Remasters and ports don't prevent new games, but they can certainly delay them.  The PS3 got its first Uncharted a year after launch, whereas it'll be two and a half years before the PS4 gets one.  In fact, in just five more months after U4's release, the PS3 would have already been receiving its second Uncharted game.

My biggest problem is having remasters/ports being in abundance at or around launch at the expense of new games that may have otherwise debuted with the system.  New games on a new console give it its own identity and help define it.  Ports and remasters certainly aren't bad per se, but they should be a distant second to the deliverance of new experiences, not the other way around.

Makes sense. This is now one of Nintendo's most important franchises, especially on the console side it's their first break out hit since like Wii Fit in 2008, which is a damn long drought and it's going to be one of the biggest IP in Japan.

I don't think there was any doubt it was coming to NX early, Nintendo was not going to wait until 2017 or 2018 to do the Splatoon 2 thing.

Too many people never got to play this game anyway because it was locked away on the Wii U which most people did not own.

Splatoon, Smash, Zelda, and I think Mario Maker will be rebooted quickly to the NX.

It's fine, as long as Splatoon 2 will come out

Yes they did.

The difference is that none of them had their core fanbase on a failng console that was being cut short in favor of a newer one. If Nintendo want's to incentivise these people (the ones most likely to act as ambassadors for the first wave of NX success) it has to appease that customer base, instead of screwing them over for supporting WiiU.

They need to give out something like upgrade packs for People jumping on NX, so that they don't have to rebuy the whole game again.

teigaga said:

I think the hope that they will actually be a ton of NX users who never owned a Wii U. 

Of course it is, and it's not a bad strategy, per se. The problem is that the people most likely to jump on a new Nintendo console are on the WiiU already with an overwhelming majority. Nintendo needs these people to be happy with the NX and spread positive word of mouth.  If NX were backwards compatible (at least artificially) and was just getting a vanilla port of these games, I wouldn't complain, but these ports getting exclusive content clearly encourages double dipping for WiiU owners.

Sure it does. It also needs to appease it's most loyal fans, because they are the ones who are going to act as ambassadors for the new console. So they need to give them an incentive to make the jump.

haha you say that yet plenty of studios end up delaying games for YEARS, regardless of which individual studio. Look at things like the recent Final Fantasy game (albeit a big game). look at smaller studios with things like Mighty Number 9

some games do take quite a bit of development. And Nintendo is not the type to rush a sequel to meet a certain deadline. They're going to be careful with Splatoon since its done so well and make sure the next game in the series adds a lot of things and improves further

anyone surprised that there are going to be plenty of ports hasn't been paying attention in the past, EVERY single console (regardless of manufacturer) ports games from the last gen. Its just a way to make the library available to consumers bigger, faster

Wouldn't be surprised. The creative team behind this game is probably the Splatoon team now. Gamers saw Splatoon as a sign that Nintendo doesn't need to rely on its existing IPs. Nintendo saw it as another IP they can use for years.

If this version have 1080p/60fps and a lot more contents as well as using the advantage of NX then sure, why not? Hope they will bring more new ips like this

Well, there kinda has to be big demand for the console. Ninten needs the NX to sell after the failure of the Wii U.

And like I said, it gives people who passed on a Wii U a chance to play them. I've read from time to time of people who were interested in Ninten's games, but didn't want to buy a Wii U. If Ninten does it right with the NX, and it has some of those games, it's good for them. It worked for the PS4 and XB1.

You can doubt all you want lmao but you're wrong, and worse you're trying to cover it up.

If you read that post and got "because I said so" out of it, and then went on to say that me supporting my point with relevant information isn't relevant just because you weren't perceptive enough to bring it up first, then there's really nothing else to say. I explained myself thoroughly and backed everything I said with clear examples and fact that's easy to follow. This isn't rocket science. if you lack the basic ability to understand how one thing leads to another when presented with clear and easy-to-understand examples, then you're beyond help.

Just like how we can't know whether or not the resources from porting would be useful elsewhere, there's no way for me to truely know you aren't just saying you were sarcastic to cover face.

Uh nope, you never explained how you somehow know that the port resources can't be useful at all anywhere else.