Reggie on why Metroid Prime 4 was announced so early

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twintail said:

bananaking21 said:
I remember a while back when Nintendo took a shot at Sony for announcing stuff years in advanced.

As long as Nintendo does it it's ok.

No, it's not okay. I've criticized Sony in the past for having games announced so early at their conferences and I'm certainly not among those hopping in blind excitement at MP4's announcement.

It is good to see that the franchise isn't dead but no release date certainly dampens my excitement.

Namiirei said:

Barkley said:
Hopefully they don't take too long, the Metroid fans may be appeased for now, but if they delay too long they'll get restless again!

Don't expect metroid or pokemon before mid-2019.

What makes you say this? Why mid-2019?