(Can I have points for the title?)
So the mini direct hit today and revealed a lot of ports and DLC (does this mean a longer direct with top tier 1st party games will drop soon?) all coming to the Switch.
Like the Gamecube before it, the Wii U didn't sell very well but still had some great games. Those great Wii U games are quickly running over to the Switch.
Mario Kart 8 and Pokken are already there (and Rayman but meh), now we have Bayonetta 1&2, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze and Hyrule Warriors coming too. All almost within the space of a year.
I imagine that the top tier WiiU games will all be on Switch by 2020. Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Captain Toad, Paper Mario Color Splash, Super Mario 3D World... hell, Pikmin 3 (a damn Wii U launch title) will probably see some Switch life.
Poor Wii U, poor Gamecube, people don't support a console even though they know Nintendo put out quality software and then expect to see the games on the next console because they 'missed' them (and then complain about having too many ports).
I dont want to retread the 'how do you feel about ports' question, ports and re-releases can be a good thing if the games are so old that they're hard to get a hold of.
But expecting ports of great games from a console people actively avoided is something else. Obviously Nintendo needs to make their money back and what better platform is there than a well performing console... but dammit, if people wanted to play the games why didn't they buy the console?
Anyway... despite needing to make money, should Nintendo be pouring so many ports of the Wii U into the Switch?
Do you think the Wii U ports are selling Switch units where they initially failed to sell Wii Us?
(I have a friend now wanting to buy a Switch because of DK and Hyrule Warriors... i could wire up my Wii U and have them play those games right now, but they want to play on Switch...)
What made these games so undesirable on Wii U but so good on Switch? And dont say the handheld freedom because most of the people i know will play them exclusively docked.
So the mini direct hit today and revealed a lot of ports and DLC (does this mean a longer direct with top tier 1st party games will drop soon?) all coming to the Switch.
Like the Gamecube before it, the Wii U didn't sell very well but still had some great games. Those great Wii U games are quickly running over to the Switch.
Mario Kart 8 and Pokken are already there (and Rayman but meh), now we have Bayonetta 1&2, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze and Hyrule Warriors coming too. All almost within the space of a year.
I imagine that the top tier WiiU games will all be on Switch by 2020. Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Captain Toad, Paper Mario Color Splash, Super Mario 3D World... hell, Pikmin 3 (a damn Wii U launch title) will probably see some Switch life.
Poor Wii U, poor Gamecube, people don't support a console even though they know Nintendo put out quality software and then expect to see the games on the next console because they 'missed' them (and then complain about having too many ports).
I dont want to retread the 'how do you feel about ports' question, ports and re-releases can be a good thing if the games are so old that they're hard to get a hold of.
But expecting ports of great games from a console people actively avoided is something else. Obviously Nintendo needs to make their money back and what better platform is there than a well performing console... but dammit, if people wanted to play the games why didn't they buy the console?
Anyway... despite needing to make money, should Nintendo be pouring so many ports of the Wii U into the Switch?
Do you think the Wii U ports are selling Switch units where they initially failed to sell Wii Us?
(I have a friend now wanting to buy a Switch because of DK and Hyrule Warriors... i could wire up my Wii U and have them play those games right now, but they want to play on Switch...)
What made these games so undesirable on Wii U but so good on Switch? And dont say the handheld freedom because most of the people i know will play them exclusively docked.
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