Been saying they should port this smash rather than try to top it... It's an excellent game stuck on a low sales console, it would free up resources to dedicate elsewhere, help bolster the initial NX library for those who didn't have the wii u (I.e. People nintendo ought to be targeting), and it seems unlikely they could produce another installment until late in the NX's life anyway.

If I had to pick five games that should get remasters/ports, they'd be Mario Maker (too much stuff left to add), Smash (the roster would go to waste), Zelda U, Xenoblade X (if only to add dual audio) and Splatoon (depending on how long they plan on waiting before Splatoon 2).  I'd add Mario Kart but I figure the development cycle for the series is short enough and there's so much that they could add to the next iteration that they'd just go straight to 9.

Maybe it'll be like Smash All-Stars

Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4 on one disc/cart, all graphics redone. That would be a fairly big deal and bigger than just a "remaster".

People that buy Smash on NX will get all DLC free while people who bought the Wii U or 3DS versions have to double dip or buy all the DLC.

Although I agree S4 is more likely I disagree on it not being a seller to the Melee crowd because if they remastered it and gave it proper online like S4 and not the piss poor GC online that never worked it would fly of the shelves as the community would be given a massive boost to the point it could always be around (at least until a Smash game that utilizes similar approaches turns up), the online alone would make it easier for that community to practice as you won't need good players locally to do it and it makes it easier for that community to grow because Melee copies now are tricky to get.

Even just porting it with out remastering and adding a working online element would bring a significant number of players over, the only issue would be that of balance as the EU version was patched and was the latest build but the NA version is what's mostly played because NA is Melee's main scene, such a rerelease would obviously have to only opt for one which would likely be the EU build.

1. Why not?

2. Yes, it tells something, that nintendo starts working on smash as soon as a new console is in the works or close to release. The time difference between melee and brawl/ brawl and smash 4 has a pretty obvious reason: as a launch title for GC, of course it would take long untill a new console. Brawl released in 2008 and wii took another 4 years to be replaced. Nothing to do with nintendo waiting x years to make a new smash, just x years untill a new console.

3. A port makes no sense regardless of the situation but 2017 seems like the most we have to wait for a new smash. Nintendo can just rerelease the Wii U game with all the dlc for more wii u/ wii u's succesor owners to buy

"Tiny userbase", very funny even if we just count the wii u version. Did nintendo port all of their GC games to wii because of GC's "tiny userbase"? And on wii u successor, any wii u port would be even more redundant than the imaginary case above (all GC games ported to wii).

Personally im optimisticly hoping for Smash 5 to come out in 2019, 20 year anniversary and all

I really dont see problem here, Wii U/3DS owner get what they paid and NX owners will get what they will pay.

All these rumors are making me intrigued! Cant wait for the reveal =)