I always forget this is coming heh, I did enjoy the GameCube Animal Crossing which was actually pretty much the last one I played. I do think the Switch version would be the time for me to get back into it, the handheld/home console hybrid fits this series perfectly I think, and it would be cool to take advantage of the more solid online functionality this game will no doubt have. 

I will probably hold off for quite a bit on this one though. I'm honestly thinking of holding off new game purchases (review copies excluded) for like 6 months to a year just so I can take the time to catch up on my huge backlog. 

On AC itself it's a given this will become the franchise's highest performer I can see this installment comfortably entering into the realm of Pokemon numbers, the Lite came not just in time for Pokemon but for this as well as not only for a cheaper SKU but to give the Switch a handy feature in sales that portables have and that is more than one per household the Lite makes that viable and that helps games like Pokemon and AC which are heavy on the social interaction side of things.

No doubt AC will get the consistent updates that helped make WW and NL huge successes, Tomodachi when that arrives should compliment AC well being the two major social sims in the first party library.

Can't wait. I'm betting this will be a really good one.

Why are you assuming they would cannibalize? There's nothing stopping people from buying multiple games in the same genre. I doubt people go "ok this year I'm going to buy 1 platformer, 1 puzzler, 1 shooter." Plus the reverse can be said too, that more games of a genre means more fans of that genre will be made/buy the system therefore increasing the sales of games in said genre.

Whenever you do pick it up, you're likely in for a treat mate, the series has improved quite a lot over the last 15 years, and portability n online is really nice for a game like this.

If there's a small enough release gap separating games of similar genres, it could be the difference to a lot of potential buyers between buying all of them at full-price or buying one or two at full-price while leaving the other ones for 2nd-hand purchases, sales or irrelevance.  I know I remember doing that a lot when I was a teenager with a limited income.

 How many games one can buy at a time has nothing to do with the genre though.

It was the same for FE Three Houses. We got all or most of the info we needed at e3. Which was less than 2 months of its release. 

Personally I want to know as little as possible about the game. This current gaming culture wants everyone else to play the game for them first.

I've only played the Gamecube AC.  It was decent at first, but I got bored with it pretty quickly.

However, something about the Switch AC looks very intriguing.  This might be the game that sucks me back into Animal Crossing.  I've got a good feeling about this game.  I think it will set records for the Animal Crossing series.  Also, my daughter and her friend are both really excited for it.

That's good culture, smarter to know what you'd be buying before you buy it. If you want to take the risk and stay in the dark you're free to do that of course.