Does The Nintendo Switch Have a Remaster and Port Problem?

After all the rumors and speculation the long awaited Nintendo Direct is out and it was nothing like many thought it would be. What does Bad Bit Games Host Joseph, take away from the announcements from this direct? While many people, are starting to worry that there are becoming one too many ports and remasters on the Nintendo Switch, is that really such a bad thing? Are Wii U users right to feel burned by the Nintendo Switch?

[Antnee534]

They are doing the smart thing, the wii u was a failur of a system with not many people getting to enjoy the games from that catalogue. The switch just blew its load on 2017 with 1st part developed games meaning 2018 will utalize the wii u games that never been played by alot of the people who now own switches

[getbacktogaming]

I'll buy a switch when I can play Mario 3D World on it. In the meantime I'd rather emulate it on PC than buy a Wii U.

[SuperSonic91]

The Switches launch line up are mostly ports

[Vegamyster]

Exactly, the Switch will outsell the Wii-U in less than a year. The system had a number of fantastic games but they were far and few between so taking the best & putting them on the Switch is good for anyone who never picked up the Wii-U.

[Akarogg]

Millions of MK8 Deluxe copies sold proves that point

[FallenAngel1984]

That’s not a problem any system can have

[Eonjay]

Thank you. I am tired of having to engage in discussions based on logical fallacies. The Switch will play whatever is developed for it. If you think it has too many ports, that's a developer issue not a Switch issue.

[coolastheycome]

Don't you mean doesn't the PS4 have a remaster problem? They did a Last of Us port for crying out loud lol

[getbacktogaming]

Although I'll own a pc ps4 and switch before I consider buying an xbox I gotta say backwards compatibility on xbox is waayyyyyyy cooler than any number of re-masters

[TekoIie]

Oh absolutely.

I got into PC gaming more because none of the current gen consoles offered backwards compatibility at launch. It's also great to have a system that's capable of letting you revisit old games and even discover things you missed from previous generations. Hopefully, Nintendo and Sony will take note and make their next-gen systems have some form of backward compatibility and a way to transfer those purchases from previous generations.

[showtimefolks]

What do you mean? The last of us is a remaster done right

Overall remasters if done right are good in my opinion

Gives us a chance to play older games with improvements in graphics and performance

I don't understand the Hate on remasters no one is forcing anyone to buy a remaster. There are so many new games every year that we all can pick and choose what we like

I think all wiiu games being made by Nintendo should get ports on switch

[jaymacx]

I remember when Wii came out with GameCube ports. No need to get upset, buy what you like. My wish is to have Nintendo Bundle some of their Classics as a Collection. Like Pikmin 1-3, Mario Galaxy, Metroid etc. Collections are one of my favorite things about PlayStation. They came out with so many on PS3.

[Outlawzz]

If the switch has a remaster problem then so do all the other consoles. I for one welcome them because I skipped lots of games on wiiu

[Sirk7x]

Wii U owners felt burned by having a Wii U lol. I was one of them xD
Seriously though, there were some absolutely fantastic games on the Wii U which deserve to be played on what will be a significantly higher user base console. It's a no brainer to update these games and bring them over. The reason I sold the console was that I reasoned most of the games worth playing would be ported over to the Switch inevitably. More games to play is not a problem. Bring on Smash 4 Deluxe!

[getbacktogaming]

Silly thought; did you know disney only broke even on many of it's early films after multiple theater re-releases many years appart? I wonder if Nintendo broke even on all it's Wii U games but I'm sure.they can make more coins putting on the Switch. :)

[WOLFofWALLSTREET]

On point.

[jaymacx]

I don't feel burned because of the Ports (being a Wii U owner since Launch 2012). What I feel burnt about is Nintendo not Branding Wii U correctly and trying to ride the success of Wii. Once they messed up there, there wasn't anything else that could have been done once everything fell flat. Now that they did what they needed to for Switch to take off, they need to keep the games coming.

[Prince_TFK]

It took only one Direct to make articles like this pop up like spore. Seriously, just stop it. This is getting annoying. The Switch has many new games, not just ports.

[VersusDMC]

What are the new games?

[Prince_TFK]

Oh I don’t know...for this year?

New Kirby? New Yoshi? Exclusive Tales of? No More Hero? SMTV? Plus, the possibility of Pokemon, Bayonetta 3, and Metriod 4?

[TheColbertinator]

"Not enough indie support"

"Not enough Nintendo 1st party support"

"Not enough 3rd party support"

These clowns are never happy.

