Yep, that's also my theory right now. They sail through 2020 and put out the big guns in 2021 against Sony and Microsoft.
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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT12| A delayed Direct is eventually good, but a rushed Direct is forever bad
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Yep, that's also my theory right now. They sail through 2020 and put out the big guns in 2021 against Sony and Microsoft.
I was pretty shocked at that October 30th date for Pikmin. Here I was thinking it's be an August title earlier in the year.
yeah that too.
goose game and ori came out in september 2019 as well.
Back at E3 I figured they were pushing Animal Crossing to 2020 since 2019 was stacked.
It probably was a Tropical Freeze scenario too.
Didn't even realise it was the last day of October until reading a few posts above mine. So Nintendo's just announced a full price port of a seven-year-old game, 11 weeks away from launch... while they have no other confirmed software releases between now and then... after a lukewarm partner showcase... and an incredibly slow 2020...
A fool is one who claims to understand what Nintendo does or thinks, for Nintendo is a being beyond comprehension and thought.
Maybe NCL should've grown their studios at a faster rate and much earlier. Everyone is making HD games now. No more 3DS.
I don't mean disrespect but I find it hard to believe that the pandemic didn't alter schedule and stuff when they have such a difficult to even organise a proper direct.
And they're laughing all the way to the bank. It's disappointing, but it's working for 2020.
Nintendo were super quiet in 2018 as well in terms of internally developed titles, only two came out of Nintendo EPD that year. Hell, even looking at the last three years, they haven't released many big titles compared to 2017. Feels like there are either lots of big projects in development concurrently, or something has gone wrong with a few of the projects and things have been restarted/cancelled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_Planning_&_Development#Games_developed
fucking WOW at the pikmin thread. some people are having meltdowns over nintendo announcing a port.
I still wonder about August onwards from last year.
There was so many games in that time frame.
Before that was Fire Emblem and Mario Maker but they were a month apart.
I just wonder why they didn't space them out more, they could have mitigated the void many people felt around Animal Crossing.
Was it to have those games out before the Holidays?
We're three months from Black Friday. Any big (new, non-port) holiday title would have to have been announced by now. We seriously aren't getting any games this year. Being a Nintendo fan is suffering.
People have meltdowns over Nintendo existing. It's nothing new.
Does the post-Pikmin 3 depression stem from the end of October date more than anything else?
Are we in the anger stage at the moment with some already in the bargaining & acceptance stage.
Are we in the anger stage at the moment with some already in the bargaining & acceptance stage.
Yeah it's time for Nintendo to announce something new, because Switch owners morale is dropping fast when realizing their big holiday game might just be a collection of Mario port.
I'm not too bothered myself but I can see why Switch only owner might feel bad.
I'm not too bothered myself but I can see why Switch only owner might feel bad.
Feeling vindicated about C. Tsubasa basically confirming what I've been saying since earlier this year when we caught wind of the 3D collection.
The thing that worries me about 2020 is that I'm sure N is gonna pack 15 games in 5 months at some point of next year for some unknown reason.
I don't have that much time available, I'm still clearing my summer 2019 backlog because everything came out in 3 months.
I don't have that much time available, I'm still clearing my summer 2019 backlog because everything came out in 3 months.
At this point I'm just hoping they have basically all their teams working on big projects and planned to release in 2021. I expect a lot from EPD.
What a disaster of a year...
I really hope they have some huge things planned for 2021. Zelda just won't be enough.
I know. And people keep insisting there is no "anti-Nintendo" agenda around these parts...
What the hell do you call all those negative responses? The game never even got the recognition it deserved.
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What I think will happen is two things:
1. One thing
2. Second thing
The order is up for debate, but I'm willing to bet money on both occurring at some point.
1. One thing
2. Second thing
The order is up for debate, but I'm willing to bet money on both occurring at some point.
So no way a general Direct happens anytime soon, right? Partner Direct and a Mario Direct maybe but the Pikmin announcement for late October should kill that no?
Oh I haven't even been in the thread, let me check it out.
EDIT: Oh my God......
I'm gonna go out on a crazy limb and say that Metroid Prime Trilogy is finally coming this year...
I'm always out on this limb, and I think it's about to break. 😭
I feel like every announcement from Nintendo this summer is making the perspective for this year even worse than it already was.
Yep, 2021 will be a crazy year, like 2019, where they released so many games in the latter half, that I've still played only a few of them until now!
Same, until end of next week it's going to be minimum 30°C. I'm not cut out for this weather, especially as I'm still wearing last winter's insulation...
That's eerily accurate.
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Remember what we know about their internal management - a Kyoto-based company that has multiple executives with vetoing power over many different projects. Getting support from all branches for a project should be easier, but it's apparently the primary way those upper-level executives operate. Things might change once they begin to step down, but it does make a bit of sense in a frustrating way.
Could it not be something as simple as Nintendo having a plan to release ports whenever development on a title is delayed? Like, the Wii U failed but Nintendo clearly weren't disappointed with the quality of a lot of their titles so they figured that their 5 year roadmap has plenty of wiggle room with these ports in reserve whenever a game needs extra time.
If BOTW2 is severely affected by COVID for example they could bring over the Wii U Zelda ports, or XBCX if the next Xenoblade game needs more time. I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing some 3DS ports at some point either, they clearly aren't afraid to give their titles more time in the oven now.
Being Nintendo is a state of mind.
But I guess that also means less time staying in these forums and more time actually playing my Switch games.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe is releasing before November. Technically you were wrong. :P
That was my reaction to the Pikmin news too, but apparently, there might actually be a Direct somewhere.
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