Super Smash Bros coming to Switch in 2018

[pikashoe]

MTZehvor said:

pikashoe said:

All the information I've seen has said that absolutely no development had begun on smash wiiu before kid icarus was released. Sakurai even said that it was a mistake announcing that the games were being made in 2011, because they had done nothing up to that point.

The main point against it being a port is that they didn't treat it like a port. They treated it like a  brand new game. If it was a port they would have shown gameplay. Lack of gameplay suggests that there is something new. Every port nintendo has announced has had at least some gameplay.

I'd argue the inverse; with a port, there isn't a significant need to show gameplay, since people will be pretty familiar with the product already. You don't need to remind people what Smash 4 plays like. With an entirely new game that's at most 8 or so months from launch, you'd want to show gameplay, or at the very least, more than just a mysterious blacked out shot of characters that's probably better described as a teaser rather than a full blown trailer. If it is a new game, it would presumably be Nintendo's biggest hitter of 2018; why keep so much information under wraps this early before release? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense compared just about every other big name Nintendo title I can think of. 

It is very common for new games to be first teased with a cinematic. Recent examples are bayonetta 3 and Travis strikes again. It is not very common for ports to be teased with just a cg trailer. Every port in that direct was announced as a port and had gameplay.

Not showing gameplay adds to speculation, it gets people talking more. Likely they are waiting till e3 to show gameplay. They are building anticipation for e3.