> I guess for those who are interested in an F Zero X port you assume they already know what platform it was on.

You assume wrong. I would be interested and I didn’t know by name what the platform was. I never played F-Zero but I’m familiar with it thanks to Super Smash Bros.

> If I ever talk about Ocarina of Time, I don't feel the need to specify what platform it was on

Considering there’s a remake with the same name on the Switch 2, you do need to specify.