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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - SSB4 3DS delay likely means Wii U version will be delayed aswell... <(T_T<)

 

Do you think SSB4 Wii U will also be delayed?

Yes, sadly... 33 22.00%
 
No, nevar!!! 116 77.33%
 
Total:149
Lonely_Dolphin on 12 June 2014
vkaraujo said:

More likely 3DS staff has been redirected to the Wii U version to make it the holyday title no matter what.


That is indeed a possibility!



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Soundwave on 12 June 2014

They kinda have to ship the game no matter what I think ... the amiibo toy line depends on it, and they need to have those out for Christmas. They may just have to ship the game as is and if Sakurai has things he can't finish on time they they'll have to give that away as DLC. 

Still Smash 3DS in October and Smash U in November/December is not ideal. Should've been at least a 6 month gap between the two, it will probably dampen the sales impact of the Wii U version.



kekrot on 12 June 2014
noname2200 said:
kekrot said:

Oh.

So is Christmas and the time around, if you're thinking of Valentine's Day 2015, well, that's 2015. SSB is holiday 2014!

Not on the Chinese calendar bro, which ends on Feberuary 19. Which is a real thing, stop being racist. And the Japanese are basically Chinese, so they're clearly using that one. QED.


Well it's announced at E3, an American event directed towards the American market.



Yep.

Lonely_Dolphin on 12 June 2014
Aielyn said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
Of course it was! Even if it's just the online which is extremely doubtful as that does not take months and months, it's still a developmental issue! Also all games sell better during the Holidays. Nintendo knows this obviously, so they would of just given it a holiday release in the first place if that's what they wanted to do.

It's not "months and months". The game is releasing in Japan in September, meaning less than a month delay from the most likely release date they intended. And games sell better during the holidays, but releasing both games simultaneously is a bad idea, because they'll eat into each others' sales. But too far apart, and one of the two will have reduced sales due to release period. One is releasing in early October, the other in late November or early December. This gives a comfortable 2 month window.


Bottomline, 3DS's online is not the issue! Just because they got the online down for the 3DS doesn't mean they can just copy paste for Wii U, hence MK8's online not running as well as MK7's. Also they're gonna hurt each other's sales regardless of when they're released.



kekrot on 12 June 2014
Soundwave said:

They kinda have to ship the game no matter what I think ... the amiibo toy line depends on it, and they need to have those out for Christmas. 

True, they said they'd release that this fall, and Smash will be the first title to support it. 



Yep.

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Lonely_Dolphin on 12 June 2014
Soundwave said:

They kinda have to ship the game no matter what I think ... the amiibo toy line depends on it, and they need to have those out for Christmas. They may just have to ship the game as is and if Sakurai has things he can't finish on time they they'll have to give that away as DLC. 

Still Smash 3DS in October and Smash U in November/December is not ideal. Should've been at least a 6 month gap between the two, it will probably dampen the sales impact of the Wii U version.


The 3DS can also use those amiibo things, so no worrys there!



think-man on 12 June 2014

Hope they come out the same day.



 

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Lonely_Dolphin on 12 June 2014
think-man said:
Hope they come out the same day.


They've already made it clear that they're releasing separately!



Vinniegambini on 12 June 2014
Soundwave said:

They kinda have to ship the game no matter what I think ... the amiibo toy line depends on it, and they need to have those out for Christmas. They may just have to ship the game as is and if Sakurai has things he can't finish on time they they'll have to give that away as DLC. 

Still Smash 3DS in October and Smash U in November/December is not ideal. Should've been at least a 6 month gap between the two, it will probably dampen the sales impact of the Wii U version.

+1 Soundwave.

The success or failure of the Amiibo figurines is deeply rooted to the release of Smash Bros U.

Smash Bros U will most likely release the week after Pokemon Sapphire & Ruby, just in time for Black Friday.



DevilRising on 12 June 2014

Sorry OP, your avatar needs changin' (jk), and so does your view on Smash.

That shit is coming "Holiday 2014". Notice how they changed it from "Winter". Sakurai said it'll be a 2014 title, Nintendo knows it needs to be a 2014 title. It'll be a 2014 title.