this, or at least implied it.

Welcome to technology where every new iteration is better and makes the old one obsolete.

Grandparents have been complaining about this for centuries. But now it's apparently reached the hipster generation of gamers.

Not a clear analogy, I know. The Metro Redux trailer though, dat "high end PC experience" lol. I wonder what the reaction would be if Sony or Microsoft used that for the promotional campaign. Reminds me of "console gaming on the go".