Is Nintendo rushing announcements of games?

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Joelcool7 said:

Linkasf said:
Yeah because announcing FFXIII 4 years before release wasn't too early :). Just an example. There are a lot more of those that have been done mostly on the Ps3 and Xbox and they did just fine... I'm not talking about review scores.

Not commenting on the competition. It is not like Nintendo to announce titles so early or quickly. As many pointed out it isn't Nintendo's policies in general to announce titles so early in development or pre-development. Zelda is one that usually gets announced at least a year early but it is always deep in development prior to the announcement.

SmashBros yah I have heard the line about trying to find developers. But honestly Microsoft started hiring developers for Halo4 along time ago before the game began development. These announcements barely made headlines but 343 was able to get the team they wanted. They posted ads saying they needed developers to work on a next-generation Halo title, this impacted a tad in the media but 343 and Microsoft did a great job at keeping it hush hush while finding all the developers they needed.

Also arguing SmashBros Wii was announced around the same time. When SmashBros Wii was announced the game had already been in development awhile. A trailer was shown and you could see it was more then just a concept it was an actual product. Announcing a game before it has actually begun development is premature any way you look at it! We all knew SmashBros would come to WiiU their was no need to announce it until they had something to show!

No it was announced way before that trailer, They announced it the same time they showed the wii itself. Skip around the 9:51 mark in this vid. Its was quick(similar to 3ds' announcement)  but still an offical announcement it was coming for wii. Who knows if they had started development or not. Probably not.