Board 8 > Kotaku ranks Wii U games by most likely to get a Switch port

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Most Likely to Succeed

1. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Well begin with the game I think is most likely to get ported. A dark horse candidate? Hardly. In a bizarro world where Fire Emblem is a hit series and Persona 5 rocked the sales charts on PlayStation 4, a crossover of the two series would make tons of sense on Switch. Yes, Nintendo would have to shift all the second-screen stuff to a sub-menu, but itd be worth it.

2. Xenoblade Chronicles X
Basically the same idea: Big, expansive open-world RPG for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 players to roll right into after theyre done with the last one? Makes a lot of sense. Plus it has off-TV play, meaning its already a single-screen game. [SHINE NOTE: also Monolith already said they want to do it]

3. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze
Speaking of off-TV play, not only did Donkey Kongs Wii U outing have that, nothing even displayed on the Wii U GamePad while playing the game on the TV. An easier Switch port (in that regard) doesnt exist. Plus, Tropical Freeze was generally well-received (if weirdly, intensely difficult).

4. The Wonderful 101
Im cheating a little bit here, as Platinum Games already posted a teaser cartoon that appears to show its clever action game Wonderful 101 being played on a Switch. It followed this up with a Bayonetta Switch tease that came true.

5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess
Maybe as an HD combo pack. Now, if Nintendo really is thinking about doing a GameCube Virtual Console as has been reported, then that would cause a potential conflict heredo they port these HD versions or just emulate the originals? I bet its these.
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Switch Me Maybe?

1. New Super Mario Bros. U and Super Mario 3D World
Nintendo likes to look back on Zelda games, but it tends to look forward with Mario. Bringing back one of these games would strike me as less of a the beloved classic returns situation and more of a heres an old game situationespecially after the transcendent Mario Odyssey. Still could happen, although both games have touchscreen controls that would need to be sliced out or redesigned.

2. Super Smash Bros.
Of course, Super Smash Bros. will eventually launch on Switch to great fanfare and probably huge success. But while a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe-style port would have made sense if Nintendo wanted to get Smash out in 2017, the fact that its taking its time with the series means that the Switch version might end up being a sequel, not a simple port. Then again, its still possible that Smash Switch might just end up being fundamentally the Wii U game with some extras. Hence the maybe.

3. Hyrule Warriors
Again: I have zero doubt that Hyrule Warriors will end up on Switch, and the only question is, does Koei Tecmo do a port of the Wii U game, or a sequel to it? As with Smash, the longer we wait, the more likely its a sequel.

4. Pikmin 3
The Wii U version had a lot of GamePad integration, but none of it was strictly necessary. You could play it all with the Pro Controller. On the other hand, that was not really the best way to do it. Maybe the Wii Remote implementation could be done with split Joy-Cons instead? Or maybe its all too much bother for a port of a 2013 game.

5. Yoshis Woolly World
It was already ported to 3DS with extra levels, and theres already an original Yoshi game coming out on Switch, so maybe Woolly World wont get another... bite at the apple.

6. Super Mario Maker
First of all, I definitely think Mario Maker needs to come to Switch, although again we run into the port or sequel? conundrum. Either way, Id like to see Nintendo package the game with a capacitive stylus pen, because no way is anyone going to be designing levels with their finger. Maybe this (and Smash, come to think of it) are waiting on the launch of the Switch online service.

Nah

1.Nintendo Land, Game & Wario, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Star Fox Guard
Good games, but dual-screen gameplay and/or GamePad touch controls are too tightly integrated into them to make a port make sense.

2. Star Fox Zero, Paper Mario Color Splash
Could Nintendo redeem Star Fox Zero by ripping out the ill-considered GamePad controls and just let you play it with a freakin Pro Controller already? Possibly, but that feels like a lot of work for a game with a bad rep. Ditto Color Splash, which got better reviews but not great reviews.

3. Splatoon, Mario Party 10
Insofar as the multiplayer aspect has been rendered obsolete by Splatoon 2, the first is extremely unlikely. And Mario Party is most likely to just be replaced with a Switch sequel that uses Joy-Cons in wacky ways.

4. Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash
These games were designed on a budget and released in a hurry to get some content on the shelves during Wii Us worst years; I doubt Nintendo wants to resurrect them.

5. Devils Third
Insofar as Nintendo tried to literally hide the existence of this game when it shipped, I imagine it would just like to pretend it never did.
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I wish Devil's Third came back :(

that multiplayer was awesome but because the game tanked so hard it didn't even stay online for a year and only had like ~30 active players so literally everybody playing knew each other

I always meant to get it

but never did

oh well
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