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Nuvendil on 12 June 2018
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Shaunodon said:
Nuvendil said:

Given the sales of 3D Mario, Mario Kart, and Pokemon, I think calling Smash their only S tier franchise very hyperbolic. And Fire Emblem is above Kirby and Yoshi now, gotta say.  

And I don't think Smash 5 is coming in 2018.  I also don't think Smash 4 is either.  Because contrary to the rhetoric of some, Nintendo doesn't "need" Smash in 2018.  They have numerous other franchises, this isn't the Wii U that was on death's door in 2014 before Kart arrived and Smash hype ramped up (though it proved a very short lived revival).  I could absolutely see Smash announced in 2018 to be released in 2019.  And assuming GCN Virtual Console shows up, Smash Melee may be a good thing to push out immediately.  

My guess for 2018's big Holiday title is Pomemon, Animal Crossing, or some unannounced game.  They are playing with their cards very close to the vest though so hard to say.  But I think there will be far fewer Wii U ports coming than people are thinking.  Nintendo seems quite aware of how that move could backfire on them in a public relations sense.

Also, you talk about how extremely long dev time for Smash is...then point out Smash 4 was developed in a little lver 2 years :P

 

Nuvendil said:

Smash 5 will come out for Switch.  As will Mario Kart 9.  It's a matter of when.  Not if.  

You seem to be rather quiet there Nostradamus.

Because I completely forgot I posted in this thread?

As for what I said, I was half wrong.  Pokemon did come in the 2018 holiday but then so did Smash 5.

And it is, from all I can see, Smash 5.  So I was right in that Smash 5 was inevitable just a lot sooner than I thought.

 

As for Wii U ports, eh.  They happened, I'm not bothered either way.