I'm having a hard time understanding what you're suggesting. Are you saying that it's okay that Nintendo cleaned up some textures and added 3D to a couple of N64 games just because original entries in those series will look awesome whenever they come out (which, honestly, isn't even a guarantee)? I don't have to "wait and see" for Nintendo to do better with 3DS because I flat-out know they're capable of better. While I'd rather Nintendo work on original titles, if they absolutely feel the need to revisit these classics, I'd rather they go all out and remake them from the ground up. Nintendo just polished the textures a little bit while Konami, of all companies, completely rebuilt Snake Eater. It looks amazing, the extra effort is clearly evident. Next to other 3DS games, Nintendo's offerings are subpar efforts. Sad thing is that they'll likely trounce pretty much every 3rd party offering on the console sales wise. This may end up backfiring on Nintendo. 3rd parties put all this extra work into their games only to get their asses handed to them by Nintendo second-rate port jobs. The discouraging, not to mention insulting. It sets a bad precedent. Why try when Nintendo themselves won't? Ultimately, us gamers end up with shittier games.
It's strange. Nintendo pulls off this Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde routine all the time. On one hand, we have the Nintendo pushes the boundaries, innovates, and even trashes months of development when something isn't working or fun. That's why we get games like Super Mario Galaxy or even the original N64 Ocarina of Time. On the other, we have the Nintendo that rehashes old games, sells them strictly for profit, sometimes at full or near full price (i.e. Super Mario Advance). I prefer the former. I wouldn't mind Nintendo double dipping and remaking old games so much if they at least acted like they gave a **** and weren't just grabbing for cash. No, I don't have to buy the ports and I probably won't, but it's still disappointing and I can't help but feel a little let down as a Nintendo fan, especially one who thinks these games deserve better. Nintendo keeps giving me reasons to not buy 3DS sooner rather than later. If Nintendo completely remade Ocarina of Time with Skyward Sword's art style, or even Twilight Princess' art style and refined the gameplay to reflect some of the later games in the series, I'd probably buy it without question. Oh well. Le sigh.