I think we can all agree that the Wii U was a colossal failure, selling just over 13 million units in total, but there were a lot of great games made for the system that flew under the radar. Since the release of the Nintendo Switch, we have seen some of these Wii U ports such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which sold over 19 million copies (a lot more than the Wii U’s total console sales) as well as New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, which sold over 4.5 million copies. Other notable ports also include Donkey Kong’s Tropical Freeze, Hyrule Warriors, & Pokken Tournament, among others. There are still plenty of great games that could be ported, and recently, industry insider Emily Rogers made a post on ResetEra in which she predicts that at least 2 more Wii U ports are set to be released on the Nintendo Switch in the near future.

Emily had this to say;

“My only concern about 2020 is that Nintendo might lean a little too hard on re-releases of older stuff as a crutch to fill out their calendar. Nintendo has already officially announced Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Xenoblade Chronicles 1 remaster/remake for this year. I can also confirm that Nintendo has (at least) two more unannounced Wii U ports. They are not difficult to guess because there aren’t many Wii U games left to port.”

As we’ve seen recently, Nintendo has been relying heavily on ports to fill out their calendar, especially earlier on the in the year. In 2019, we saw many ports such as New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, The Witcher 3, various Resident Evil games, & Cuphead to fill out their catalog. They are also continuing this with games such as Devil May Cry 3 being ported next month. Emily also went on to talk about Animal Crossing as being the only major game that is being released in the first months of 2020. We expect most big upcoming games will be revealed through a mixture of Directs and E3 throughout the year.

“Also, if you aren’t into Animal Crossing, then the first 3-4 months of 2020 won’t be super amazing for you personally. Nintendo is obviously treating Animal Crossing as their big March title, so that’s something people will just need to accept. And as we saw with 2019, Nintendo likes to dump most of their biggest releases in the second half of the year. Which typically makes the pacing for the first half of the year slower by comparison.”

While we don’t have any official confirmation yet, it is widely believed that both Pikmin 3 and Super Mario 3D World will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in the future. Super Mario 3D World was the second best selling game on the Wii U, behind Mario Kart 8, with over 5.8 million copies sold.

Which Wii U games would you like to see ported to the Nintendo Switch? Let us know in the comments.

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