Nintendo keskittyy jatkossa uusintaversioiden sijasta enemmän uusiin peleihin

Switchin menestyksen myötä Nintendo on kunnostautunut vanhempien peliensä tuunatuilla uusintajulkaisuilla, joita ovat olleet muun muassa Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze ja The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

Täysin odotetusti sijoittajat kysyivätkin, aikooko Nintendo panostaa jatkossakin uusintajulkaisuihin. Nintendon pomo Shuntaro Furukawa sanoi, ettei moinen ole se pitkän tähtäimen suunnitelma. Uudet pelit sen sijaan ovat.

"We don't have a define policy to continuously release more remakes in future. On the other hand, the titles we've developed over our past 30 years in the dedicated video game system business have been played by and fondly remembered by many people, and these are an important asset to Nintendo as well. Nostalgia can be very appealing, but it's more important to be able to create new game experiences and fun, etc., even within remakes of classic titles. And I think that the most important factor is whether the developers are passionate about wanting to remake a game. A good recent example of this is The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, as you mentioned. Consumers all over the world responded positively to both its nostalgic elements and new features."