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HyrulianScrolls on 18 November 2016
Miyamotoo said:
HyrulianScrolls said:

I'm shocked that the Mario game would be ready at launch, but that would be a massive win for Switch though if so. 3D Mario, Splatoon 1.5, Skyrim, and MK8 are actually a really solid launch lineup. MK8 in particular is big considering despite it being the best selling Wii U title, it still hasn't sold a whole lot compared to Mario Kart standards. Will be like a new Kart to some of the people who buy Switch, and they've never had an MK title at launch. Combined with the rumored price, they are doing a whole lot right it seems.

That isn't really shock, Mario 3D World is finished in October/November 2013, that means they around 3.5 years for new 3D Mario.

Yeah but the fact that the Switch trailer showed so little of the game combined with the fact that the last time an official statement was made about a new Mario game they gave a release window that suggested late 2017-early 2018 makes me very surprised. I sure hope they didn't rush the game just to make launch. Would be unlike Nintendo, but perhaps the devs were told they had no choice since they need this launch to have at least one major brand new title. 



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Miyamotoo on 18 November 2016
HyrulianScrolls said:
Miyamotoo said:

That isn't really shock, Mario 3D World is finished in October/November 2013, that means they around 3.5 years for new 3D Mario.

Yeah but the fact that the Switch trailer showed so little of the game combined with the fact that the last time an official statement was made about a new Mario game they gave a release window that suggested late 2017-early 2018 makes me very surprised. I sure hope they didn't rush the game just to make launch. Would be unlike Nintendo, but perhaps the devs were told they had no choice since they need this launch to have at least one major brand new title. 

You should not pay too much attention on games that are shown in Switch video because point with that video wasnt about games at all, even Nintendo said "You shouldn't assume what you saw on the video represents actual game footage". I was always expected new 3D Mario and Zelda like launch titles, now we know Zelda isn't launch title..



Wyrdness on 18 November 2016
HyrulianScrolls said:

Yeah but the fact that the Switch trailer showed so little of the game combined with the fact that the last time an official statement was made about a new Mario game they gave a release window that suggested late 2017-early 2018 makes me very surprised. I sure hope they didn't rush the game just to make launch. Would be unlike Nintendo, but perhaps the devs were told they had no choice since they need this launch to have at least one major brand new title. 

The Switch video was just a preview video to officially announce the Switch.