Huh? These were expectations Nintendo themselves set.
In reality, the Switch should be backwards compatible with the Wii U.
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In reality, the Switch should be backwards compatible with the Wii U.
I'll be buying Zelda Game & Watch for sure, otherwise better hang on tight to your N64, GC, 3DS and Wii/Wii U copies of all the other 3D Zelda games that AREN'T Skyward Sword. Talk about just an incredibly bizarre decision not to do a simple console collection especially in light of Mario 3D All Stars.
Makes sense, there's no way they could fit in releasing WW/TP before the anniversary is over, there's just too busy of a time. Best leave it for later.
What, you mean because of Mario? Because celebrating one anniversary that way doesn't mean that now every anniversary is set that way. In terms of what Nintendo promised, we're GETTING things like Skyward Sword for the anniversary.
Nintendo doesn't always celebrate their series anniversaries in huge ways. Sometimes it lines up, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes they can get a game out, sometimes they can't.
They were never going to announce Twilight Princess or TWW HD a few weeks before Skyward Sword.
I feel like we need a reverse of this image.
Metroid is actually getting a new game for it's 35th.
Metroid is actually getting a new game for it's 35th.
They really should have done a collection of sorts. I'm not sure how Aonuma or anyone else thinks that one Zelda HD title and a Game and Watch system is enough.
No, they had to delay some mario stuff into this year so it's possible for next year
You can't see how people saw Nintendo porting a bunch of Mario games to the Switch meant they'd likely do the same thing for Zelda, and then instead they end up porting what is considered the worst 3D Zelda game, and creating some Game & Watch handheld?
Yikes at Pikmin, Star Fox, and Captain Falcon being in thatI feel like we need a reverse of this image.
Metroid is actually getting a new game for it's 35th.
Big ol' bummer. It's crazy that, with all the HD remaster rumors, Nintendo just came out and were like "We're not gonna do that shit, stop asking."
I'm sure WW HD and TP HD will be re-released eventually, it just doesn't have to be this year. But at least we got a cool look at BOTW 2 and that Game & Watch looks great.
How, how can you make the Switch backwards with the Wii U?
The hardware isn't anywhere close to being the same. Like they're not even in the same ballpark.
Just the CPUs themselves are so radically different that any chance of BC is basically not possible.
FFS this presentation as a whole was awful for me personally besides Dread and the bit they showed of BOTW 2 everything was a miss for me, I really wanted to see OoT and MM Remastered so I could retire my Wii U
People could expect that but it would be silly. There is no expectation of that. Nintendo has always done all kinds of different things. Sometimes Zelda gets more, sometimes Mario gets more. They're never treated the same, at all, when they do things for their anniversaries. I never once had the expectation that just because we got the Mario collection, we'd get the Zelda one.
On the GameCube, Zelda got a collection that Mario didn't. Sometimes one series would get attention for its anniversary. They've never treated every anniversary exactly the same.
Backwards compatibility with the Wii U was impossible. They have entirely different architectures (PowerPC vs ARM), different input methods (dual screen vs single screen), and media formats (discs vs carts).
Yikes at Pikmin, Star Fox, and Captain Falcon.I feel like we need a reverse of this image.
Metroid is actually getting a new game for it's 35th.
First off, Nintendo did that to themselves.
Second, Microsoft found a way.
Also, don't pretend like they're not in the Sony territory of doing this type of stuff intentionally so they can turn around and charge $60 for a port.
Lets spend time money and resources on making re-releases of Advance Wars (should have been held for a hopefully inevitable sequel) and old Mario Party boards (should have been DLC for previous game) and Mario Sunshine (one of the weakest games in the series).... but let us ignore what fans have been wanting for so long in terms of re-releases or remasters (Mario Galaxy 2, WW/TP) for Switch.
Cool. Its easy on my wallet and I'm busy with other things on my plate atm.
I look forward to SS HD though.
I look forward to SS HD though.
Ooof, I was really hoping to play Wind Waker again, looks like I'm going to have to fire up the ol' Wii U.
Refuse to play Skyward Sword ever again.
Refuse to play Skyward Sword ever again.
That's a real bummer. BotW was my introduction to the series and I was hoping to catch up at some point. I guess not on the Switch.
Going from PowerPC to a much more powerful X86 processor is not even close to going from PowerPC to a bit more powerfull ARM.
If anything I'm annoyed that the Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch was shorted a game compared to the Zelda Game & Watch.
Should've thrown Super Mario Land on there too for shits/giggles.
Should've thrown Super Mario Land on there too for shits/giggles.
I'm holding out hope that they are waiting until after Skyward Sword since they dont want to canibalize sales of that port before releasing two other HD ports for more beloved games.
Not to mention, Microsoft has years of experience in things like virtualization. Microsoft can leverage that experience into getting older 360 and Xbox games to work.
Nintendo doesn't.
And if I remember, isn't the Tegra chips in the Switch just off the shelf chips with no customization.
Not trolling or being sarcastic - but was Jeff Grubb lying when he said there would be a Zelda collection? He seemed so certain...
Yeah not like there're already 5 mainline Zelda games on the console with a sixth and a seventh one on the way.
Fine by me. Gonna avoid Skyward Sword and would've avoided buying those two other ~20 year old ports as well.
It is a bummer but I never thought they were going to announce it with Skyward Sword on the horizon- figured it would be announced after that release if it exists