Nintendo communications director indicates that Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon are 2018 titles

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PAOerfulone said:

Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing.

So no logo or trailer and yet they are holiday 2018 and Pokemon and MP4 are not?

 

 

They both have a much bigger shot than Pokemon or Prime 4. Out of those 4 games, Animal Crossing has got to be the one that takes up the least amount of resources to develop for. Out of the 4, 2 of them are RPGs, one is a first person, sci-fi, action-adventure. And the last one is a simulator.

With Fire Emblem, Intelligent Systems has talked more about Fire Emblem than Game Freak or the Pokemon Company have talked about Pokemon. Seeing as how Fates came out in June 2015 and Sun/Moon came out in November 2016, that gives Intelligent Systems a 17 month headstart in development for the next Fire Emblem game over the next Pokemon.

The time period between mainline Pokemon games have been 3-4 years, and seeing as how this is the first "console" mainline game AND it's going from a system that was a portable GameCube to a slightly more powerful and portable Wii U, the only way Gen 8 makes 2018 is if they are rushing it out the door specifically to meet that deadline and make the most money, and if that's the case, what does that say about the game's quality? This game will be the biggest project Game Freak has ever done and fans' expectations are the highest they've ever been, they'll need all the time they can get to deliver.

So if you're saying that they can get a project like THAT, to the best and uppermost quality it can be to meet those fan expectations, WITHIN 2 years... yeah Good Luck with that. Same thing goes for Metroid Prime 4.

Maaaybe it has a chance, but that chance is little to none. For comparison's sake, the first time Metroid Prime was revealed was at Nintendo Space World in August 2000. The game itself came out in November 2002. If Prime 4, with not even a reveal just a title card, follows the same pattern, that slates it for September 2019.  And seeing as how the Switch is far more powerful than the GameCube ever was and demands as many more resources, don't be surprised if this games gets pushed to even 2020.