Asriel on 29 July 2016
I don't think it will be there at launch, because I think Nintendo will pace their biggest releases. If Animal Crossing on NX has the selling power of the portable versions, you're looking at a game that's going to shift 10 million copies and several million consoles. Nintendo don't need that on day one when they can count on Zelda.
I do think we'll see Animal Crossing in 2017, though, and I agree it's far into development. I'm also agreed on the points about the mobile title, I fully expect Nintendo are launching Animal Crossing mobile later this year with the hopes of driving some new mobile players onto NX.
