mii-gamer on 04 April 2014
| ToxicJosh said: In all honesty, I don't think I am being overly optimistic, just regular optimistic. As of this moment in time we have seen the following unreleased Wii U titles: Smash, MK8, Bayonetta 2, X, Hyrule Warriors, Yarn Yoshi (please correct me if I'm wrong). X is clearly 2015, Yarn Yoshi I suspect is cancelled. That leaves 4 games for the rest of the year. MK8 is obviously end of May, Bayonetta is summer in Japan (and probably around a similar sort of time EU and America), and Hyrule Warriors when we saw it in December was clearly barely running. That was pre-alpha footage. We have all been assuming that Smash was the big winter game; but given that it is getting a dedicated Direct in April, that doesn't fit with an end of year release. Hence why I now think it'll be July or late August with a beta in the interim. That essentially gives Hyrule Warriors and possibly Bayonetta in the west the sole responsibility for carrying what I think we can agree is the Wii U's most crucial sales period its likely to face. My conclusion: Nintendo's big winter release is going to be unveiled at E3 (not unlike 3D Mario), and, given the unlikelihood of Retro having completed Metroid Prime 4 in 18 months, I think Zelda U is the strongest bet. After all, Miyamoto and Aonuma have both said that Zelda U could have been unveiled at last year's E3, but they decided against it. Anyway, that's my thoughts. Which will inevitably be proven wrong BECAUSE NINTENDO WANTS ME TO SUFFER. |
