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Forums - Nintendo - I'm torn on whether to go for enhanced WiiU ports on Switch

Louie on 09 March 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Louie said:

Hell yeah. A friend of mine played more than 10 hours per day during the weekend. Whenever I turn on my Switch he's online lol. It's crazy. 

LOL Yep. If you are a gamer with gamer friends theres always those hardcore fans. I have a friend who is always on destiny at night. Thats all she plays. LOL Well...until Mass Effect drops. One thing I love about Nintendo switch is whatever device youre using, it can be used in a social setting while youre talking to your friends. I wouldve cracked up if I was you seeing your friend playing the game for hours. My Co worker got the game and literally brings the switch to work. He easily gets in three hours after work and im not sure how much he gets before then when its docked.

Haha my friend does that, too! He texted me earlier and said he played Snipperclips with a co-worker and played Zelda when he had nothing to do at work. And don't get me started on my friends who play DOTA - 3,000 hours into that game a friend told me she's still considered a noob. 



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superchunk on 09 March 2017

I feel like people are not reading all the content I mentioned that was added to MK8D. That game really should be an obvious buy unless you are just not interested in karting.



S.T.A.G.E. on 10 March 2017
irstupid said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

If there isnt anything else, then id say nintendo Finessed a lot of people. This is Capcom level right here. Wiii U gamers deserve better.

How is this any different than the hundreds of other HD remasters out there from every company.

Its not. Capcom is notorious for selling updated versions of games with extra dlc that never existed beforehand. Nintendo will get the pass though because its Nintendo.



S.T.A.G.E. on 10 March 2017
superchunk said:
I feel like people are not reading all the content I mentioned that was added to MK8D. That game really should be an obvious buy unless you are just not interested in karting.

Nintendo should really give that dlc away to Wii U owners. As I told someone else, they essentially sold them an unfinished product before porting this game and zelda over to the switch.Of course, Im getting it on the switch, but then again, I dont have a Wii U. Fair is fair.



S.T.A.G.E. on 10 March 2017
Louie said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

LOL Yep. If you are a gamer with gamer friends theres always those hardcore fans. I have a friend who is always on destiny at night. Thats all she plays. LOL Well...until Mass Effect drops. One thing I love about Nintendo switch is whatever device youre using, it can be used in a social setting while youre talking to your friends. I wouldve cracked up if I was you seeing your friend playing the game for hours. My Co worker got the game and literally brings the switch to work. He easily gets in three hours after work and im not sure how much he gets before then when its docked.

Haha my friend does that, too! He texted me earlier and said he played Snipperclips with a co-worker and played Zelda when he had nothing to do at work. And don't get me started on my friends who play DOTA - 3,000 hours into that game a friend told me she's still considered a noob. 

LOL I have a friend who played DOTA for a while, but 3000 hours is insane. I wouldnt doubt the racked up hours on his account though. I could see myself exploring the hell out of Zelda, like I did with the Witcher. What sucks is there are no achievements for the true completionists much like the Witcher though.



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Rogerioandrade on 10 March 2017

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a must-buy. Countless hours of fun with online multiplayer and you can play local with another person with no need of a second controller

As for the others (Rayman Legends, Lego City, Fast RMX) I think they´re just worthy if you have not played them on WiiU



superchunk on 10 March 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
superchunk said:
I feel like people are not reading all the content I mentioned that was added to MK8D. That game really should be an obvious buy unless you are just not interested in karting.

Nintendo should really give that dlc away to Wii U owners. As I told someone else, they essentially sold them an unfinished product before porting this game and zelda over to the switch.Of course, Im getting it on the switch, but then again, I dont have a Wii U. Fair is fair.

No, no they didn't. MK8 is an amazing kart game, probably the best in the series. It is not unfinished. All of this is a lot of NEW content to be had all wrapped up in a new retail box.



irstupid on 10 March 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
irstupid said:

How is this any different than the hundreds of other HD remasters out there from every company.

Its not. Capcom is notorious for selling updated versions of games with extra dlc that never existed beforehand. Nintendo will get the pass though because its Nintendo.

I'm saying all companies do it, not just Capcom. Or do you not recal say The Last of Us released like a year after it released on PS3, on teh PS4.

S.T.A.G.E. said:
superchunk said:
I feel like people are not reading all the content I mentioned that was added to MK8D. That game really should be an obvious buy unless you are just not interested in karting.

Nintendo should really give that dlc away to Wii U owners. As I told someone else, they essentially sold them an unfinished product before porting this game and zelda over to the switch.Of course, Im getting it on the switch, but then again, I dont have a Wii U. Fair is fair.

Um, that is just flat out false. Mario Kart 8 was a complete game upon release, and then the DLC for it is probably the best DLC for a game ever released in terms of content/price, with Witcher 3 being about the only competition for that.

Wii U owners did not get ripped on in the slightest.



superchunk on 10 March 2017
Bandorr said:
superchunk said:
I feel like people are not reading all the content I mentioned that was added to MK8D. That game really should be an obvious buy unless you are just not interested in karting.

I've read it. Highly unimpressed.

I've already have that DLC. Feels like I've had it for years.

I have no interest in battle mode. Which removes that, and the item exclusive to that.

The characters as fun as they are - are just cosmetic. The same as the vehicles.

I'm not paying $60 for it (plus a controller, plus the switch etc) for a mode I won't play, and cosmetic changes.

No new tracks = No buy.

I don't think I or the OP suggested that you'd buy a Switch for these games. The premise is that you have a switch regardless of these games and is it worth $60 to buy MK8D (or related prices to other games).

For your scenario, I did point out that these are value based and of course subjective to each.

For me, I think most customers of the Mario Kart series see high value in quality battle mode and I doubt an exceedingly high % of MK8 owners have bought most or all (maybe any) of the previous DLC. Total generalizations without data to back them up. But, with those assumptions, the value proposition is very good for MK8D. Which, honestly, is the reason any company re-releases a 'deluxe', 'hd', or 'goty' edition of a game at full price.

Out of all the the re-releases we're seeing on Switch, it seems like MK8D is by far the most likely to be re-bought by previous game owners. There really is a good amount of new content plus much that may have been missed by that buyer.



QuestForTires on 10 March 2017
fleischr said:

I'm torn on whether to go for enhanced WiiU ports on Switch, especially for WiiU games I already played to various amounts.

I'm frustrated by review/previews because they haven't made it clear how serious previous owners should take these games.

Mario Kart 8 - still play it a lot on WiiU, and because of that - I'll pick it up at some point. Hopefully for less than $40 though. But maybe I owe Nintendo something because they gave me Pikmin 3 for free when I first bought MK8 on WiiU. I fear MK8 WiiU online quickly goes extinct with the Switch version.

FAST RMX - I liked Fast Racing Neo. I liked it enough to pay another $5 for DLC. Not sure if for $20 there's enough improvements over FRN+DLC to go for RMX. But maybe I'm wrong? I'm just not sure

Shovel Knight - I own a physical copy on WiiU, but.... I haven't bothered to play much more than an hour or two of the game. Thought about selling it to upgrade versions. But I guess I could just ... beat the game on WiiU.

Lego City - I resisted buying this on WiiU when it finally came to selects. But it's weird to wait for months, years for a $60 to become a $20 - only to buy it close to $60 even as an enhanced version....

Shovel Knight is much more than an upgrade.  Shovel Knight:  Treasure Trove consists of 4 different campaigns (Shovel Knight, Shovel of Hope, Plague of Shadows, and Specter of Torment.  So, for me, it's more than worth it.

Lego City is adding co-op to the Switch version.  The Wii U version is good enough for me in that regard.