Nearly every great Wii U game has come (or is coming) to Switch

It seems the disastrous Wii U had a silver lining, in that it has helped Nintendo buoy the Nintendo Switch’s catalog — particularly in these early years — with ports of games that very few people played the first time around.

[GrizToof]

This was highly expected

[anonymousfan]

My favorite Wii U game has yet to be ported... I really loved Mario 3D World. Even if Odyssey is a superior game the local/couch coop in 3D World was loads of fun with family.

[battlegrog]

and that games a remake of mario 3d land on the 3ds right ? I assume nintendo plans on bringing all these hits to the switch over time.As in a few years u will get switch 2 with the same hardware so games follow over

[CosmicTurtle]

It’s not a remake. An entirely original game. Very little common ground,

[mikeslemonade]

Nice I didn’t know Luigi U was in the Mario U Switch.

[ZiggyZeg]

I don't think every game should be ported over, cause it makes it feel like wii u owners just wasted their time on it. 3d world should especially not be ported, cause that was one of the best games on the system. If they keep porting more games, the wii u looses value.

[SegaSaturn669]

I like 3D world way more than Odyssey. The soundtrack was so good. My fave mario game of all time.

[NecrumOddBoy]

I heard it was just okay but I would like Paper Mario on Switch since I missed out.

[indysurfn]

Don't get me wrong I like all those WII U games coming over to SWITCH. But I really LIKE....nah LOVE! RPG's. What I REALLY want to come over to SWITCH are those RPG's especially Braverly games...and Golden Sun games!!! I'd buy day one, and maybe the premium edition of those games!

[Kaedro]

Totally agree with you. The co-op in this game was awesome!

[IanTH]

It was, but I'll be honest, I didn't expect it to be as thorough as it has become. As a Wii U owner, it has kind of negatively impacted my personal value of my switch. Plenty of owners of the Switch who never had a Wii U are getting those great games, but those games are basically of zero value to me. They are spending time and effort on those ports; less, admittedly, than a new game, but it must cut down on original content creation in some fashion.

It then, retroactively, removes some of the value of my Wii U as someone who holds on to old systems to play games that can't be played on newer hardware. I don't mind the occasional port or remaster, but really, at this point, nothing is left to port.

So I'm stuck with the handful of games that aren't ports and aren't multiplats I can't play on all my other platforms. Maybe now that they've run out of ports, they can focus that energy on more original content. Also, where are the devs from the 3DS? Get them on some smaller games - consoles could use having a handful of solid, smaller scope games for $40 again.

Haven't fired up my Switch in a -long- time :-(

[septemberindecember]

Mario Odyssey, Kirby Star Allies, Yoshi's Crafted World, Smash Ultimate, Astral Chain, Links Awakening, Daemon Ex Machina, Mario Tennis Aces, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Party, Super Mario Maker 2, Mario + Rabbids, Arms, Xenoblade 2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3

There are a lot of games you can't get anywhere else.

[IanTH]

@september

I hear you, but out of your list the only games I don't own that I'm interested in are Astral Chain, Fire Emblem Three Houses and maybe Super Mario Maker 2.

{I've now realized I've written way too much. But here it is anyway, please feel free to skim or ignore as it pleases you lol.}

I was very hopeful at launch. I grabbed Mario Odyssey and Mario+Rabbids and enjoyed them quite a lot. Even though Smash & Pokemon are big hitters for them, I've never cared for them but previous consoles still were worthwhile in what they offered outside that. Yoshi's Crafted World feels like a smaller side-diversion game that should cost $30-40. I cannot wrap my head around how that's $60, and Nintendo games basically never go on sale.

I mean, I loved XBC on Wii, XBCX on Wii U was solid as well. From all the reviews & videos of XB2 I felt less sure and would like to pick it up on sale, but nearly 2 years after release that thing is still $60! That's crazy. Link's Awakening, another port of an older game, holds no interest to me. Super Mario Party, Daemon, MUA3...all very middling games critically, and seem to match up to what I'd expect after having seen what I've seen of them.

Mario Tennis Aces or Daemon might be fun to try on a whim if you could grab in on sale down the line but, again, they simply don't go on sale. Maybe you could hit a sale for $20 off if you are lucky 1+ years later, but other platforms offer me games at much steeper discounts (and *way* sooner) and it makes it very hard to justify spending $40-60 on one of these 2 year old Switch games when I could get 2-4 other excellent games for the same money.

