Recently, there was news of a Wii sports HD remake which made some fans upset that Nintendo is scraping the barrel for games. I am in the camp that the online capability alone will be worth the HD remake. Could you imagine settling some of the arguments on here with a quick boxing or tennis […]
Essel Pratt·September 20, 2013
Recently, there was news of a Wii sports HD remake which made some fans upset that Nintendo is scraping the barrel for games. I am in the camp that the online capability alone will be worth the HD remake. Could you imagine settling some of the arguments on here with a quick boxing or tennis match? However, on the flip side, Windwaker HD has had a stellar welcoming from Zelda fans. Then there are the games that get a great welcome, but lose a bit of Nintendo nostalgia. One example of this is Ducktales remastered. The nostalgia factor is through the roof with the HD remake of such an amazing game, in fact it is one of the most perfect remakes ever. However, taking away the Nintendo exclusivity has ruined a bit of the Nintedo-esque that brought so much greatness to the game.
What are your thoughts on remakes? Should certain types if games be given a free pass, or should some never see the light of day again. What about a Nintendo exclusive that goes cross platform? Share your thoughts below.
Share your perspective. Keep it thoughtful, welcoming and on topic.
I welcome HD remakes, with open arms. In fact, I think these game companies, are obligated to keep their evergreens available and in great packings.
HD remakes, especially makes sence, when it comes to 3d games from the N64 period and up until now. I think a lot of games has benefitted from a remake, like Perfect Dark and Halo, and I would love to see some more games get a facelift plus added content and some tweaking. Especially Super Mario Sunshine, Donkey Kong Country Trilogy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Wave Race, Yoshi's Island, Zelda 1 and 2 for NES, Pilot Wings 64 and Starfox 64.
Also, there are new and Young Nintendo fans, who cannot get hands on some of these old games or have never heard of them, and whick might be turned off by old Graphics, especially the foggy N64 Graphics. Making HD remakes of these games, makes great sense. It's not a sellout, it's not cheap and it's not greedy either. It's a great business opportunity and also good fanservice.
The movie and music industries have done this for years, and nobody ever complains when they release a new and restored deluxe set of a certain artist or movie (except the old Star Wars Trilogy). And imagine if you actually had to buy an old VHS machine, if you wanted to see the first Matrix movie, or Jurassic Park or WHATEVER?
I really think Nintendo should look at their library of games, and consider re-releasing a lot of them in HD or on the 3DS, like with Ocarina of Time 3D (which sold more that 3 million copies).
If they're good games, and enhanced (like Wind Waker, with the sail and Triforce quest), yeah, I welcome them.
Wii Sports HD (think you misnamed it there, Essel — you meant Sports, right?) is a little overpriced in my opinion — for a 7-year-old game that over 80 million people own a copy of, you'd think they'd charge $5-ish for each sport, rather than $10. I mean, they just bumped NSMB Wii and Galaxy 2 down to $30… I know they've added a graphical bump (but come on, they're Miis) and added online capabilities, but why make it so expensive? Makes me scratch my head.
Still, kudos to Nintendo for trying something different.
But, yeah. Tread that line between quality, upgrades, and price well enough, and you've got a home run.
Born Flunky, Thank you! I guess I should have had a bit more sleep before posting 🙂
I think I pretty much agree with Born Flunky, wholeheartedly.
(Sorry, meant to keep typing, but accidentally clicked submit…..)
Remakes are absolutely no problem, and I love the a la carte nature of Wii Sports HD (which I thought was Wii Sports Club), but think the $10/sport price point is WAY too high. I mean, look at the other game Nontendo announced at the same time, Wii Fit U, which while not only being an HD upgrade of previous fitness activities, includes new functionality with the new step counter AND new exercises, and you can actually get the whole game for $20 by downloading the digital copy and purchasing (and registering) a single $20 pedometer to the game!!!
I will say though, that I am holding out hope that with the (again) a la carte method of purchase, we might be able to get new sports to play without having to buy a whole new game! This will even mesh well with the day passes!!
Back to the topic, without focusing on just a specific game: remakes, especially HD ones, can be great, but absolutely do not get a free pass on anything. As a matter of fact, it is quite easy for me too be MORE critical of the remake. OoT 3D was great, but would've been an automatic failure
(Something keeps submitting for me before I get the chance to finish typing……if someone can cut and paste these into one post, that would be great!!!!)
if they hadn't included the Master Quest: the content is already out there (been previously released) and darn sure better be included. Star Fox 64 3D (through no real fault of its own) automatically lost points because of no Rumble Pak: I know there was not way to include or create it, but the game felt hollow without it. I think it would be great to have an entire line of remake games for both systems with different colored boxes (to distinguish them) and the price being $10 cheaper for 3DS games and maybe a whole $15 cheaper for Wii U games.
