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Octane on 16 March 2015
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curl-6 said:
Octane said:
It has nothing to do with the translation, they should know by now that Europe has more than one language, they should be and are prepared for that.

If anyone remembers, last year Nintendo closed their European headquarters in Großostheim, and moved it to Frankfurt. They admitted that the relocation will probably cause some delay. Of course they wanted to get Smash U done in time, so Captain Toad and Kirby got the short end of the stick. It makes sense, they are budget titles after all, and Kirby isn't even that popular in Europe.

Nevertheless, Captain Toad was originally set to release on January 9, but was moved to January 2, and even December in some stores. Kirby was originally planned for the 2nd half of 2015, but is now May 8. They're working really hard to make up for the delays. I think Splatoon will make it in time. I have no worries.

Good point. I hope you're right, but Kirby and Splatoon both in one month doesn't seem like their M.O.

Well, Kirby is May 8, and I already expected Splatoon to be a late May release, like Mario Kart 8, so I don't see how that isn't possible. Kirby isn't popular in Europe either, and that's probably an understatement: Kirby games often sell like shit over here. I don't think that it'll affect Splatoon sales in any way, so that shouldn't affect Splatoon's release date either. Furthermore, Nintendo has released multiple games in a month before, I even recall several occasions of two games on the same day (Link's Crossbow Training and Pokémon Battle Revolution for example, DKC: Returns & Mario All-Stars, and New Super Luigi & Pikmin 3 as well).

EDIT: About the Splatoon release date. If we assume it's a late May release, May 29 (on a Friday) would be a good candidate, and that still 3 weeks after Kirby's release date. I think it's definitely possible.