| NintendoPie said: Looking at that list, it's quite evident this was going to be a quiet year. EPD especially needed the time from the huge dump of quality titles last year to actually develop more games. The end of 2018 Direct and/or early 2019 Direct should be quite the interesting one methinks. Also, Creatures Inc. should probably be considered co-dev for Pokemon 2019. |
Good point - I'm aiming to do an update at the weekend, I think I might be missing some 3DS games and I definitely need to update which games are eShop only. Personally thinking about next year, I'm not expecting a huge wave from EPD, purely because then 2020 could risk being a bit barren again. Nintendo should aim to balance releases between EPD and other studios. I see next year shaping up something like this:
6-8 games from subsidiaries and affiliated studios: Metroid Prime 4 (Namco), Bayo 3 (Platinum), Pokemon (Game Freak/Creatures Inc), Yoshi (Good-Feel), Fire Emblem (Intelligent Systems), Daemon x Machina (Marvellous), Next Level Game, Retro Studios Game
2 to 4 new games from EPD: Animal Crossing, Mario Maker, Pikmin 4, 2D Zelda, New IP, Labo Kits are likely candidates for me
Some ports and remasters: HD Zelda games, Mario 3D World, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Wonderful 101, Xenoblade X, Metroid Prime Trilogy HD etc.
I think somewhere in the region of 12-15 first-party games a year is reasonable and about the pace we can expect based on 2017 and 2018.
