Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - 25th Sept. - 1st Oct 2017

[Miyamotoo]

killeryoshis said:

 

Miyamotoo said:

You dont know that. They said they aiming to release Pokemon next year. Last Animal Crossing game is released long time ago, there were definitely more than enuf time to prepare new Animal Crossing for 2018. year. I definitely expecting at least one of those two games to be released in 2018. and I think higher chances are for Animal Crossing.

I am not sure about 2D Mario beacuse we already have 2D games for next year, also I am definatly sure we will not get new NSMB game, maybe new kind of 2D Mario or Mario Maker DX/2.

2018 is the earliest the Pokemon game can come.   Also Nintendo has the game as 2018 or later. However between every new generation of Pokemon there is usually 3 years in between. If it comes out in 2018 it will scream "rushed". Sun and Moon came out in 2016 so 2019 seems just right. You got to remember that they are also adjusting to new hardware.  Again the Animal Crossing team just got done making Splatoon 2. So if Animal Crossing is being released next year than it is  mostly a new team. Which could be possible but I think it is less likely.

 

Here is what we know so far for 2018.
Kirby
Fire Emblem
Yoshi

We should expect 
A Mario game
Retro's game

Nintendo usually releases around 8 games a year. There are probably 3 titles that we have no idea what it could be. Animal Crossing could be one of those titles but I don't think it is likely.

 

Pokemon is 2018. or 2019. game, Pokemon Company said they aiming to release it next year. No it want, we actualy had infos that Pokemon for Switch is in development for quite time now. Animal Crossing team (Nintendo EAD) can easily work on multiple projects in same time, also most of Splatoon team is new staff, not to mentione that Splatoon 2 is not big project because they reused lotsa things from Splatoon 1. New Animal Crossing is most likely for quiet time in development. You can bet that we are getting Animal Crossing or Pokemon next year, they are small chanches that we will get even both games next year.

You forgeting that 3DS and Switch development teams are now merged and that all focus is on Switch now (true is that 3DS still getting some small projects, spin offs and ports, but all bigger projects are for Switch), so when you say that Nintendo usually releasing around 8 games a year that don't mean nothing for "new Nintendo" and Switch. What we can expect are folowing games: Smash Bros 4DX/5, Animal Crossing or Pokemon (defiantly one of them, smaller chanches for both of them), Retros game, Next Level Games game, Pikmin 4, some new IP/s, more Wii/WiiU ports, some 3rd party exlusive/s...