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When will we see Animal Crossing for the Switch?

2018 66 63.46%
 
2019 28 26.92%
 
2020 4 3.85%
 
2021 0 0%
 
2022 6 5.77%
 
Total:104

I'm not against assuming a faster Fire Emblem launch. Nintendo's been making more strides to global launches recently and Xenoblade looks able and willing to launch, as is Pokemon.



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Okay.

Confirmed
-Kirby
-Yoshi
-Fire Emblem

Probable
-Animal Crossing
-2D Mario -
Either a new 2D Mario game or a Mario Maker enhanced port.
-Travis Touchdown Game
-Project Octopath Traveller
-SMT5
-Pikmin 4 -
Miyamoto talks about it all the time so I'm just assuming that it releases in 2018
-Retro's game
- They'll have had 3 years of development time by the end of 2017 (if the rumors of them only getting approval on their next project at the end of 2014 is true)
-Mario Partay
-Wario Ware
-Whatever FromSoftware is working on -
Might be a port.  Might be a paid exclusive.  Who knows.
- Smash 4 port or Smash 5
- If we don't get a Smash 4 port (which I'm increasingly thnking is not coming), we'll probably be getting Smash 5.  DLC for Smash 4 ended at the beginning of 2016 and close to three years will have passed from then to the 2018 holidays (about the same amount of time it took for two versions of Smash 4 to complete).  There were rumors of Bamco hiring people for a future Smash Bros game and this might be the reason.  Nintendo will also need a huge game to cover the holidays in 2018 if Pokemans isn't going to make it by then (and I don't think it will).  Animal Crossing is a bonified system seller but it's not going to make the right kind of splash for E3.  Smash 5 can make that kind of splash.  I believe that if it's coming, it'll be announced during a big direct close to the beginning of 2018 and will be what Nintendo designs their floor stage around at E3 like they did with Mario Odyssey this year and Breath of the Wild last year.

Guessing - Either late 2018 or 2019
- Metroid - I'm guessing Metroid Prime 4 for fall 2018 but that's on the assumption that development for it started at the end of 2015/early 2016.  That would give 3 years of development time.
- Sakurai's game - Sakurai said he had his next project lined up even before he finished the last wave of Smash 4 DLC.  That would give him around 3 years of development time as well if it's a fall title.

Probably 2019
-Pokemans - I say Pokemans in 2019 because GameFreak always comes late and HD development will probably delay them for an extra year.
-Platinum's game
-Bayonetta 3 -
Just a hunch.



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You'll get Metroid for sure in 2018, Kirby, Yoshi and maybe Pokemon but I'm not sure about Smash... There has not been one generation with 2 Smash games and I think Sakurai won't be fine with Nintendo doing a port of Smash 4... I think Smash 5 will be something they announce in 2018 and launch in 2019 or 2019-2020.



 

On a quartlrly basis:

Q1 - Kirby, Mario Party 11

Q2 - Fire Emblem, Nintendogs 3

Q3 - Yoshi, Pikmin 4, New Super Mario Bros 3

Q4 - Mario Tennis/Golf, Animal Crossing 5, 2D Zelda,

??? - Retro's Next Game(?)

 

I'm guessing Mario Party 11's release window based on the cycle ND Cube seems to have made with the series. Nintendogs 3 is due to how the Switch's nature as a touchscreen-centric machine would make it ideal for a new game. Pikmin 4 is based on the assumption that it'd be made by the same team as Pikmin 3, which has not had a major release since Super Mario Maker. I'm guessing NSMB3 will be from the NSMB2 team. I'm guessing a new Zelda based on how 2D handheld titles have previously been used for experimentation. Mario Tennis is based on the assumption that Camelot will have some HD console experience from Ultra Smash and the better part of two years to make a fleshed out product (for once).

In general, I don't think this lineup is TOO unrealistic, and it would give Nintendo a good balance and rate of releases. Note that besides Yoshi and NSMB3 both being Q3 releases, games in the same window are fairly distinct, with the most casual-styled games (Mario Party, Nintendogs, and Animal Crossing) all being fairly spread out. Furthermore, I think that Animal Crossing could potentially be a flagship holiday title, at least in Japan. Maybe Retro will fill in that last spot? Regardless, Nintendo would have about one major release every 5 weeks or so.

I don't think Metroid Prime 4 or Pokemon will be ready before 2018. We'd actually have more than a logo for the former, and the latter would be a very fast development considering how Ultra Sun/Moon would have barely been released. I also don't think we'll be getting a new Mario RPG soon, between Color Splash's recent release and the SuperStar Saga remake.



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Turkish said:

Metroid Prime 4 is 2019 at the earliest.

Agreed. I'm thinking we'll get a cinematic trailer next E3, a playable demo at E3 2019, and a release either later in 2019, or in 2020.



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Kirby
Fire Emblem Main title
Bayonetta 1 + 2 port
Paper mario
Pikmin 4



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Kirby

Yoshi

Retro Project (?)

Project Octopath

Fire Emblem

Pikmin 4
(hopefully) Animal Crossing
and maybe Sm4sh port for the holidays?

Metroid and Pokemon are 2019 titles



Hmm

Pikmin 4

Fire Emblem

Kirby 

Yoshi

Platinum Games project

Metroid Prime 4

New Donkey Kong

Animal Crossing

Retro Studios game

New Wario game

Mario Party

At least one new IP from Nintendo

The Octopath game and SMT



Q1: Kirby, Some kind of remaster or port (not even going to guess)
Q2: Yoshi, Mario Party 11
Q3: Fire Emblem, Pikmin 4, Wario
Q4: Smash 4 Deluxe, Animal Crossing



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Wman1996 said:

Q1: Kirby, Some kind of remaster or port (not even going to guess)
Q2: Yoshi, Mario Party 11
Q3: Fire Emblem, Pikmin 4, Wario
Q4: Smash 4 Deluxe, Animal Crossing

Wow, betting on Wario to come? What was his last standalone game? Pretty sure it was the one on the virtual boy