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curl-6 on 31 January 2019
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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
curl-6 said:

April/May for Fire Emblem would be good, I also really feel they should have Animal Crossing out for June/July, it's the perfect Summer game and I don't want them to squish it and Core Pokemon into the last 2 months of the year like they did with Smash/Let's Go in 2018.

I just feel like Nintendo's developing a bad habit of relying too much on Nov-Dec sales and not doing enough to maintain momentum during the first 10 months of the year.

That's an understandable sentiment, but it's hard to verify, so we don't really know if it's a trend. Remember: This wasn't the case in 2017, and it also wasn't supposed to be the case in 2018, where games like Fire Emblem and Yoshi were pushed back past their initial year of release. And I don't think it will be the case this year, since Yoshi should keep up momentum, and Fire Emblem - at least in Japan - should move units (as well as stuff like DQ11 and Yokai Watch 4). We could potentially see something like - Luigi's Mansion 3 (October) - Pokemon (November) - Animal Crossing (December). Which, I guess would be pretty top heavy. But something like - Animal Crossing (August/September) - Luigi's Mansion 3 (October) - Pokemon (November) is also realistic. The 2nd scenario is favorable to the first, I think. We also don't know how much or little Town matters in this discussion, I wouldn't bet on it just yet till we know more. And yeah, I think Animal Crossing would be a great Summer title. I've predicted that in the past but I don't really know where that one will land ... 

I think the more consistent and worse trend is the Mid December - Mid/Late March dry season. Although, it's somewhat softened for me because Smash lasted a long time, and well .. Tales of Vesperia is a fantastic game! 

Yeah the early year drought is a very annoying trend too. 

If Nintendo can get Animal Crossing out before October then this year will at least be more balanced than last. I forgot about DQ11 and Yokai, though I don't expect they'll have system selling power outside Japan.

Ironically, back on the Wii U where their overall management was awful they at least managed to put heavy hitters like Mario kart 8 and Splatoon in the first half of the year, ditto for BOTW in 2017. I just hope it doesn't become their new MO to piss away Jan-Oct on cruise control and only really try to push sales during the Christmas season.