I guess I'm ok with remakes, but I usually find that I play them a little then get bored of them again. Yes, better graphics are nice, but if it's basically the same game that I've already played, it gets old.
Wii Sports remake seems bizarre. I guess online is nice, but is it worth $10 a sport to play a relatively recent game? Odd.
I usually prefer a new game instead of a remake, but I would love to see a remake of Mother 3 that is in 3D like it was meant to be with all the content they dropped during the making of the Nintendo 64 version!
I welcome HD remakes, with open arms. In fact, I think these game companies, are obligated to keep their evergreens available and in great packings.
HD remakes, especially makes sence, when it comes to 3d games from the N64 period and up until now. I think a lot of games has benefitted from a remake, like Perfect Dark and Halo, and I would love to see some more games get a facelift plus added content and some tweaking. Especially Super Mario Sunshine, Donkey Kong Country Trilogy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Wave Race, Yoshi's Island, Zelda 1 and 2 for NES, Pilot Wings 64 and Starfox 64.
Also, there are new and Young Nintendo fans, who cannot get hands on some of these old games or have never heard of them, and whick might be turned off by old Graphics, especially the foggy N64 Graphics. Making HD remakes of these games, makes great sense. It's not a sellout, it's not cheap and it's not greedy either. It's a great business opportunity and also good fanservice.
The movie and music industries have done this for years, and nobody ever complains when they release a new and restored deluxe set of a certain artist or movie (except the old Star Wars Trilogy). And imagine if you actually had to buy an old VHS machine, if you wanted to see the first Matrix movie, or Jurassic Park or WHATEVER?
I really think Nintendo should look at their library of games, and consider re-releasing a lot of them in HD or on the 3DS, like with Ocarina of Time 3D (which sold more that 3 million copies).
If they're good games, and enhanced (like Wind Waker, with the sail and Triforce quest), yeah, I welcome them.
Wii Sports HD (think you misnamed it there, Essel — you meant Sports, right?) is a little overpriced in my opinion — for a 7-year-old game that over 80 million people own a copy of, you'd think they'd charge $5-ish for each sport, rather than $10. I mean, they just bumped NSMB Wii and Galaxy 2 down to $30… I know they've added a graphical bump (but come on, they're Miis) and added online capabilities, but why make it so expensive? Makes me scratch my head.
Still, kudos to Nintendo for trying something different.
But, yeah. Tread that line between quality, upgrades, and price well enough, and you've got a home run.
Born Flunky, Thank you! I guess I should have had a bit more sleep before posting 🙂
I think I pretty much agree with Born Flunky, wholeheartedly.
(Sorry, meant to keep typing, but accidentally clicked submit…..)
Remakes are absolutely no problem, and I love the a la carte nature of Wii Sports HD (which I thought was Wii Sports Club), but think the $10/sport price point is WAY too high. I mean, look at the other game Nontendo announced at the same time, Wii Fit U, which while not only being an HD upgrade of previous fitness activities, includes new functionality with the new step counter AND new exercises, and you can actually get the whole game for $20 by downloading the digital copy and purchasing (and registering) a single $20 pedometer to the game!!!
I will say though, that I am holding out hope that with the (again) a la carte method of purchase, we might be able to get new sports to play without having to buy a whole new game! This will even mesh well with the day passes!!
Back to the topic, without focusing on just a specific game: remakes, especially HD ones, can be great, but absolutely do not get a free pass on anything. As a matter of fact, it is quite easy for me too be MORE critical of the remake. OoT 3D was great, but would've been an automatic failure
(Something keeps submitting for me before I get the chance to finish typing……if someone can cut and paste these into one post, that would be great!!!!)
if they hadn't included the Master Quest: the content is already out there (been previously released) and darn sure better be included. Star Fox 64 3D (through no real fault of its own) automatically lost points because of no Rumble Pak: I know there was not way to include or create it, but the game felt hollow without it. I think it would be great to have an entire line of remake games for both systems with different colored boxes (to distinguish them) and the price being $10 cheaper for 3DS games and maybe a whole $15 cheaper for Wii U games.
I guess I'm ok with remakes, but I usually find that I play them a little then get bored of them again. Yes, better graphics are nice, but if it's basically the same game that I've already played, it gets old.
Wii Sports remake seems bizarre. I guess online is nice, but is it worth $10 a sport to play a relatively recent game? Odd.
I usually prefer a new game instead of a remake, but I would love to see a remake of Mother 3 that is in 3D like it was meant to be with all the content they dropped during the making of the Nintendo 64 version!