Splatoon 2 - When A Port Would Have Been Better

There is constantly "new" content still coming out for Splatoon 2 and it pisses me off. Why? Because it's old content. These are old maps and weapons from Splatoon 1. I don't think these maps are bad. No. In fact, these maps are far better than the new ones in Splatoon 2. I'm mad because if you're an old player of Splatoon 1, you are constantly getting disappointed.
I remember in Splatoon 1, new maps were actually new. New weapons were actually new. Updates were events to be celebrated. I loved playing new maps when they came out. I loved seeing everyone in Turf War trying out the new weapon together. It was so much fun, and there was a fun-loving sense of community there. Everyone was in the same boat together. Splatoon 1, and all its maps and weapons, were new to everyone.
The only people that care about these old maps and weapons coming to Splatoon 2 are the new players who never played Splatoon 1, old players with bad memories, players who sold their copy, or players who barely played their old copies.
What Nintendo should have done was to port Splatoon 1 as quickly as possible, and then add the new content on top of it. Yes!
Ports are vilified nowadays, but they shouldn't always be. Imagine Splatoon DX. Imagine all 91 weapons, 16 maps, gear, and single-player campaign available from day-one. Then, in the weeks and months to follow, we would get new weapons, new maps, new gear, and the new single-player campaign. That would have been better. It would have pleased everyone.

They said that they decided to create Splatoon 2, instead of porting 1, in a bid to please existing fans, but what they accomplished was ironically the opposite. I forgive them, but I hope they, and other developers, learn a lesson from this example.

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