Bofferbrauer2 said:
I'd say they wanted it out asap to avoid any hole in the lineup for this year to avoid the infamous Wii U droughts on the Switch. Splatoon 2 was easy because not too much had to be changed on a technical standpoint from the original game, being able to retain most assets, just maybe polishing them up a bit. Otherwise there wouldn't have been any big game release between Arms and Fire Emblem Warriors/Pokkén tournament late september (don't think they knew a release date yet for Mario & rabbits at that point), so a very dry summer for the Switch. Splatoon 3 will come, but I doubt it will come this decade |
Right, it was an easy game for them to do and served the purposes of filling in gaps and getting one of Nintendo's biggest successess this decade onto a platform which will quickly have a bigger install base than Wii U ever did. Which is my point that it doesn't seem like the true sequel in a lot of ways, and they may very well have Splatoon 3 out by 2020, which would definitely still be in the Switch's lifecycle.
