Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 6 more 'Deluxe' Wii U games we'd like to see on Nintendo Switch

If you've been watching any commercial TV of late, you may have seen the Nintendo Switch ads heralding the arrival of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on April 28.

It's easy to see why Nintendo is so keen to push a game that's the best part of two months away. There's no game in Nintendo's armoury that can push the Switch's 'multiplayer anywhere' focus quite so convincingly as Mario Kart.

What's more, Mario Kart 8 is widely seen as one of, if not the finest entry to the series. It's already a generously proportioned and handsome game, so all it needs for the 'Deluxe' treatment is a few extra stages, modes, and characters.

All of which got us to thinking: which other Wii U games would suit the Deluxe treatment?

It's tougher than you might think. These games need to be published by Nintendo, but not have a confirmed sequel in the works or awkward control systems that simply wouldn't translate to Switch. So that rules out Splatoon, Pikmin 3, and Nintendo Land among others.

Here's what I've come up with, but please do share any other potential 'Deluxe' games in the comments below.

Yes, we know that Nintendo has Super Mario Odyssey well underway for the Switch. But early footage points to a return to the epic, ambitious Mario adventures of Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy.

There'd be a great deal of merit to Nintendo sneaking out a Deluxe version of the Wii U's Super Mario 3D World. After all its bite-sized and local multiplayer-focused levels would seem even better suited to the Switch than to the Wii U.

Indeed, the original was essentially a fleshed out version of a 3DS game (Super Mario 3D Land), so this would make a lot of sense on Nintendo's new super-handheld.

Bayonetta 2 Deluxe

One of the finest action games of recent times, Bayonetta 2 was also that most unusual of things: a third party Wii U exclusive. Which means that hardly anyone has played it. That's bordering on criminal.

This knowingly OTT shooter-cum-beat-'em-ip is filled with ludicrously thrilling set-pieces and precision combo-fuelled violence. It also looks tremendous.

Fortunately, Bayonetta 2 was also published by Nintendo, so coercing PlatinumGames into creating a Director's Cut of sorts for the Switch wouldn't be totally out of the question.

Okay, so I know I said that fiddly Wii U-specific control systems would rule a game out from these deliberations. But in the case of Star Fox Zero Deluxe, its strange dual-screen control system is the very thing that's crying out to be revisited and revised.

A rare dud from Nintendo, Star Fox Zero Deluxe was actually a decent action-shooter spoiled by a lamentably counter-intuitive control system that had you flicking between the Wii U's screen and the TV.

Just fit it with a solid set of physical (and maybe tilty) controls and slap it on the Switch for a knock-down price. Got it?

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was a curious little spin-off from a certain subset of bonus levels found within Super Mario 3D World. It was quietly brilliant in a way that Nintendo's quirky side-projects often are.

Indeed, this understated spatial puzzler was perhaps too unassuming for its own good, particularly in its relatively limited size.

It's the kind of game that could be made to work brilliantly on Switch, particularly with a stack of new - and possibly local multiplayer-friendly - levels.

Look, we all know that there's a Smash Bros. game in production for the Switch. It's one of Nintendo's biggest series, it ties in with the company's clear eSports ambitions, and Reggie Fils-Aime more or less confirmed as much in a recent interview.

However, these arena fighting games starring Nintendo characters seem to take absolutely ages to make. They're just so filled with unlockable content, they must be a nightmare to put together. It seems a shame, when the Switch is perfectly suited to this local multiplayer masterpiece, not to simply give us the brilliant Wii U version with a little bonus content (not that it needs anything extra) in the meantime.

This, along with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, would make a strong case for splashing out £75 on an extra set of Joy-Con controllers.

There was a time when Nintendo used to include a tennis game as part of its console launch roster. Not any more. In fact, Nintendo has kind of double-faulted with its Mario Tennis games in recent times. They've been too slight and undernourished by half.

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash on the Wii U felt particularly unfinished, with none of the generosity of spirit that we've come to expect from Nintendo.

The bare bones of a great casual tennis game are here though. All we need is the stack load of extra unlockables - players, courts, tournaments, animations, multiplayer modes - that a Deluxe version could provide. Hey presto: instant local multiplayer Switch magic.