Luke888 said:
but that's the point , MK9 will be ready to release whenever they want in 2017, probably if they wanted they could have rushed it to launch title since MK8 released may 2014, they can release Pikmin at launch and have just one First Party title in the gap febbruary (since Launch titles will take January too to complete) - april ...
You treat Pikmin as if it isn't that big of an IP but let me ask: when was the last time NIntendo strongly advertised a Pikmin game ? because as far as I know they never did, or if they did it shure wasn't at the same level as say Splatoon or Mario Kart. but still it managed to sell 1M+ with each entry, most of the times on struggling home consoles...
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I highly doubt we'll see a new Mario Kart that soon. With BC, all Nintendo has to do is push MK8 on their eshop. None of that really matters. Who cares how much Pikmin sold? How many Wii Us did it sell? Not enough, because Pikmin isn't a killer app. It's a library filler. That's not a bad thing at all, but business wise, there is no reason to waste Pikmin 4's potential as a way to fill in the NX's library consistancy just to bloat the NX's launch line up. People are already spending hundreds of dollars on this thing. Most people will be buying Zelda with it and many people will be buying Smash with it. Let's say the NX launches with another killer app, that's three games that will likely sell for $60, plus the big 3rd party games.
In what possible universe does Pikmin 4 not fair dead last in the heirarchy of games people buy for it at launch if it's another one of those launch games. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Nintendo needs to pace these releases evenly. Pikmin will fair WAY better right after launch than it would at launch, and it would be much better for the NX too.