Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

Oh, about the unresponsive part, it usually works well, your joycons must have some issue maybe.

And, the handheld mode is not supposed to be a gimmick or anything different from the TV outside the touchscreen. It simply allows you to play wherever you want, while still being able to render images on a TV.

Now about the games, I agree that they're almost all ports, but I personally think that porting a deal of games is a good idea considering the Wii U's status as a console, since it wasn't very popular and there's also the fact that the Switch outsold it in ONE YEAR. Yeah.

I'm not assaulting your opinion, just sharing mine, don't get any wrong ideas.
 
Sunshine Yoshi said:
The thing is, I'd support the Switch if it didn't have three major flaws: TV Mode is unresponsive, Handheld Mode is more gimmick than innovation, and the games are Port City. For me to truly support the Switch, Nintendo would need to (a) fix the Joy-Con in a system update, (b) improve handheld mode so games actually make use of it, and (c) make new games and stop porting from Wii U. Then I will support it.
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1. most people will tell you that joycon connectivity is just fine. early switch shipments did have some joycon connectivity issues so if you got your switch early on it might be due to that. if youre struggling with joycon connectivity, one good thing to look out for is to make sure there's nothing between your joycon and the dock (i.e. something like your leg being inbetween, or the dock is behind the tv, stuff like that).
2. i seriously don't understand this point at all. literally all the games make use of handheld mode, just like they also all use tabletop and tv mode. handheld mode isn't supposed to be some gimmicky control scheme, it's literally just holding the game console in your hands.
3. Firstly, I don't know if you've noticed but nintendo has currently released over 12 wholely original switch games (talking strictly first-party, this doesn't include stuff like mario + rabbids) during the one year and four months that it's been out, with another 3 confirmed for the holiday season. so stop implying that they're not making new games
but as for wii u ports (and ports in general), i don't have a lot to say to you apart from
a) there's only been seven 1st party nintendo games ported so far. it's not even that much.
b) even if there were more, so what? what skin is there off your back? having a port doesn't hurt you one bit. if anything, ports are a good thing. they let more people play more games. i probably wouldn't have been able to play a lot of games i have on my switch if not for them being ported. why would you specifically want less people to play something? like seriously look at your next post

Sunshine Yoshi said:
All I can say is that if Nintendo dares to port Super Mario 3D World to Switch, my life will be over.
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if nintendo dares? my life will be over? really? how about you take a minute to look at the bigger picture instead of just your own specific circumstances for a minute?
contrary to what you think, nintendo porting a game will have literally no negative effect on you. they're not gonna come to your house and force you to buy it again at gunpoint. you already own the game, so just don't buy it again. it's not rocket science. if anything this would mean that more people will be able to enjoy the game you love so much. and if it's really so good, why would you not want that?

you really should get this idea that 'ports = bad' out of your head bro. it's not the end of the world when a game gets ported. it's far from it. for many people, it's the begining of a brand new adventure, one in a world that they may have never been able to explore otherwise.
 
Well, I guess you're right. A ported game doesn't really affect me at all, I guess. I'm dying for a new Mario game on Switch, though. Like New Super Mario Bros. NS or something.

Shovel Knight said:
I want a Mario Maker Port on the Switch!
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I don't really think that's possible, though. The Switch doesn't have touch precision like the Wii U and 3DS, and they can't do what they did in Captain Toad. You can get a 2DS cheap and play Mario Maker on that, but it is honestly inferior to the Wii U version. Although I don't see any possible way to get this on Switch.
 
You can not like ports and that's fine. Just don't exaggerate about it.

I'm not a huge fan of the Switch being a port machine either myself. Most of the games being ported, I already bought, so it's not really all that exciting to see new announcements just being older games for a newer system.
 
I just want Nintendo do to less ports and have an actual Virtual Console and not the little pathetic library the previous ones had.
 
In general, I'm fine with ports and remakes. I just don't like last-gen ports--those games I haven't even played enough on their original consoles. I know that the Wii was also originally Port City (looking at you, New Play Control) and that was even more pointless considering backwards compatibility. At least they added motion controls.

Also, 12 exclusive first-party games? I only count 6: Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Arms, Mario Tennis Aces, Kirby Star Allies, and 1-2-Switch. Also Smash Ultimate, if that counts.
 
Ports like that are a bummer when you played on the Wii U, but again... a lot of people like me haven't, so porting the games would mean that more players will be playing them.

It is good for me to see that I can actually play these games I never thought I could, but at the same time, it's not something to be overdone. The Wii U deserves to keep some of its legacy.