Yeah, right? It's so weiiiirddd. When I think of enticing games that would make me buy a console, Battletoads always comes to mind.

They should definitely delay it.

Backwards compatibility will ensure people are able to play it on either platform. I think the target launch date is fine.

Yes and no.  The hype of next gen titles that will probably "outshine" Battletoads will make Battletoads seems less relevant when the next gen comes around unless there is a remaster of said title.

I think you might be overestimating Battletoads as a franchise. Most of the Xbox user-base probably hasn't played it. Of those, the ones that have even heard of it have likely just read that it was really hard. Honestly, being broken is probably why people still talk about it.

Besides that, the tease was so low-key that I'm wondering if it will be a major release at all.

I don't think Battletoads will do much to push hardware either way.

I think it's time Microsoft make it a major franchise then...

I don't think there's any way the new Battletoads could successfully serve as their next console's BotW.

I mean, even the original Battletoads was meh, so it's not really a console selling franchise, even if it is cool.

battletoads has me hyped. Been waiting for another game for years. Hopefully this one ends up good

Its going to be a small indie game......very very few will go out of their way to buy a console for such a small game. Willing to bet people dont even know Rare isnt the one making it.......and that Dlala is the main dev. Granted no one knows who Dlala is lol

I feel like this happens every gen where some big games launch right at the end of a console's life span that make some wonder "why was this not just waited on for the next gen launch", for example ones like The Last of Us releasing right at the end of the PS3's life and just a few months before the PS4.

In terms of Battletoads though we don't know if it will necessarily be a 'big' game or not yet since we still haven't seen anything about it, i'm super glad to see a new game being made in it but we've yet to see how big in scope this will be, will it be like a small Xbox Store downloadable game or like a full fledged game release. I could see it being maybe like a $30 game like how Rare Replay and Super Lucky's Tale were.

Plus like KLAMarine said, the next Xbox will probably have backwards compatibility again as well (I can't see them dropping it again after how hard they pushed to get it back with the Xbox One) so it will probably be playable there too. Either that or if the game turns out to be super successful and popular they can always just port it over to next-gen early in its life like how Sony did with The Last of Us Remastered, again for example.