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We know the last Splatfest of Splatoon 1 led into the story of Splatoon 2.
Splatfests and content updates are done, but they're teasing a pretty big story event.
Do we really think Nintendo is going to tease the story of Splatoon 3 and then not release the game for 4 years?

The time between Splatoon 1 and 2 was just 2 years, don't know how "just 3" seems so bizarre

Setting up the context of the next game doesn't imply having to release the next entry the following year. Splatoon 2 released only two years after the first game because Switch released in-between. Unless you believe Switch 2 is out next year, which would be another issue.

This era-exclusive idea of Splatoon 3 releasing soon makes absolutely no sense no matter how you slice it. We're talking about a game that keeps selling, keeps getting supported with significant content and of which the producer/director of the game is currently busy on another big game. Who exactly was supposed to work on this for a release next year ? Even better: when was the last time Nintendo released a sequel to a highly successful multiplayer IP on the same console, apart from Mario Party ?

I'd understand supporting the idea of a spinoff/another game set in the same universe but with a different gameplay releasing soon to further capitalize on the brand. Straight-up sequel ? Not happening.
 
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D.Lo

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Didn't know Switch 2 was releasing next year.
The final Splatfest story is playing straight into the game rolling into a sequel, and they are making a huge deal out of it. And there's no reason to wait for a whole new console for the next one, the only reason S1/S2 were on separate consoles was because the Wii U was replaced in the timeframe. Of course the Switch needing new games was a reason to fast track it as well, but if it was on the same timetable as last time S3 would be out in a couple of months.

Do you actually play Splatoon? The community as a whole is mostly thinking this. Who knows when the game comes, but 2020 is not unreasonable at all.
 

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We know the last Splatfest of Splatoon 1 led into the story of Splatoon 2.
Splatfests and content updates are done, but they're teasing a pretty big story event.
Do we really think Nintendo is going to tease the story of Splatoon 3 and then not release the game for 4 years?

The time between Splatoon 1 and 2 was just 2 years, don't know how "just 3" seems so bizarre
The last Splatfest of Splatoon 1 decided which would be the villain, which is a rather small change in the plot and modeling work.

The last Splatfest from Splatoon 2 will decide what the setting will be, which is a much more radical change.

Unless Nintendo has already made a Splatoon 3: Cyberpunk and a Splatoon 3: Mad Max that are stored in a drawer and erase the one that loses, it can not be in 2020.
 

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The last Splatfest of Splatoon 1 decided which would be the villain, which is a rather small change in the plot and modeling work.

The last Splatfest from Splatoon 2 will decide what the setting will be, which is a much more radical change.

Unless Nintendo has already made a Splatoon 3: Cyberpunk and a Splatoon 3: Mad Max that are stored in a drawer and erase the one that loses, it can not be in 2020.
Solution: Two versions.
 

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01. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} 3.140.500
02. [NSW] Splatoon 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} 3.099.211
03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} 2.348.789
04. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} 1.980.613
05. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} 1.565.955
06. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} 1.348.389
07. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} 1.049.023
08. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} 732.900
09. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe <New Super Mario Bros. U \ New Super Luigi U> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} 643.426
10. [NSW] 1 2 Switch <VAR> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} 449.437
11. [NSW] Arms <FIG> (Nintendo) {2017.06.07} 425.881
12. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces <SPO> (Nintendo) {2018.06.22} 420.189
13. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX <FIG> (Pokemon Co.) {2017.09.22) 301.429
14. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit # <EDU> (Nintendo) {2018.04.20} 247.344
15. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.03.05} 227.296
16. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2<RPG> (Nintendo) {2017.12.01} 221.234
17. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} 196.153
18. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker <PUZ> (Nintendo) {2018.07.13} 163.390
19. [NSW] Yoshi's Crafted World <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.03.29} 153.197
20. [NSW] Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together! <PUZ> (Nintendo) {2017.03.16} 91.391
21. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit # <EDU> (Nintendo) {2019.04.12} 63.509
22. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit # <EDU> (Nintendo) {2018.04.20} 56.307
23. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit # <EDU> (Nintendo) {2018.09.14} 49.175
24. [NSW] Bayonetta 1 + 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.05.17} 38.266
25. [NSW] Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido <PUZ> (Nintendo) {2018.06.07} 9.782

25 first-party games (not counting regionally published Japan stuff like Mario Rabids) ranked according to physical retail sales tracked by Famitsu.
 

Fularu

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How do you get 55% if it sold more?

