Eurogamer: Zelda: Breath of the Wild to miss Nintendo Switch launch

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teigaga said:

S.Peelman said:
3D Mario is good and all, but BotW is what people want to play right now, it's what will sell Switches. Wouldn't be smart to have it miss the new systems's launch.

I don't think it would matter much.

Nintendo can shift 2million units at launch with 2D Mario and shovelware as launch titles tbh, its not hard to get hardcore enthusiasts and early adopters in launch month. 3D Mario is a big step up from 2DMario and Zelda will (hopefully) arrive right around the corner so there will be no slowing down of momentum.

It will be the same situation as the Wii U. Launch is not a problem. It's what comes after. If Zelda is really a May game it could help, but I doubt. It looks more like a traditional holiday release.

Also, as Peelman said, people is asking for Zelda, not Mario. Nintendo must not be as obtuse as they were during thE Wii U era doing whatever they wanted instead of giving people what they ask for.