| curl-6 said: We'll see. If they were coming in Q1-2, wouldn't they have given them at least a brief mention? |
Mario Maker is not a big title, Yoshi is a bit of a mystery but I'd expect it first half of 2015 but it may not be done yet with a concrete release date. And the direct was already packed with information about other things (arguably bigger) like the indie support, the 3DS info, Xenoblade and Splatoon windows (and release for Japan). Kirby was mention as its coming out in the very immediate future and there were new details on it.
They may have empty months but there's no way this season will look anything like 2014. For one, you don't have all of a single game coming off the holiday (3DWorld) and one game in Feb (DKTF) and then vapid nothing till MK8. (We also know there's a remake somewhere that they are keeping a lid on...)
The NA/EU Xenoblade delay is a real thing, too, not artificial as that's the reality of a localization on the scale of what Monolith crams into their games, and Nintendo hasn't adopted or have the manpower to do simultaneous localization/development. And there are other positives to take away with regards to the 3DS having its first-party line up solidified for the first half of 2015, a pop-up of much needed AA RPG games that have an audience but haven't really had games.
