1) I do think sales numbers are a factor on whether or not a remake will eventually turn into a brand new entry.

2) I hope Nintendo takes into account the fact that Super Mario 3D All Stars is a much better value than Link's Awakening Remake when both are sold at $60.  I'd really like to see the first 3 Zelda's get the same remake treatment and I believe there is significant demand for this or something similar.

"Young people today don't have the opportunity to play games from 10 years ago..." - uhm, yeah, they do...especially when it comes to Nintendo games...wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

That said, he 's not wrong - if remake is done properly (meaning respecting original vision), game from quite a while ago will not only get modern visuals, but some of the QoL enhancements and gameplay tweaks that original might've needed, which can make remake enticing for both old fans and newcomers, with potential to bring new entries into franchise down the line.

Mario 3d all stars isnt even a remake. Its a cut and paste on a switch cart. I dont want nintendo taking anything into account when it comes to that game

And if a new game is announced in a year or two, we will this new Star Fox game that is mostly a level pack, and we can thank the Mario Galaxy movie and this third remake of SF64 for its existence.

Just so everyone knows, a new Star Fox game that is mostly a level pack is exactly what I've been wanting for 30 years. Throw in some new ideas like new vehicles and upgrades, character stats and specials and roguelike elements, and I'll be a happy man. That's basically what Star Fox 2 is when you think about it. Nintendo could pretty much remake that.

I've been wandering when we were going to resume this topic after the game launched.

But this post is to talk about the other cursed IP in Nintendo's fleet, Advance Wars. That poor, poor thing just cannot catch a break.

• Launched in America within a day of Sept. 11, 2001. It's name is Advanced Wars. If you were in America around that time, I don't have to explain the significance of this to you. The game never launched on its own in Japan.
  
  
• AW2 was also not released in Japan. It didn't get any AW until 2004, when the first two games were released on a single cart. I guess that made it worth the wait if you're getting two games for the price of one.
  
  
• AD: Days of Ruin didn't get a Japanese release at all.
  
  
• AW 1+2: Reboot Camp was originally set to release in December 2021. But because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the game got delayed indefinitely. It finally eventually got a quiet release with practically no marketing on April 21, 2023. Another Nintendo game happened to be launching just a few short weeks away; you may of heard of Tears of the Kingdom...

I remember going into Wal-Mart and buying Reboot Camp. The Wal-Mart employee was blown away that I was getting it instead of TotK like everyone else, and congratulated me on being so Bohemian, lol.

I guess Metroid samus returns led to dread.

Hey, just look at also other projects coming from Sakamoto's Metroid 2 and Famicom Detective Club remakes that eventually lead to new games in these franchises.

Honestly, the strategy is sound, especially when it comes to their more lesser franchises nowadays.
I'm still game for some more if they have interesting choices to remake still.

Seems just like an excuse to play it safe and not actually make new games. Granted Nintendo isn't nearly as bad as the rest of the industry when it comes to the endless amount of remakes these days, still though Star Fox being a 64 remake was very disappointing. They could have done a similar amount of work and actually made a new game. Well actually, given that it's a 30 year old game and was a small game even at that time (first game I ever beat the day I got it), a new game would ideally be significantly bigger, but they coulda done the same amount of work and at least had a significant portion of a brand new game completed, instead it's just a prettied up N64 game.

OoT remake is a bit different at least, cuz obviously the next new 3D zelda is still years away, so OoT remake fills the gap a bit which is especially needed since there is a major lack of AAA first party games on S2 due to clearly poor planning this gen by Nintendo. But it will be interesting to see if OoT remake is like SF in that it's just a prettied up N64 game, or if they are expanding it to a fullscale modern scoped retelling of OoT. I suppose at least the open world Zelda haters are peeing their pants in excitement at this chance to get one last new old-style zelda game even if it's just a remake of a game they've already played.

Anyway, I'm not a fan of remakes, and how much of the industry focuses on remakes these days makes me sad. I miss the days when all new games were actually new games, instead of companies diverting resources to sell the same games again and again. Ports and games available on NSO are great because it lets us play the old games, but remakes literally mean they just remade a game instead of using those resources to make something new, and that's lame.

I’ve owned every Nintendo console and handheld except the Virtual Boy, yet despite all its remakes, I never actually played Star Fox. I finally picked up the new Star Fox for Switch 2 mainly because my kids begged for it after seeing Fox McCloud in the Super Mario Galaxy movie. Honestly, I’m glad they remade it as I never would’ve experienced it otherwise.

The same thing happened to me with Resident Evil 3. Even though I played RE 1, 2, Code Veronica, 4, 5, and 6, I completely missed 3. The PS4 remake was a godsend for catching up on a game I would've never played.