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Lonely_Dolphin on 22 November 2016
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zorg1000 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:

Yep just like we all assumed the Wii U would get an Animal Crossing game. :L

That's probably already more big hitters than any Nintendo system has gotten in the span of 9 months so what's one more! I don't believe you can ever have enough games as not everyone is interested in every game so you need a wide array of diverse titles to appeal to as many people as possible. While there is definitely overlap, I believe Animal Crossing better appeals to certain demographics than the aforementioned games. So yes I do want a new Animal Crossing asap for selfish reasons, but also because it would really help build a strong early installbase. I can wait of course so no big deal if it doesn't make 2017. I mainly just want confirmation that the game even exist, that they have indeed been working on it all this time.

Ya we assumed Wii U would get Animal Crossing, it got Splatoon instead. A pretty fair trade-off.

The rumored 1st party lineup is already pretty diverse

3D Mario-3D platformer

Splatoon-3rd person multiplayer shooter

Mario Kart-arcade style racer

Zelda-open world action game

Smash Bros-multiplayer brawler

Xenoblade X-open world JRPG

Mario Maker-2D platformer creator

Pokemon-turn based JRPG

Pikmin-real time strategy

With that lineup Animal Crossing isnt really necessary and would be better served as a 2018 title.

Nah there shouldn't need to be a trade off, the Wii U shoulda had both. There's simply nothing that makes up for having less games, Animal Crossing is just one of many examples. What I was getting at though is that there are no safe assumptions when it comes to Nintendo as I've learned the hard way, so I try not to assume things anymore no matter how much sense it makes. I just take whatever Nintendo does as it comes.

My stance on this and my reasonings for it remain, being that more games is always better than less and that Animal Crossing appeals to different demographics, but I also can't disprove your logic either, so we're just gonna have to agree to disagree here.