Anyway the difference is probably because Famitsu doesn't include sales from SNK Online Shop (SNK's official online store).
Because company use shipped numbers almost 99.9999% of the time

Actual physical sell through to consumers is incredibly rare.

Hence the 55%

It's also highly unlikely that the SNK store accounted for 14k sales
 
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Setting up the context of the next game doesn't imply having to release the next entry the following year. Splatoon 2 released only two years after the first game because Switch released in-between. Unless you believe Switch 2 is out next year, which would be another issue.

This era-exclusive idea of Splatoon 3 releasing soon makes absolutely no sense no matter how you slice it. We're talking about a game that keeps selling, keeps getting supported with significant content and of which the producer/director of the game is currently busy on another big game. Who exactly was supposed to work on this for a release next year ? Even better: when was the last time Nintendo released a sequel to a highly successful multiplayer IP on the same console, apart from Mario Party ?

I'd understand supporting the idea of a spinoff/another game set in the same universe but with a different gameplay releasing soon to further capitalize on the brand. Straight-up sequel ? Not happening.
It might not be July/summer 2020, but I can't imagine it's way later like some are proposing with the series going on hiatus for 4 more years.

We're talking about a game that keeps selling, keeps getting supported with significant content
Support ends with Final Splatfest... which is setting up something story related.
Why end support there while teasing a major story event to not be answered till the next generation in 3-4 years?

Also:
when was the last time Nintendo released a sequel to a highly successful multiplayer IP on the same console, apart from Mario Party ?
Nintendo's consoles generations and the way they do business have changed dramatically.
Can't follow the same rules established when Nintendo changed the rules
 

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Oops I didn't realize that this has been posted and discussed already. My apologies. X(
 
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The last Splatfest of Splatoon 1 decided which would be the villain, which is a rather small change in the plot and modeling work.

The last Splatfest from Splatoon 2 will decide what the setting will be, which is a much more radical change.

Unless Nintendo has already made a Splatoon 3: Cyberpunk and a Splatoon 3: Mad Max that are stored in a drawer and erase the one that loses, it can not be in 2020.
I already discussed it here
As for the story, I don't think the results of the final Splatfest will matter too much. They likely already have the idea in the works and wouldn't let something as volatile as Splatfests ruin it.
Kind of like them knowing that Marie was more popular than Callie so they wouldn't have had them switch places in case Callie came out on top due to wins. (Or they might rig it, dunno)
 

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Maybe Splatoon 3 is just further away from release than Splatoon 2 was at the point of the final Splatfest of the previous game. :mindisblownemoji:

can't be
it has to break any logic and release next year because uhhh

It might not be July/summer 2020, but I can't imagine it's way later like some are proposing with the series going on hiatus for 4 more years.


Support ends with Final Splatfest... which is setting up something story related.
Why end support there while teasing a major story event to not be answered till the next generation in 3-4 years?

Also:

Nintendo's consoles generations and the way they do business have changed dramatically.
Can't follow the same rules established when Nintendo changed the rules

Nobody said anything about a hiatus. The game will still exist and sell big numbers like it's already doing. Imagining that Nintendo will go against everything they always did and release a sequel to a multiplayer game still selling next year is wild to me. Aside from the fact that the development team, including the producer, is already busy on another game. It's Splatoon, not Zelda.
 

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can't be
it has to break any logic and release next year because uhhh
What 'logic'?

They're ending updates for S2 now. The team turned around Splatoon 2 from S1 in two years, why can they not have another after three years?

I don't know when it will come out, but there is no 'logic' to be applied to say it will be several more years. History implies sooner rather than later. It may be later, but there is literally no evidence to 'prove' that right now.
 

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With the IP going for its 5th year the times are ready for a Splatoon mobile gatcha game. The waifus are there.

Just Do It Nintendo.
 

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D.Lo

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The fan made rule of "one installment per console" apparently applying to Switch despite there not being a second console.

This means no new Splatoon for 4 years despite Splatoon 2 content ending in two weeks.

Logical
I have no idea when it will actually land or if there will be spinoffs or whatever. But the only 'rules' or 'logic' are what have come before, and that was a sequel after two years which picked up the results of the final Splatfest.

Other arguments can be made, but 'what happened before 100% definitely can't happen again' is a poor one.
 

