| homer said: I very much doubt they have an ace up their sleeves considering how candid they have been with announcing titles this gen. Star Fox if that comes out this year. Where is the footage? If not that...Yarn Yoshi. Let that sink in. |
You're kidding, right? Hyrule Warriors was announced 8 months before release. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was announced at E3 2014 and released by the end of 2014. Zelda: LBW was announced in April 2013 for a November release. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team was announced in February 2013 and released in July. Nintendo announced Wind Waker HD in January 2013 and it was out by September. Mario Party: Island Tour was announced in April 2013 and released in November.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was announced at E3 2013 and was planned at that time for release in December (it subsequently got pushed back to February). Similarly, Mario Golf: World Tour was announced in February 2013 for a second-half release (it got delayed to 2014, though).
But let's look at a few of the extreme cases. Majora's Mask 3D was announced in November 2014 and released in February - that's just three months. NES Remix for Wii U was announced in December 2013... and released on the same day! Its sequel was announced in February 2014 and released in April, two months later. Kirby: Triple Deluxe was announced in October 2013 and released (in Japan) in January 2014. Pokemon Battle Trozei was announced in February 2014 for release in March.
Nintendo's habit of keeping a heap of things close-to-the-chest hasn't changed this gen at all. They've always revealed some things early, and some things late. There's always a few big surprises, like LBW, DKC:TF, or Majora's Mask 3D. To think that won't be true this year, especially after Iwata explicitly said there were unannounced games for 2015 last month, is just bizarre.