I'm sure I'll enjoy a few more Switch games before all is said and done, but I don't see much changing during the lifetime of the Switch to make me feel the hardware - as a secondary machine - was a good investment, nor that their next console will be for me either. Bottom line, it has become clear to me that Nintendo and I just aren't a fit anymore. Hey, it happens. It sucks, but it happens. We had some good times, Nintendo.

[Concertoine]

If you're interested in FE Three Houses and Astral Chain you should check em out. My switch was dormant for
a long time until those games, which are among the best ive played this year.

[Neonridr]

I mean the three games you just listed will give you hours upon hours of enjoyment there. So you not turning on your Switch in a long time is more or less your own personal decision. I would challenge anyone who says they can't find compelling software on the Switch, Wii U ports or not.

[iplay1up2]

Why not? Astrial Chain, Links Awakening, The SNES app just launched with 20 mostly FANTASTIC GAMES, like A Link To the Past, Mario World, Super Metroid, Mario Kart, and a ton more, Dragon Quest 11, Ori and the Blind Forest, and I am really looking forward to Luigi's Mansion 3 next month! I loved my Wii U, but there are a ton of great games on Switch out recently you don't have on Wii U.

[anonymousfan]

I think the Wii U is an amazing console especially if you keep/collecting older games. With a little bit of tinkering you can play 3 generations of nintendo games on it including Gamecube and Wii!! That covers over 15 years!!!

[septemberindecember]

@instantstupor

A couple of things,

If you loved XBC on Wii and XBCX on Wii U, why don't you think you'd love XBC2 on Switch? Especially the Torna Expansion with it. That's literally hours upon hours of gameplay you got there. Also, Links Awakening isn't a port at all...

Regardless, if there is software for the system that you think looks interesting but you aren't buying it then that's solely on you. As far as deals go, try shopping at Best Buy in the US or Walmart. Walmart sells just about all new Switch games for $10 off, and Best Buy regularly has sales for games. Best Buy has Yoshi's Crafted World, Pokemon Let's Go, Kirby Star Allies, Arms, Mario Tennis Aces, and Octopath Traveler for at least $10 off.

[generic-user-name]

Where are the cries for backwards compatibility?

[iplay1up2]

How can you possibly have backwards compatibility one uses SD cards and the other Disks!?!

[Z501]

And "too many remasters"

[badz149]

@iplay1up2

they can always use account verification and let players download Wii U games they already bought. ah...yes...I forgot Nintendo tied your Wii U purchase to your console, not your account.

and it's only bad if Sony does it. Nintendo doing it is forgiven!

[darthv72]

They are nowhere because it can't happen. Two different physical mediums. Digital games is a different story though.

[jznrpg]

Makes sense. The graphics capabilities are not far apart and they didn’t sell as many copies of the WiiU games as they would have liked too.

[RGB]

Port machine.

[Cmv38]

Before the switch existed, they complained about remasters and ports they didn't get...now that tune switched. Sad.

[DaleCooper]

I'm OK with this.

[Kabaneri]

Portability machine.

[iplay1up2]

Yeah right. It is pretty much shown Switch has a ton of first party content not available on Wii U. I repurchased some games for my Switch one to be able to play games like BOTW on the go, and two because some of the Switch ports had upgrades, including resolution.

[RGB]

People were slamming the PS4 for having a handful of PS3 1st party ports and a couple dozen 3rd party ports in the 1st couple of years (minimum or no noticeable upgrades), yet Switch has practically lived off WiiU hand-me-downs for 2 and a half years, dating back to 2010 or WiiU projects delayed so much they became Switch games; Zelda BOTW.

And even some of the "sequels" have been heavy ported WiiU games with some content added, Splatoon 2 and Super Mario Maker 2. 8 so far WiiU 1st party ports, none of which had anything massive besides resolution and a few twiks, now 3DS ports coming.

Funny how it's only okay when Nintendo does it...
Goalposts move a bit, don't they?

[Shiken]

Every console is a port machine. Every game is developed on a PC via dev kit and ported to the console. 🤯

[meganick]

I would love for Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD to be ported together in one bundle. A remaster of the Mario Galaxy games with optional non motion controls would be great also.

[NerdBurglars]

this is the one i find most surprising. these would sell well and the work has been done to port them already.

[IMissJimRyan]

A nice way to sell the same game to the same people twice.

[2pacalypsenow]

At full price.

[generic-user-name]

I'm pretty sure there is a port of a Wii U game on the Switch that costs a full $10 more than it did on Wii U, can't remember which one though.

[Good-Smurf]

Remember Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

[septemberindecember]

Or to new people that haven't ever played the game

[GameBoyColor]

Same people? Only 14mil bought wiiu lmao

[IMissJimRyan]

And those people bought a switch and the same games again.

