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Aielyn on 16 May 2015
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bigtakilla said:
Aielyn said:
I'd like to think this is a positive sign - if Square Enix didn't have reason to think there would be people simultaneously interested in both presentations, they wouldn't have needed to move theirs. So I choose to assume this means that SE expects there to be some reason for Wii U or 3DS owners to watch their presentation...

Doubtful, but I do like your optimism.

It's not actually as doubtful as you might think.

Bravely Second is meant to release in Western countries at some point, but does not currently have a release date. Also unreleased in the west but released for 3DS in Japan are Final Fantasy Exporers and Theatrhythm Dragon Quest. And there's the new Dragon Quest remake that would be a natural release outside of Japan. And there's Dragon Quest XI that is rumoured, at least, to be headed to the Wii U - note that, in Japan, the Wii U is still around 900,000 units ahead of the PS4, and Dragon Quest is primarily a Japanese-oriented franchise.

Also add Dragon Quest X in Japan, and the obvious potential for Nintendo to organise for the game to be translated for release in the West... it doesn't seem too farfetch'd (if you'll pardon the pokemon) for there to be a few Nintendo-relevant announcements.

I certainly wouldn't call it a sure thing (hence my wording, "I choose to assume..."), but it's not THAT unlikely, especially given how well the 3DS is doing in the west and how poorly (relatively) the Vita is doing (the 3DS is at about 5x the Vita in install base, both in the west and in Japan).