8th March 2010, 10:20 PM
That's really more Square-Enix with most of those ports than Nintendo. Oh yes, Nintendo's part of it, but Square-Enix has been doing more milking so far.
However, this is nothing new. Nintendo's been milking their old games with ports for over a decade now. Rare's DKC series was made and remade numerous times across the GBC and GBA, and so were all the Mario games. Heck, this goes back to Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES.
Sometimes it works in our favor. If Squeenix hadn't pushed out a remake of FF3, I'd have never played it. Same with FF2 for that matter, as both hadn't been released in America up until that point. In fact in that regard, I want a few more rereleases. I wouln't mind Seiken Densetsu 3 or Terranigma being released on the DS as remakes.
On the other hand, constant remakes certainly deplete company resources they could put towards other games. Of course they've kinda gotten the point. Each rerelease of FF1 and 2 as of late get fewer and fewer sales. After Megaman Powered Up and Megaman Maverick Hunter X, Capcom never bothered continuing either "remake" series of the original and X series of Megaman games. I suppose neither sold well enough to justify it.
That said, there's still lots of Nintendo games I am enjoying as of late. New Super Mario Bros. Wii, despite the lazy name, is awesome.
However, this is nothing new. Nintendo's been milking their old games with ports for over a decade now. Rare's DKC series was made and remade numerous times across the GBC and GBA, and so were all the Mario games. Heck, this goes back to Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES.
Sometimes it works in our favor. If Squeenix hadn't pushed out a remake of FF3, I'd have never played it. Same with FF2 for that matter, as both hadn't been released in America up until that point. In fact in that regard, I want a few more rereleases. I wouln't mind Seiken Densetsu 3 or Terranigma being released on the DS as remakes.
On the other hand, constant remakes certainly deplete company resources they could put towards other games. Of course they've kinda gotten the point. Each rerelease of FF1 and 2 as of late get fewer and fewer sales. After Megaman Powered Up and Megaman Maverick Hunter X, Capcom never bothered continuing either "remake" series of the original and X series of Megaman games. I suppose neither sold well enough to justify it.
That said, there's still lots of Nintendo games I am enjoying as of late. New Super Mario Bros. Wii, despite the lazy name, is awesome.
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