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Dengeki Online Sales: Week 26, 2019 (Jun 24 - Jun 30)

01./00. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} - 163,155 / NEW
02./00. [NSW] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) {2019.06.27} - 78,614 / NEW
03./01. [NSW] Yo-kai Watch 4: We Are Looking Up at the Same Sky (Level 5) {2019.06.20} - 44,081 / 188,609
04./00. [PS4] Samurai Shodown (SNK) {2019.06.27} - 14,528 / NEW
05./04. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} - 10,535 / 3,208,171
06./03. [NSW] Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.06.13} - 9,828 / 71,416
07./05. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} - 7,928 / 869,936
08./00. [PS4] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Syukufuku wo! Kibou no Meikyuu to Tsudoishi Boukenshatachi (Entergram) {2019.06.27} - 7,540 / NEW
09./02. [PS4] Yakuza 5 (Sega) {2019.06.20} - 7,179 / 29,379
10./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} - 6,835 / 2,205,919
11./08. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} - 5,772 / 670,715
12./00. [PS4] Jinrui no Minasama he (Nippon Ichi Software) {2019.06.27} - 5,609 / NEW
13./07. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} - 4,947 / 3,039,654
14./15. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} - 4,585 / 857,806
15./11. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} - 4,276 / 1,058,227
16./12. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} - 4,055 / 695,576
17./09. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} - 3,794 / 1,042,796
18./00. [NSW] Jinrui no Minasama he (Nippon Ichi Software) {2019.06.27} - 3,682 / NEW
19./00. [NSW] Clock Zero: Shuuen no Ichibyou - Devote (Idea Factory) {2019.06.27} - 3,387 / NEW
20./00. [PSV] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Syukufuku wo! Kibou no Meikyuu to Tsudoishi Boukenshatachi (Entergram) {2019.06.27} - 3,130 / NEW
21./00. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Champions (Sega) {2019.06.27} - 3,113 / NEW
22./10. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World [Best Price] (Capcom) {2018.08.02} - 3,063 / 54,235
23./13. [NSW] Yoshi's Crafted World (Nintendo) {2019.03.29} - 2,556 / 164,389
24./32. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix) {2019.01.25} - 2,430 / 754,867
25./00. [PS4] Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition PlayStation Hits (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.06.27} - 2,143 / NEW
26./00. [PS4] Home Sweet Home (Mastiff) {2019.06.27} - 1,853 / NEW
27./16. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} - 1,735 / 362,165
28./22. [NSW] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.04.04} - 1,544 / 132,256
29./23. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} - 1,433 / 1,839,780
30./20. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} - 1,356 / 762,788
31./25. [PS4] Everybody's Golf VR |PlayStation VR| (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.06.07} - 1,236 / 10,682
32./19. [PS4] Days Gone (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.04.26} - 1,189 / 186,681
33./38. [PS4] Battlefield V (Electronic Arts) {2018.11.20} - 1,108 / 186,945
34./00. [PS4] Kizuna Kirameku Koi Iroha (Dramatic Create) {2019.06.27} - 1,053 / NEW
35./24. [NSW] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Square Enix) {2019.04.11} - 1,044 / 42,261
36./42. [PS4] Marvel's Spider-Man [Value Selection] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.03.20} - 986 / 11,401
37./35. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2018.12.06} - 971 / 30,700
38./31. [PS4] NieR: Automata - Game of the YoRHa Edition (Square Enix) {2019.02.21} - 915 / 42,236
39./29. [PS4] Dead by Daylight (3goo) {2018.11.29} - 873 / 37,052
40./00. [NSW] La-Mulana 2 (Playism) {2019.06.27} - 850 / NEW
41./27. [NSW] Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (Square Enix) {2019.04.25} - 844 / 37,033
42./30. [PS4] Minecraft: Playstation 4 Edition (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2015.12.03} - 843 / 380,611
43./100. [NSW] Beyblade Burst: Battle Zero (FuRyu) {2018.10.25} - 834 / 23,835
44./85. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (Nintendo) {2018.04.20} - 820 / 258,186
45./34. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo) {2018.06.22} - 818 / 437,384
46./18. [PS4] Rage 2 (Bethesda Softworks) {2019.06.06} - 811 / 18,871
47./37. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Deluxe Edition (Ubisoft) {2019.04.11} - 756 / 15,853
48./00. [PS4] La-Mulana 2 (Playism) {2019.06.27} - 727 / NEW
49./28. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software) {2019.03.22} - 722 / 280,342
50./41. [NSW] Fit Boxing (Imagineer) {2018.12.20} - 712 / 41,269

