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firebush03 on 03 February 2026
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Otter said:
firebush03 said:

Nintendo was dead silent on this game up until the last two weeks prior to launch, they hid virtually every aspect that people would end up wary on (e.g. we knew nothing about the Federation Force until previews released a week prior to launch, we had no idea what was going on with Sol Valley and this bike until launch, etc.), the release was slotted a week or two after the hottest week for sales, completely buried by three games (Pokémon, Air Riders, AoI), and — to top things off — the leader producer announces his retirement with a tremendous thud in an interview directly after the game’s launch.

Nintendo was not happy with this game and they were intentionally silent on it. They knew what they had and wanted to bury it.

This needs some grounding in reality. There are 6 trailers leading up to launch each slowly revealing more about the game. Completely normal roll out and typical for Nintendo to not reveal too much too early. If Nintendo was so unhappy with the federation stuff then why is that the portion they gave to press to preview? Again this doesn't add up. Press previews are not even necessary and plenty of games skip them if the publisher lacks confidence in the preview.

1) Announcement Trailer featuring Samus 



2) Gameplay reveal trailer focusing on new powers



3) Switch 2 announcement:


4) Motobike Reveal and overworld:


5) Gameplay Overview:



6) Release Trailer:







Yes six trailers… but that’s over the span of an entire year-and-a-half. And they never showed much in these trailers nor explained what we were watching: they all just boiled down to revealing gameplay mechanics (outside of the overview trailer) that appeared confusing void of context. Additionally, it’s the one first-party Nintendo game to release last year without a direct to accompany it— the only time Nintendo was eager to show this game off was when showcasing how NS2 could handle 1440p @ 120fps during a Treehouse Presentation.

Anyways, no point in arguing further so im gonna drop it here.