Japan Direct Top 10
— Nocturnal (@noshten) September 25, 2021
1) Splat 3 - 31K likes
2) New Horizon - 15K likes
3) Kirby - 16K likes
4) MH Rise - 5.7K likes
5) Touken Ranbu Musou - 8.3K likes
6) Bayo 3 - 4.5K likes
7) Deltarune Ch 2 - 5K likes
8) MP - 1K likes
9) Chocobo GP - 1K likes
10) ActRaiser - 0.9K likes pic.twitter.com/DJUZLAkSO6
Next year is going to be crazy for Software.
Spring - Pokemon Arceus, Kirby, Triangle Strategy, Chocobo GP, Touken Ranbu Musou
Followed by Splatoon 3 & Monster Hunter Rise expansion in the summer.
As I've said in the New Horizon vs Splatoon 3 thread - the launch of a new Splatoon on a 20M+ user-base is going to be insanity - very likely the biggest launch Japan has ever seen. Splatoon 2 launched very early in the Switch's life and didn't have as much development time - so I can totally see there being more mechanics outside the new things we already saw. Making the game feel fresher
Overall based on the Direct I expect Splatoon 3 to launch in July / August with the first testfire in March/April, leaving Breath of the Wild sequel for the fall.
