@Lazygamer17 I'm not sure relying on marketing people to tell you what something is or isn't is a very good plan. Just because the sign says "world's best cup of coffee" doesn't actually mean it's the world's best cup of coffee.

The NL interview with Trinnen kind of confirmed everything I expected with the way he (deftly and expertly) dodged ad misdirected the very pointed question about this topic (kudos to @damo and NL for pointing this question straight at him, and even pressing it! I didn't think you had the guts, but you went there, and that deserves respect!)

But it was politician level misdirecting. He (or Nate, rather) answered about development time being vague, saying "the results speak for themselves", then kind of commented that Treehouse doesn't really actually know much about the development cycle and the specifics on Smash ....then Trinen tried to settle it with, essentially "Well there's never been a port before...." (implying that must mean this one can't be?)

It was the weak marketing-speak kind of answer that really told me what I needed to know. But I haven't been following the Japanese media on it. I would actually be surprised if they're trying the same "oh it's an all new game, can't you tell?" rhetoric there. I feel like the charade is just for NoA (and NoE's just following along.)

So yes, Nintendo is "officially" telling us it's all new, not a port, and they're telling us loudly, forcefully, and with full marketing power. The problem is they sound like a politician saying officially, loudly, forcefully, and with full marketing power that "I didn't know she was a prostitute at the time, and no money changed hands for services rendered."

I do agree with you, I don't mind if it's an enhanced port at all. Switch is a better platform for the game, a little visual retouching can't hurt, portability is great, and adding what amounts to a boatload of DLC into the box price makes it an excellent value at standard retail price (considering how the fighting genre loves releasing "free" and "$40" base games with $100 of DLC these days...), I think it's a perfectly valid game to sell.

But every time they smarmily try to paint it directly or insinuate it's a new game and not an enhanced port/collection/ultimate bundle whatever, I want to Ultimate Smash them in the face.

@SetupDisk I'm as big a Nintendo fan as they come, though I usually avoid the "Nintendo Defense Force" tropes....but the "Smash Defense Force" is a whole other breed The game is what it is, and it's not a bad thing, what it is, but the obsession with buying into marketing speak to boost hype for Smash (that doesn't really need deception to be a good or popular product.) I know, I know, reasoning with smash fans is impossible and I should know better, I know how weirdly obsessive the Smash fanbase is, but can't people just accept a value added enhanced Smash 4 package for what it is and be happy without having to do these mental gyrations to say it's Smash 5? Does cooperating with customer expectation marketing goals make the game a better game?