Thats what i said.

[GameBoyColor]

Aight go ahead and just ignore the other 20mil that havent played any of the wiiu games then lol.

[PlayableGamez-]

I need that Windwaker HD on the Switch.

[bluefox755]

Not a very long list.

[Amplitude]

Wonderful 101 and Mario 3D World tho :c

I really wanna replay 3D World aha one of my fav WiiU games and my WiiU died in a flood

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Need that hot fiya Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and the Galaxy series.

Is it too much to ask for the Metroid Prime Trilogy?

[Asuka]

Still waiting for Xenoblade X

[mezati99]

WHERE IS XENOBLADE X FFS?!!!!

[autobotdan]

Still need Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Ninja Gaiden 3 Razors Edge, Splintercell Blacklist

[PhoenixUp]

Why not also remaster more GameCube and Wii games for Switch

[Wotbot]

Makes sense but personally I just purchased a Wii U, you can pick them up cheap and the games are like £10 each for most of the good ones, a great console as well that was released at the wrong time.

[1-pwnsause-1]

would like to see star fox zero get ported to the switch...without the motion controls of course....

[WickedLester]

I still want Pikmin 3, Windwaker HD, and Super Mario 3D World.

[Emartini1222]

If we get a 3d world port it would be really nice if they added an online coop. That would be really neat.

[DaleCooper]

Wind Waker HD and Mario World 3D are the two I'm hoping still show up on the Switch.

[good_sk8er]

I still play 3d world all the time with my kiddo. I would say it's probably my favorite Nintendo game.

[YodaCracker]

I really want Wind Walker HD and the Mario Galaxy games on the Switch.

[Bhuahahaha]

hoping fatal frame maiden of black water will be ported someday

[Anon1974]

My son's been bugging me for Super Mario 3d World for some time. Hope it sees a Switch re-release.

[n1kki6]

Rememebr when nobody bought the wiiu because it had no games, even though it had piles of great games? Nintendo fans are bullshit.

[NiteX]

I would like to see a redo of Star Fox Zero. Normal controls, and more fleshed out levels. Those levels that lasted 2 mins were a joke.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Put Twilight Princess HD and Wind Waker HD on there Ninty!

[hiawa23]

Was Punchout on the Wii or Wiiu?

[Greg80]

Wii

[hiawa23]

Thanks..

[Mulletino]

No Art Academy

[Good-Smurf]

I just got a Wii U for $50.
At least I don't have to pay too much to play these games again on Switch just get a Wii U and get games on it instead and saves lot of money.
My Sonic Lost World is itching to come out of my closet.

[OhReginald]

The one and only port I want is xenoblade chronicles X....and still no word for it. Ridiculous. >:(

[Greg80]

A little over a month ago I ended up re buying a Wii U used for Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Super Mario 3D World, Then Wii games like Skyward Sword, Super Mario Galaxy 1+2, The Metroid Prime Trilogy. Who knows if they will come to switch now with Nintendo's development teams running on all cylinders.

[AK91]

Wonderful 101

[Tross]

Call me when Super Mario 3D World gets ported over.

[Mr Marvel]

I really want Wind Waker on Switch (even though it’s originally a GC game that was ported to Wii U).

[Atomicjuicer]

Sonic Lost World, Batman arkham origins, Mario 3d world

[MetroidFREAK21]

Still need ports of Super Mario 3D World, Wonderful 101 and in my opinion... StarFox Zero (but change the motion control gimmick to normal controls)

[Bleucrunch]

The switch is the port machine now....its not a good thing...This leads to a bunch of shovelware...most gamers do not have any nostalgia with the WiiU to go and purchase games already released in the past....This will be used as part of the numbers to show the switch has A LOT of games....but that is not the full story... Ports take time and resources, those two things can be used to make new games or more importantly new IP's...we will see.

[GameBoyColor]

I think the rate of new games coming out is fine... Switch is getting more than like 10 exclusives this year not including ports of wiiu games or other consoles... I don't understand where peoples worries are coming from at all lmao

[hiawa23]

My daughter has a Wiiu which has most of the games I like on it and she won't allow me to use hers so I am thinking about buying the Switch to use in dock mode only as a console(not really into handhelds) to play my favorite Nintendo Wiiu and new Switch games.

[Jalapeno]

Super Mario 3D World and the Zelda games would be great on the Switch. Less reasons for me to go a buy a pre-owned Wii U.

[deafdani]

Now port The Wonderful 101 and Star Fox Zero to Switch (with the necessary reworking for the control schemes) and yI won't need my Wii U anymore. With the proper rework, those games would be even better on Switch.