Top 50

NSW - 28
PS4 - 21
PSV - 1

SOFTWARE
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| Model | This Week | Week(%)  | FY 2019     | FY(%)   |
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| Switch| 399,005   | 78.9%    | 2,246,257   | 62.6%   |
| PS4   | 88,321    | 17.5%    | 1,096,936   | 30.6%   |
| 3DS   | 11,255    | 2.2%     | 171,116     | 4.8%    |
| Vita  | 6,634     | 1.3%     | 60,120      | 1.7%    |
| ETC   | 597       | 0.1%     | 13,111      | 0.4%    |
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| Total | 505,812   | 100.0%   | 3,587,540   | 100.0%  |
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HARDWARE
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| Model | This Week | Week(%)  | FY 2019     | FY(%)   |
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| Switch| 52,109    | 70.0%    | 508,496     | 65.3%   |
| PS4   | 19,301    | 25.9%    | 218,684     | 28.1%   |
| 3DS   | 2,631     | 3.5%     | 44,755      | 5.8%    |
| ETC   | 187       | 0.3%     | 2,260       | 0.3%    |
| Vita  | 164       | 0.2%     | 4,071       | 0.5%    |
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| Total | 74,392    | 100.0%   | 778,266     | 100.0%  |
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Dengeki Online Sales: Week 25, 2019 (Jun 17 - Jun 23)
 
Oct 25, 2017
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In that context it is seemingly referring to a new installment of each major franchise and not that each franchise only gets one. "Can we expect a new animal crossing and a new smash on switch?"
"We try to make a new installment for each of these major franchises per console"

Like, we're getting a sequel to Breath of the Wild.
 
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Interesting that would mean that sales remained flat. That's prety impressive
They are shipments, not sell through.
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Apparently Amazon had a big shipment of Mario Maker with stylus included.

Can download cards participate at Nintendo's voucher campaign?
Dengeki big discrepancy with Famitsu could be partially explained from that.
 

Fularu

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They are shipments, not sell through.
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Apparently Amazon had a big shipment of Mario Maker with stylus included.

Can download cards participate at Nintendo's voucher campaign?
Dengeki big discrepancy with Famitsu could be partially explained from that.
I thought you were correcting me since I was saying those were shipment numbers and not sold through numbers
 

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We know the last Splatfest of Splatoon 1 led into the story of Splatoon 2.
Splatfests and content updates are done, but they're teasing a pretty big story event.
Do we really think Nintendo is going to tease the story of Splatoon 3 and then not release the game for 4 years?

The time between Splatoon 1 and 2 was just 2 years, don't know how "just 3" seems so bizarre
4 years real time sounds like a great time to have significantly different assets and make you go wtf
 

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Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, NSMBU... all of these are multiplayer/social Nintendo games that had a "long" hiatus without a sequel on the same console. I'm not sure why people keep pushing the idea that there will be a new mainline Splatoon on the Switch. This isn't COD Pokemon.
 

Aleh

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They couldn't get a sequel to New Leaf out quickly since 2012 but you think Splatoon 3 will come out in 2020, the same year of New Horizons?
 
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Since there's some confusion with Samurai Shodown.

From Thursday 27th June to Wednesday 3rd July (7 days):

physical shipment is 30.179
digital is 10.427
total is 40.606
 

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Looks like Super Mario Maker 2 is going to be another one of those "great Western sales but only good (not great) Japanese sales".

Like?

Zelda?
Mario Kart?
Kirby?
Super Mario Party?
1-2 Switch?
Super Mario Odyssey?
Mario Tennis?
Pokemon?

Only ones that deviate a bit are titles with relatively great sales for the title/ip, but not in the absolute term, i.e. less than 3M worldwide)

So Xenoblade, Mario+Rabbids, maybe Yoshi and if you really want to push it DKC:TF

...btw MM2 sold 80k more than MM3DS without even counting digital which had the 2games voucher offer and the 3000¥voucher bundle pushing it together with a much bigger adoption rate for digital purchases for Switch compared to the 3DS' (and WiiU) ecosystem.
 
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skullwaker

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Like?

Zelda?
Mario Kart?
Kirby?
Super Mario Party?
1-2 Switch?
Super Mario Odyssey?
Mario Tennis?
Pokemon?

Only ones that deviate a bit are titles with relatively great sales for the title/ip, but not in the absolute term, i.e. less than 3M worldwide)

So Xenoblade, Mario+Rabbids, maybe Yoshi and if you really want to push it DKC:TF

...btw MM2 sold 80k more than MM3DS without even counting digital which had the 2games voucher offer and the 3000¥voucher bundle pushing it together with a much bigger adoption rate for digital purchases for Switch compared to the 3DS' (and WiiU) ecosystem.

Yeah, if 1-2m lifetime sales is "good but not great" then sales for Japan are in shambles because only a few games are capable of selling more than that.