But NSO isn't guaranteed to last forever, and there are obviously more than graphical improvements that would be made with Super Mario RPG-esque remakes of the DKC trilogy and first two Star Fox games (Star Fox 64 is more the third game now that Star Fox 2 is uncancelled). Besides, they could very likely help rejuvenate their respective franchises like F-Zero 99 has.

Donkey Kong Country Tropical freeze was the last decent Donkey Kong... It released almost 10 years ago and was ironically also the last game released by Retro Studios, who may end up going through an entire console generation without a single game release.

And StarFox Zero basically bombed.

Star Fox Zero failed because of the forced motion controls and awkward implementation of the Wii U gamepad.

I truly never understood this stance. This 'don't give us remakes, give us new games' attitude. Like, you know it's not a matter of only getting one OR the other, right? and many remakes, remasters, or ports cost significantly less and take considerably less time than a whole new game. something like MArio RPG has far lower dev costs and resource usage than something like Final Fantasy VII Remake. 

You don't have to sacrifice one to get another, you can have both. And often times a remake is a gauge to check interest on the IP/game to see if more are required or if there's interest. 

Especially when it's clear many of us are enthralled with this remake and are ecstatic to see how the game was appropriately upgraded and improved from its already stellar original form. 

I just genuinely think the 'stop giving us remakes, give us exclusively new content' argument is bad and has been bad since day one and will continue to be bad for as long as the medium exists. 

Talk about a gaming session !

I managed in one sitting to actually finish from Land's End to the end of the game + Beating the post game bosses and the Super Boss as well.

Phew ! Grand life to RPG that are around 20 hours long !

Overall, it was a good experience. You can easily understand the fondness most people who played the original had back then. Still I think this game has been surpassed by its contemporaries since water flew under the bridge.

A sincerely good 8/10 !

My nearly 9.5 year-old Wii U is not powering up and the light is off. I'm going to have to contact some of my family members who have a Wii U it seems and borrow an AC adapter. I hope that's all it is, because buying an AC adapter is easier than replacing batteries or going under the hood.

Gotta play my Xenoblade Chronicles X somehow. It's basically why I have it connected still 

It doesn't help the WiiU as a platform bombed as well.

But yes, the main issue is with the gamepad and how it was forced in an unintuitive way.

I think I got to the 3rd level and just shelved the game in the hopes of a patch or update which would make it more "conventional". - Or a Switch port which would resolve all those problems... But alas. Nothing.

PlatinumGames who made the title are generally solid developers, sadly they didn't support the title.

Yup, X is one of the top reasons people hang onto a Wii U. 

I think X Definitive Edition (or at least a generic port with changed controls) is all but guaranteed but will wait for NG/Switch 2. Xenoblade games run with clear compromises on Switch, and X should really wait for a more powerful system at this point. X was ambitious for its time for a Nintendo title in terms of scope and file size. 

I played X for about an hour and a half when I got it on clearance 5 years ago. I don't think I'll ever want to play much more because it's grindy and there's no casual mode. I've read it's harder than Xenoblade Chronicles, which is one of the toughest games (for me) I beat the main quest on (no casual difficulty selection on Wii). 

Thankfully, trying the Ac adapter a few more times seems to have fixed the Wii U for now. 

They absolutely made Super Mario RPG easier.

I just finished fighting Jynx in all 3 rounds in one go - didnt even struggle against the third fight which I really struggled on the SNES version.


Anyways, 10 hours in and loving the game so much.