Nintendo always loves to market off of their entire back catalog of games. While Nintendo's been slow about their Virtual Console with the Nintendo. Switch, ports, reprints, remasters, remakes, and more are very common for Nintendo. Nintendo hasn't avoided Super Smash Bros. even, with re-releasing the first game in the series on the virtual console on 2009. Nintendo knows they'll eventually have to touch this game - The question isn't if, it's when and how
Among these options, we've drafted about five ideas,
1. Port
A 1:1 port - Problems can still arise with a 1:1 port on modern consoles, but with the right precision, putting in the time to make a 1:1 port of Super Smash Bros. Melee for modern consoles can pay off. It's part of the safer routes for there to be as little divisiveness.
2. Remaster
A bit similar to the port, but this is more of a graphical enhancement with possibly some issues fixed here and there. A graphical enhancement could involve reusing assets, but depending on how it's done, there could easily be some divisiveness.
3. Remake
A total re-envisioning of Super Smash Bros: Melee - Something more like Project M. This would be seeing Melee through with added content. This is definitely harder to do since it means that a lot of the games content would probably have to be reworked from the ground up. While this would be interesting to see, the amount of divisiveness would probably weigh the heaviest here.
4. GameCube Mini
There's many holes in this happening, but it wouldn't be impossible. The biggest hurdle is even getting to a GameCube Mini. Of course, there's one more option. We saved it for last because it's a little bit out there,
5. A Reprint
Surprisingly, a few niche companies like Atlus are still reprinting copies of their games that are almost ten years old. Nintendo has already proven capable of some form reprints through the NES and SNES classic. Reprinting a few popular games, Melee included, would be a win for both fans and for Nintendo themselves.
Unfortunately, while this option might be favored by many people it's also a pipe dream, and Nintendo is in the business of selling Hardware as well as Software.
How would you like to see a Melee Port, Remaster, or so forth handled? Let us know in the comments below.
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