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Wyrdness on 10 April 2018
LipeJJ said:
Ljink96 said:
Another reason why I think Pokemon will be 2019. If Animal Crossing does come this year along with Smash, and Fire Emblem and now Yokai Watch 4, I don't know if there'll be enough hardware to go around. I still stand firm on the idea that Pokemon will be an early 2019 release in the same vein as Zelda: Breath of the Wild and experience a massive blowout within the release months, and ride the wave up until the holiday season. Makes sense for Level 5 and Nintendo.

I agree. I’ve been saying this... Pokémon is probably a March game or something due to the reasons you mentioned, and the fact that it probably needs time for polishing and adjusting performance.

Releasing in 2018 would be a waste and an overkill. Smash, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem and now this are enough to help Switch reach 20m this year.

I don't see Pokemon releasing outside of any holiday period tbh Pokemon is the go gift for many and that's when the is the most hardware going around, it's too big of a global force to release at any other time I can see a 2019 Q4 release. If anything I can see a March release for Animal Crossing in 2019 with Pokemon in Q4 and Prime 4 in the summer



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Jranation on 10 April 2018
wombat123 said:
Now I'm thinking Jibanyan is going to be in Smash Bros to represent Yo-kai Watch and Level-5.

Thay would be awesome! And I can really see Nintendo doing that. 



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routsounmanman on 11 April 2018

Am I the only one baffled that this is the first serious effort from Japanese third parties yet? And no word yet from Capcom, Square Enix (sure, Octopath Traveler is amazing, but not a high budget / high profile game), Konami, Bandai Namco, etc.



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 11 April 2018
routsounmanman said:
Am I the only one baffled that this is the first serious effort from Japanese third parties yet? And no word yet from Capcom, Square Enix (sure, Octopath Traveler is amazing, but not a high budget / high profile game), Konami, Bandai Namco, etc.

It's funny because while I agree fully, it's not like Square Enix is exactly doing great at supporting any system... and their smaller games have come to the Switch pretty quickly for the most part. Only one I think is ridiculous is Secret of Mana remake lol.



Jranation on 11 April 2018
routsounmanman said:
Am I the only one baffled that this is the first serious effort from Japanese third parties yet? And no word yet from Capcom, Square Enix (sure, Octopath Traveler is amazing, but not a high budget / high profile game), Konami, Bandai Namco, etc.

From Wii U To Switch.... They probably still have their doubts



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routsounmanman on 11 April 2018
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
routsounmanman said:
Am I the only one baffled that this is the first serious effort from Japanese third parties yet? And no word yet from Capcom, Square Enix (sure, Octopath Traveler is amazing, but not a high budget / high profile game), Konami, Bandai Namco, etc.

It's funny because while I agree fully, it's not like Square Enix is exactly doing great at supporting any system... and their smaller games have come to the Switch pretty quickly for the most part. Only one I think is ridiculous is Secret of Mana remake lol.

Yeah, that was Capcom-grade monumental fail on their part. I mean the Mana series pretty much screams Nintendo.



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routsounmanman on 11 April 2018
Jranation said:
routsounmanman said:
Am I the only one baffled that this is the first serious effort from Japanese third parties yet? And no word yet from Capcom, Square Enix (sure, Octopath Traveler is amazing, but not a high budget / high profile game), Konami, Bandai Namco, etc.

From Wii U To Switch.... They probably still have their doubts

I can understand their point, for sure, after the WiiU disaster. But, they have to also grow some balls and for once help Nintendo actually build a base. Look at Capcom and SE on PS4 in Japan for example. 

The system pretty much was another failure there, and game after game (esp from SE), turned it around. MHW was the tipping point.

However, Nintendo is always on their own. If they manage to push enough hardware, third parties support their platforms, if even. And with small to medium budget titles.



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Wyrdness on 11 April 2018
routsounmanman said:
Am I the only one baffled that this is the first serious effort from Japanese third parties yet? And no word yet from Capcom, Square Enix (sure, Octopath Traveler is amazing, but not a high budget / high profile game), Konami, Bandai Namco, etc.

Shin Megami Tensei V, Valkriya Chronicles, BlazBlu X and Tales, the are efforts being made by Japanese developers.



XD84 on 11 April 2018

The game will release in Summer 2018



GoOnKid on 11 April 2018

So in Summer of 2018 already. Another example of announcement and release being very close to each other. I like this.

OP, please update?