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Let's talk a bit about Nintendo's 2020 lineup.
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Let's talk about 2020? We've not got to the best parts of 2019 yet, there's at least 200-300 quids worth of games coming out that all look great!
It would be so nice to see how much more they can get from Mario Kart game. I mean 8 Deluxe looks incredible and that's a Wii U port bumbed up to 1080p.
This is a forum, we like to speculate on things. The fact that we'll be playing a lot of great games this year doesn't mean that we cannot speculate about 2020 games.
SMTV is one of the reasons I bought a Switch (admittedly never played one, but wanted to ever since beating P5) so hopefully we'll get something next year.
they're able to help third parties do WW launches for games like octopath, daemon x machina, dragon quest XI S, mario+rabbids (in japan), etc. while these titles don't have as much text to translate as an SMT game, i think nintendo is willing to help a lot with exclusives if they can launch it worldwide at once.
OP, this is some of the best and most considered speculation I've ever seen on Era. I was really expecting this thread to be "Lol I can't wait for BOTW2 and MP4 to release on the same day as the Switch Pro! It's 100% going to happen!!", but what you've written is really well argued.
I wonder if they'll do something with Super Mario 3D Land as well as World. Obviously a bundle of both of them would be too good to be true (and wouldn't make financial sense), but with the 3DS dead at this point, it would make sense for them to bring both those games to the Switch, especially if they intend to continue the '3D' series in the future.
Also, I know you're looking at 1st and 2nd party stuff, but what about Mario+Rabbids 2? That game and the DLC seemed to be a huge success.
Not exact date, but I think I saw on somewhere that it will be localized in west sooner. Maybe 2020
the game was a massive hit (best selling third party title in the US and spain, iirc). they sent out a survey about what characters people want in a sequel. i think it's almost certain that a sequel is being worked on, probably revealed at e3 2020 with a late 2020 release date.
do it, it's an amazing game
i still have to play the dlc, which looks amazing
Not sure why you stopped reading there. There's a great chance for a 2020 release.
Why? There is no Mario Kart Switch (only a WiiU port) and also no new console planned.
Maybe if we all collectively thrust these vibes into the universe they will come true.
New Monolith games alone would make me lost my shit.
as far as they're concerned, there's no point. mk8d is selling as well as any brand new mk game would be.
they can just ride out switch with the current game and then have 9 ready for the launch of switch 2.
I want it next year but I doubt it considering Nintendo announced it as "now in development"
Obviously stopped reading it before he said there was a 50/50 chance of it coming next year.
Yeah, it seems super unlikely to me, but what do I know really. Though I feel people are making big assumptions based on the fact that Majora's Mask was made so quickly, even though that was almost 20 years ago under totally different conditions.
Saying 50/50 is just a failproof way of saying it can or cannot happen. The fact that Nintendo just said Now in development just tell me it's NOT going to be in 2020
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Well I would lean to it not being 2020 except Zell said 2020 and he's generally good.
I wouldn't bet against it. BoTW1 was probably pushed back a bit to make the switch port work which means the game could have been done a lot sooner than march 17.
they didn't say it just started development, they confirmed that the game is currently in development. botw was done a long time ago (probably months before the launch of switch, being kept to be released for the system's launch), and the dlc wasn't something that occupied the whole team for a whole year. from the launch of botw in early 2017 to botw in late 2020, there's almost four years of dev time. considering they already have the engine and a ton of assets to reuse, that's WAY more than enough time for a sequel.
i really don't understand why people think the idea of late 2020 for botw 2 is so outlandish. they need a game for the 2020 holidays, and botw 2 is most likely that title.
edit: oh and insiders have already hinted at it being a 2020 title.
Don't know about that one. The Wii U version barely works, let alone the Switch version.
It's entirely possible for it to be 2020. Maybe Nintendo just doesn't want to risk announcing delay so they're keeping quiet until they're 100% sure it'll be 2020. Like how Animal Crossing was teased 2019 but had to be delayed. Maybe they should have just said "New Animal Crossing now in development".
with the release of DQXI S in september, SMT 5 will the the only unreleased title featured the switch reveal conference in january 2017 (there was also Steep but that got cancelled)
that's super hyperbolic
Yeah it's now in development. Its been in development since 2017. Over 3 years of development is enough time to release Botw 2. They probably don't want to say 2020 in case they have to delay.
that's exactly the reason why i think it was announced without the "2020" at the end, because there's always the chance that it may need some more time and slip into Q1 2021, but i think the target date is definitely late 2020.
in hindsight, it definitely would have been better to announce animal crossing without the 2019 release date, so nintendo is just being careful with botw so they don't disappoint people.
Nah. Just saying, if anything, the game could have used more time in the oven.
Their first party stable has gradually decreased over the years on consoles...some of the previously well-known games (F-Zero, Mother being my main examples) and some of the more niche titles (Custom Robo, Sin & Punishment) have all faded from consoles.
While I realize the sales just weren't there for these titles, it seems like it would be important to have these niche games available to help keep a healthy diversity of offerings. Also, these games happen to be some of my most enjoyed Nintendo IPs.
The only reason I'm mentioning this is because I look at the potential 2020 lineup and see the same IPs that I've become far too used to seeing over the past decade.
I just hope one day they'll be willing to release a smaller budget version of one of their obscure IPs.
While I realize the sales just weren't there for these titles, it seems like it would be important to have these niche games available to help keep a healthy diversity of offerings. Also, these games happen to be some of my most enjoyed Nintendo IPs.
The only reason I'm mentioning this is because I look at the potential 2020 lineup and see the same IPs that I've become far too used to seeing over the past decade.
I just hope one day they'll be willing to release a smaller budget version of one of their obscure IPs.
I put in 300 hours in the switch version and had zero bugs. So i'm not sure it "barely works". Yes performance at launch was a bit all over the place but this is optimization not creative work.
i know, since it took them some time to optimize the game further and make it more stable. i'm just saying if there was no switch and no need to time the game with switch's launch it would have been ready a lot sooner. while it takes time to port and optimize the game, most of the team was done with it a while before release and had moved on to either the dlc or the sequel.
i'm just saying, anyway you look at it, the sequel has had a lot of dev time already and people thinking it just started development are very wrong.
You can talk about the future even when the present is good dude.
Regarding Pokémon next year, I feel like a Diamond/Pearl remake would be more likely than Mega Sword & Mega Shield.
The thing is that MK8D is still printing money. At this point, they'd be better off preparing Mario Kart 9 as a launch (window?) title for the Switch's successor in a few years.
You think a sequel within the same framework isn't gonna need less time to be made than 5 years?
"Now in development" doesn't mean it just started development.
If I remember correctly didn't it start development in late 2017?