| RolStoppable said: Okay, seems possible that the next Pokémon comes in spring 2016 for the 3DS. Truth be told, I don't consider any of the games you named big. Or better put, they aren't games that will push notable amounts of hardware, so they are much closer to the spinoffs that we've seen than anything the other EAD departments should already be working on. That sounds fair enough, but you should consider that there should be a good reason why Nintendo made it a point at E3 to limit themselves to games that are all planned to release before next year's E3. |
None of their Wii U games have pushed notable amounts of hardware. All of the games they've released so far have combined to push a barely notable amount of Wii U hardware. Since 2012 EAD 4 has been making New Super Luigi U, Pikmin 3, and Mario Maker. Mario Maker is undoubtedly a "bigger" game than those other two in every sense. Likewise, since 2011 EAD 5 has only released Wii Fit U and Steel Diver: Sub Wars, and both of those were co-developed with external teams. Frankly, considering their history I'm not surprised they're struggling to turn those two projects into anything more than tech demos. I don't see how they could have a fourth game in the works at the same time.
As for EAD 4, they could be making another Pikmin. I wouldn't be surprised to see it come in 2016. But it makes as much sense to expect it to be a swan song for the Wii U as it makes to expect it to be an NX launch title.
