Currently Online 
| Wman1996 said:
I'm not counting on it anymore. It could take until the 2030s and be a launch or launch window title for Switch 2's successor. Mario Kart World was a brilliant launch title for Switch 2 and Animal Crossing could also be a huge launch title. We're long past the days of Super Mario as a predictable launch title, even though on Switch it was debatably still a launch window title as it launched less than 8 months after Switch launched. |
I definitely wouldn’t jump to that conclusion so soon. EDP 5 is responsible for Splatoon and Animal Crossing— both of these games have received (or are receiving) NS2 Editions. Unless you believe the EDP will only put out Splatoon Raiders and DragXDrive this gen, I do think we’re getting a new AC & Splat 4.
How soon? My theory is that Nintendo will be spreading out heavy-hitter releases a lot more on NS2 than NS1. So, with this AC:NH update, while it is plausible that this is an instance of Nintendo priming fans for an upcoming AC reveal (so reveal and or launch in 2026/2027), I’m leaning slightly more towards Nintendo is dropping this release (alongside maybe some more small-scale updates) so as to hold fans over for the next few years, until AC:NS2 is ready for release later in the gen (2028 and beyond).
