Yo-kai Watch 4 announced for Switch, releases 2018 In Japan

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LipeJJ said:

Ljink96 said:
Another reason why I think Pokemon will be 2019. If Animal Crossing does come this year along with Smash, and Fire Emblem and now Yokai Watch 4, I don't know if there'll be enough hardware to go around. I still stand firm on the idea that Pokemon will be an early 2019 release in the same vein as Zelda: Breath of the Wild and experience a massive blowout within the release months, and ride the wave up until the holiday season. Makes sense for Level 5 and Nintendo.

I agree. I’ve been saying this... Pokémon is probably a March game or something due to the reasons you mentioned, and the fact that it probably needs time for polishing and adjusting performance.

Releasing in 2018 would be a waste and an overkill. Smash, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem and now this are enough to help Switch reach 20m this year.

I don't see Pokemon releasing outside of any holiday period tbh Pokemon is the go gift for many and that's when the is the most hardware going around, it's too big of a global force to release at any other time I can see a 2019 Q4 release. If anything I can see a March release for Animal Crossing in 2019 with Pokemon in Q4 and Prime 4 in the summer