I think regardless if Nintendo planned for 2020 to be what it is now, we should still consider the impact that the pandemic has caused throughout the year. A lot of the big games had to be delayed this year and we have already heard of reports of how dev teams had to push back their timelines for their upcoming projects. Even insiders have mentioned how projects under the planning/early stages of development were significantly affected. Heck, Mario’s 35th anniversary was likely going to coincide with the grand opening of Super Nintendo World and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics...though both were unfortunately postponed.
Not to mention, even Sakurai noted how his team are taking precautions while developing Smash DLC. That’s DLC!
In the end, whether you have high expectations or not, you should consider the timelines likely changing for some of these announced and unannounced projects for Nintendo, let alone the rest of the industry.
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