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True or not, it would make sense. It’s far more important for new hardware to have an amazing first year full of big games than it is for old hardware to have an amazing last year.
The correct answer is Switch 2 October 2023 waheyYeah the next logical questions are:
1) If Zelda is Nintendo's last major/significant title before new hardware, how long of a gap do you expect before the next major/significant game?
2) What will Nintendo release across September to December 2023?
The only year Nintendo struggled for major releases in Q4 was 2020, peak pandemic, and they still managed to squeeze put 3D Mario re-releases either side of that period (September 2020 and February 2021). And Q4 still had multiple releases, to boot.
Edit - I also still think that major/significant is too iffy a signifier because it is usually used in such a hyper selective way with Nintendo which ignores plenty of major releases. Mario Party in October 2023 isn't a game I give a damn about but it has really become a major hit on Switch, for example.
No matter how much it sells, I think it deserves to be considered because it's gonna be one of the most expensive game Nintendo ever did when it releases.I find it funny how metroid prime 4 isn't considered when the game is gonna sell over 10mil units
I also like "mid" years. Mainly because it gives me time to focus on backlog.2023 might be a mid year, strap in
(though historically mid switch years are my favorite)
Another year without a new DK.
The correct answer is Switch 2 October 2023 wahey
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4-5 years of full development is definitely not cheap.Pikmins biggest seller is at about 2.3m or so, and that's with whatever growth the switch had for the series.
It's certainly a tiny series in every reasonable description one could use. The only thing that keeps it alive is because Miyamoto essentially considers it his baby and even that's not enough to stop it disappearing for decade+ at a time even as he pushes for it.
It's definitely not going to be costing anywhere near any of the big Nintendo games in budget, lol. The much more likely explanation than them rebooting the game is that it was never more than a small team working on it because the series straight doesn't have that much priority and they only finally got around to it now.
If it was actually nearly done when Miyamoto said it was, they'd have pushed it out on the Wii U because they were goddamned desperately trying to get any and everything out and let standards fall through the floor. Gestures wildly at Mario Tennis ultra smash and animal crossing amiibo festival
that's rightIf those aren't coming in 2023 it means Switch will have games in 2024 lol.
I mean, with Switch at the end of year 6, and Nintendo themselves talking to investors about things like backwards compatibility in a future system, successor talk now is pretty appropriate.The rumor is innocent in itself. But then you realize it will fuel speculation like this (but serious) and it just starts to get really annoying.
I'm not convinced
And
usual Nintendo prediction caveats apply…
Are the key phrases in this rumor that will slowly fade in the effort to fuel such speculation.
I would not be okay with that in the slightest as someone who's waiting for that game since 2017.Honestly after seeing how games like Returnal and Callisto Protocol can look in a dreary space setting, I'd be totally fine if MP4 ditched Switch completely and was a launch title exclusive for the next gen. Let them get crazier with it without having to hold back, you know?
Yeah I know I'm probably in the minority. It's just we waited this long already and I feel like it might end up being the console's last hurrah anyways.I would not be okay with that in the slightest as someone who's waiting for that game since 2017.
I mean, with Switch at the end of year 6, and Nintendo themselves talking to investors about things like backwards compatibility in a future system, successor talk now is pretty appropriate.
I get that's irritating after years of rumours around a 'Pro', but a successor is logically on the cards within the next year or two.
This. And someone was talking about momentum when i said they will loose it if this thing is a 2024 release.This makes sense to me. They will want to line up some heavy hitters for launch of their next hardware.
What I'm not sure about is whether Nintendo would let an entire Christmas elapse with no new major software and let Switch collapse like the Wii.
No new major titles until new hardware is fine if new hardware is arriving late 2023, it's effectively a 5-6 month gap.
I'd be a lot more concerned is if this hardware is a 'sometine in 2024' device because we'd be in a Wii like situation where we got 12+ months without major hardcore release.
It's not significant in the scale of Mario Odyssey, Botw or Animal crossing.Did people just forget about Pikmin 4 or
Oh ok so we’re speculating speculating
Ok, so for him Pikmin 4 isnt significant
Despite being a potential multimillion seller (I mean: Pikmin 3 port is a million seller in Japan alone)
So, with a multimillion seller slated for January, one of their biggest game ever slated for May and a multimillion seller slated for 2023, plus various smaller games coming
...how is this any different from amy other year? Or do we pretend someone outside Nintendo could actually know about unannounced big projects so far away from now?
C'mon..yes it is xommon sense that a big chunck of their teams are already working on next gen projects/versions of new and still to be announced games...that's all
Cross-gen isn't really a thing Nintendo does, they usually have a pretty hard cut-off for games, save for a few exceptions like Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild. (probably more but that's just off the top of my head.)Yeah, so the 2D title in development at Kyoto and 3D and 2D games in development over at Tokyo are really not that big. And I doubt either of these is a exclusive title, if successor releases there will be crossgen at least for 1 or 2 years.
#shitpostabyssThat is what this community was practically founded on to do!
Which Iwata Asks? I remember they said the opposite in (IIRC) the Wii Music Iwata Asks -- EAD teams used to meet to get feedback on each other projects periodically. Skyward also uses Motion Plus mainly because Eguchi convinced Aonuma it was perfect for Zelda.There are developers within Nintendo that don't even know what every other team is working on (if things are still the same as they were during the Iwata Ask days).
I think they are referring to 10+ million sellers, by "huge" and "significant games."Did people just forget about Pikmin 4 or
I wouldn't be surprised if Odyssey got DLC next year.There's soooooo much DLC coming next year, I wonder if Nintendo planned it to help pad the gap between Zelda and the new console while OG Switch releases start to taper off.
Just look at this:
-Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Expansion Pass
-Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope Rayman Expansion
-Splatoon 3 single-player expansion + regular updates
-Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Story Expansion
-Fire Emblem Engage Season Pass
-Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC (unannounced for now, but almost certainly happening considering how they handled SWSH)
That's so much.
Likely $10+ million sellers.This really hinges on what their definition of "huge" and "significant" are.]
it came to you in a dream i saw it written on the stars. we are not the same.he actually knows significantly less than I do thanks to my source
source: it came to me in a dream
No matter how much it sells, I think it deserves to be considered because it's gonna be one of the most expensive game Nintendo ever did when it releases.