i dont understand this reasoning, Master Chief Collection didnt prevent Halo 5 from being in development, Nathan Drake Collection didnt prevent Uncharted 4 from being developed & Twilight Princess HD isnt stopping Zelda U from being developed.

An updated port of Splatoon to NX does not necessarily mean that a Splatoon 2 or new Animal Crossing isnt also being worked on.

I suppose it would be better to have Splatoon 2 be ready instead, but if a 2 will come in due time, then I don't really mind an NX port. Gives those who passed the Wii U a chance to play it.

You know, this wouldn't surprise me. Like some people noted, the team behind Splatoon is probably busy developing the first HD Animal Crossing for NX (and probably a party title as well), so they might order an outside dev to just remaster Splatoon. And I'm sure this is a good move, especially if it's a launch title. I'm sure it'll bring more players (kids that like online shooters). In my eyes, Nintendo might try to bring as many different publics as possible, so they might release the thing with Zelda, a big casual title, a strong niche game (like Pikmin) and some ports like Splatoon. Maybe even a 3D Mario... who knows? We shall see.

This is probably going to blow your mind, but making a new game actually takes a lot more time than making an enhanced port.

They'd porting Splatoon because they're not going to be able to make a sequel in a timely manner. No use delaying it.

I don't think it'll be an issue. Naughty Dog ported TLoU and the Uncharted Collection. I think the situation is that they are porting Splatoon because they can't get a new game out quickly enough.

Like I said, I'm guessing the 4 games that Emily has heard about are Zelda, Smash, Splatoon, and Mario Kart 8/Pokken. I still say the NX will have digital BC, and these are the games that make sense porting under those circumstances. Three of them are games that are platforms, so the ports justify themselves by having NX exclusive content and benefits. Zelda is there to show off the added functionality of NX like more power on the console and portability on the handheld.

Especially if I'm right that Wii U BC will be exclusive to the console because the handheld won't be able to handle them, this makes total sense. The benefit of the port, then, would be to be able to play the game on both devices. The reason the handheld won't be able Wii U games isn't because it'll be too weak to handle the games, but to handle the emulation and lack of optimization.

With ports, the games will be designed for the NX with a version to be playable on the handheld, which would be the reason it would make sense.

That didn't blow my mind, so you're wrong as usual.

They could instead spend the resources for the port on making a new game or one already in development better. Pretty much anything else would be better than just selling the same barely a year old game to us a second time, but yes that's just my opinion. Overall it's fine as long the NX has plenty more ground up titles to go along with the ports. 

Look at GTAV sales and tell me what company wouldn't want a piece if that action. Nature of the beast these days. 

Plus nintendos needs to get these games out to the poeple who haven't played them ans won't get a wii u. 

The sarcasm flew right over your head, unsuprisingly.

You're not understanding. Those resources wouldn't be making a significant impact on anything that would be worth missing the opportunity to add a game to their library. These decisions are made because the resources are not more useful elseware. If a Splatoon port is coming, it's because there is nothing they can get out around that time that fills that roll. You're getting a Splatoon port because those resources wouldn't be for anything better.

Games don't release when they're done - they release when they will sell the best. If the Splatoon port resources could have been used to, for example, get Zelda out six months early, it literally wouldn't matter because it's probably releasing in November anyway because that's the best time to launch a game like that. It would be a waste of those resources to bloat the team of another game to get them ahead of schedule instead of porting an old game. The reasons these decisions are made are far more complex then you or anyone else here is making them out to be.

Nah, I doubt you were being sarcastic.

Ah yes, "because I say so!" logic, classic spemanig.

Your third paragraph is irrelevant for I never said anything about when games release.