Wii U Ports. Wii U Ports Everywhere.
Nintendo Switch Features that Still Annoy Us in 2018
Sometimes, Nintendo’s growing self awareness can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, by re-releasing a constant stream of Wii U titles on the Switch, it is effectively an open admission that the previous console was perhaps not so hot, giving us the chance to try out all of the games we missed out on.
And this is great and all, unless you happen to be a devout Nintendo fan who loyally bought all of these titles upon their initial run. Mario Kart 8, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Hyrule Warriors and Pokken Tournament are but some of the examples that exist in lieu of a genuine new entry. Though Bayonetta will fortunately be receiving a sequel in short order, we can’t help but feel slighted by the notion that we may not get to play a new Mario Kart on the Switch.
Ports exist on every console, but the Switch has been notorious for leaning on them, making only minimal upgrades to games that didn’t necessarily need much tweaking to begin with. In a perverse kind of way, it has become its own version of the virtual console, regurgitating titles that are so fresh, you could swear they were still breathing, mere moments away from sending a creepy wink your way ala Jon Voight in Anaconda.
