Also, even if they do port several Wii U titles, people who didn't have a Wii U had to wait years to play these games. It's the exact same thing as if Switch was launching with backwards compatibility like Wii and WIi U had. So I really don't see the argument at all that ports are a slap in the face to Wii U owners. We got to play these games when they were meant to be played, not years down the road.

So Nintendo also screwed GC owners because they port some GC games to Wii, or Sony screwed PS3 owners because they port some PS3 games to PS4!?

So basically you saying you would enjoy more in Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Splatoon, Zelda, if Nintendo didn't port them at the end at Switch and to stay only on WiiU!? Thats crazy.

I think the droughts is the bigger slap to the face than the remasters getting to Switch. The sad part to me though is that Wii U could easily still get Switch games. Switch is barely more powerful than a Wii U. It shouldn't be that hard to make Switch games work on the U.

And what if Switch games will be released for WiiU?

Then I'd be delighted. And I think most Wii U owners would be too. Even if digital, it would extend the life of the console another 3 years.

I just thought its a possibility. It seems technically Switch won't be far fron WiiU. And I don't need taking Zelda out of my home, so WiiU version will be more then enough. Same with MK8/Smash. If new Nintendo games will technically be possible on WiiU (I don't see why not) then releasing WiiU versions AND Switch versions of new games could be a nice way to put more life into WiiU. 

But with the current producion plans it just seems to me the Zelda BOW will be the last game to release on WiiU, sadly (((

I don't really see it this way. I bought a Wii U on the cheap 12 months after launch knowing full well the system was likely going to remain a niche product for most of its life. Across the three years I've had one I've bought 26 retail games (most of them exclusive), 10 Virtual Console games and 14 indie games, plus several DLC packs for several games. I've had hundreds of hours of multiplayer fun, hundreds of hours with some great single player games (though not as many lengthy, ambitious games as I would like), fantastic platform games (one of my favourite genres), and a number of surprise gems I never saw coming when I bought the system, things like Splatoon, Captain Toad, Hyrule Warriors, Affordable Space Adventures, Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

Would I be annoyed if Splatoon, Kart 8, Smash were remastered for Switch? No. Three of the best Nintendo titles of recent years have been confined to an unsuccessful platform. They've sold brilliantly considering, but the more people that get to play those games, and the more life those games get, the better.

Do I feel betrayed by Nintendo? No. Maybe I'd feel differently had I bought a Wii U at launch, but the simple truth is--and it's something some people on these boards have struggled to accept--it does not make sense for a platform holder to continually throw money at a non-viable platform. Nintendo said in 2014 (I think) that Wii U needed to sell 5 million units a year, at least, to be a viable platform, and if it didn't achieve that threshold, they would have to move on. On top of that, the longer Nintendo burnt cash trying to turn Wii U around, the smaller the chances of Switch succeeding. Nintendo have finite resources, and personally, because I want them to remain a platform holder, I think it's a better use of their time and resources to push Switch strongly from day one than it is for them to keep throwing money at a system that has already failed.

Switch's architecture is a clean break from Wii U. Having to develop the same game for two different architectures removes the point of Nintendo combining their handheld and home console development teams into one structure, so I don't see further Wii U support coming. Maybe, at most, DLC content for Kart/Smash etc if there's extra content in remastered versions of those Wii U titles, but like I said, continued Wii U support just recreates a resource problem Nintendo are trying to eliminate. Porting major Wii U titles to Switch in the run up to launch gives Nintendo easy first year software, and with the exception of Zelda, it's a case of porting software that's already paid for itself. And, if you have Wii U versions of Switch titles, it's less incentive for the core base to move over onto Switch. Whatever way you cut it continued Wii U support no longer makes business sense for Nintendo.

On top of that, it's abundantly clear Nintendo are done with Wii U. 6 months left in their financial year--including the festive sales season--and they're only shipping 240k Wii U's. My bet is an April announcement (end of FY briefing) that Wii U has been discontinued and no further stock will be shipped.

Yeah I know what you mean, if it wasn't for MK8 I'd never have bothered to buy a WiiU. Now it looks like it's coming to the Switch.... why does the WiiU even exist?

It's just getting a more and more irrelevant system. Who's going to go back and play or emulate the WiiU when potentially Mario Kart, Splatoon and Smash Bros are all going to be ported to the Switch?

Mario Maker, Yoshi's Wooly World... The WiiU is losing it's relevance in gaming history.

I'm so damn upset! Not sure if I will ever recover from this.