[Sirk7x]

They don't care about happy, they just see an opportunity to write a controversial article and pump it out as fast as possible to get click revenue. Most gaming "journalism" is a joke.

[joeorc]

That's how I see it in my Opinion! As well.
The switch is a great system in my opinion even before it came out, when seeing how it was using the 2nd revision of the Nvidia shield hardware, I knew it was going to be a great system.. because the Nvidia shield hardware is infact good hardware.

[VersusDMC]

I'm guessing virtual console for wiiU games isn't going to happen since Nintendo wants you to pay full price for the games again. And according to the comments everybody is happy to spend the cash. You got them Nintendo...keep on porting.

[Prince_TFK]

Just like what Sony, MS, Bethesda, Rockstar... did and are doing right?

But yeah, let blame Nintendo for everything. They are the most evil company out there.

[VersusDMC]

Just because other people are overcharging it makes it ok for Nintendo to do it? Ok. And Sony packed 3 uncharted games for 60. Shadow of the colossus is going to and ratchet and clank came out REMADE at 39.99. Microsoft halo remasters came at 39.99 as well. The wiiU ports are overpriced and have very little improvements. And PLEASE don't bring up portability as the extra cost... portable versions were cheaper before the switch came out.

[Prince_TFK]

So what you mean is you are not blaming the other big two and try to find every excuses known to man for them?

I’m not saying what Nintendo did and is doing is right. But if you gonna condemn one, you should condemn all of them.

Plus, if you want excuse, then know this: not alot of people own the Wii U. I can say for myself that I had no interest in the WiiU. So for them to remastere games from the WiiU era, I can say that many people will purchase them because many of them have never played it. Just look at Mario Kart 8.

[EddieNX]

Nintendo isn't forcing you to buy them. The more games the merrier.

[dripdrop30]

I never owned a wii u, so all of these titles are going to be new to me personally. Maybe add some extra bells and whistles, i'm sure most people wont mind

[Wrex369]

Literally was so glad to see Donkey Kong and Hyrule Warriors and really liked what I saw from Mario Tennis gonna pick all 3 up plus dark souls too

[smashman98]

Not at all. I mean when you consider there's a lot of 3rd party games that can now be played on the go as well as the fact that a lot of the Wii u games just weren't available to a vast majority of gamers it isn't so much a problem rather it becomes a welcome addition. And it's not like Nintendo doesn't have a ton of exclusive new titles on the way. Kirby, Yoshi, project octopath, Pikmin 4, Metroid prime 4, Pokemon, Bayonetta 3 and no more heroes. A lot of these are coming in 2018 mind you.

[chris235]

this whole generation is one rehash- and portfest. a very lame gen in general. of course the switch is suffering from this state of the industry, too. while switch users will not mind, the real gamer is a little bit more demanding than that. but then again, people are buying these remakes, rehashed and ports for the real consoles, too.

[joeorc]

It's Nvidia shield hardware for Pete sake ; the fact there is Development teams that is giving such attention to Such Mobile processors like the Chipsets in the Switch to get games like those for a mobile processors like Tablets would be an absolute tragic, instead the switch is getting actually very good games that to be blunt Nvidia shield and other type tablets and smartphones that Run Android OS is not getting. Even though some may think of the Switch too outdated..it's. Ot in smart mobile processors...and with solid performance in 3D benchmarks getting games like this is what people complained about the PSVita not getting. When in reality right now..your getting quite frankly Games that standard Living room game consoles as platform and PC's get...on a freaking Mobile platform outside of high end laptops..

This is pretty [email protected] awesome in my opinion.

[BlaqMagiq1]

No. The people against this do. Bring on more ports and remasters. It's more games. More options.

[Kosic]

People ask for 3rd party support. So some companies are porting over slightly older games to a brand new system. Then we get people questioning it like it's a bad thing.

Can't please everyone.
Either have a smaller library and get the nay sayers saying the switch has nothing.
Get 3rd party ports and get the nay sayers saying that's a bad thing as well...

Can't win on this one Nintendo.

(I'm all for the ports and re releasing Wii U titles).

[FinalomegaS]

i would take ports/remasters over shuvelware

[adamwparker]

If the game cannot be played mobile on any other platform, then no, the ports and remasters coming to Switch are not bad. You can have the game on the road? Or you can't. Why not give gamers the option?

I don't see the problem/issue with having already released games come to a system that didn't have them prior.
Isn't it only a positive for the gaming community? Why lash on it?