A return to the days of the Wii?
If you cast your mind back to the days of the Wii, one of the things Nintendo fans had to endure as a consequence of the power gap between the console and the PS3 and Xbox 360 was the existence of Nintendo-exclusive "remakes" of popular cross-platform titles. Some of these were surprisingly good, such as
It was easy to see the commercial reasoning behind this; with the Wii's massive install base, publishers wanted to grab a share of the action with their most famous IP, but the power gap between the Wii and its rivals meant that straight ports were unfeasible. Instead, work would often be contracted out to external partners and the resultant game would carry the brand, but differ to the 'original' vision seen on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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If you cast your mind back to the days of the Wii, one of the things Nintendo fans had to endure as a consequence of the power gap between the console and the PS3 and Xbox 360 was the existence of Nintendo-exclusive "remakes" of popular cross-platform titles. Some of these were surprisingly good, such as
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, while others were less appealing, such as
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.It was easy to see the commercial reasoning behind this; with the Wii's massive install base, publishers wanted to grab a share of the action with their most famous IP, but the power gap between the Wii and its rivals meant that straight ports were unfeasible. Instead, work would often be contracted out to external partners and the resultant game would carry the brand, but differ to the 'original' vision seen on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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