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Pokemon Switch and Bayonetta 3 Listed For 2018 Release In Nintendo Survey

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I found this especially interesting, because Metroid is not listed for 2018- so it's not like every single announced Switch game has randomly been thrown into this survey, there seems to be some rhyme and reason here.

I don't know how believable this is, of course, but it seems to lend credence to the idea that pending unexpected hindrances, Nintendo is looking to get Pokemon out this year.

EDIT: Right, I found this tweet via this site (don't ask me how I ended up there)
 
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Well, if this is true its good news! The Switch seems like it'd be great for turn-based RPG's, and with Octopath Traveler and Shin Megami Tensei coming to it, it's nice to see Pokemon coming soon too.
 
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I know there were rumors of Pokémon coming this year, but Bayonetta 3 coming this year would surprise me.

I'd imagine that we'll get a Pokémon Direct in the next month or two if we are getting Gen 8 this year.
 
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nintendocatspls said:
Well, if this is true its good news! The Switch seems like it'd be great for turn-based RPG's, and with Octopath Traveler and Shin Megami Tensei coming to it, it's nice to see Pokemon coming soon too.
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We already knew Pokemon is coming to Switch, this is just a seeming reaffirmation of its speculated 2018 release date :P
 
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Neoxon said:
I know there were rumors of Pokémon coming this year, but Bayonetta 3 coming this year would surprise me.

I'd imagine that we'll get a Pokémon Direct in the next month or two if we are getting Gen 8 this year.
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New Pokemon game announcements have happened as late as May. We may be in for a wait.
 

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People still won't believe. Kimishima has said it over and over how important the second year is and he wants 20 million sold.
 
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Neoxon said:
I know there were rumors of Pokémon coming this year, but Bayonetta 3 coming this year would surprise me.

I'd imagine that we'll get a Pokémon Direct in the next month or two if we are getting Gen 8 this year.
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Hmm...well how long do you reckon we could have had Bayonetta 3 in development? Would it be after Nier: Automata was finished or perhaps after Scalebound was cancelled?

If we are, than Nintendo has a damn good reason for the Switch selling 20 million this year
 
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Pokémon might be this year but no way in hell Bayonetta 3 is this year. Q1 2019 is the earliest for that one.
 
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Bayo3 seems more unrealistic than pokemon. I thought it was still early in development.
 
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It's Dutch (from Belgium or Netherlands, given his flag it's The Netherlands I'd say)

It's says 'How plausible is it that you'll get the next games in the in the next 12 months'

I wouldn't put my bets on that as a confirmation of anything tho.
 
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Bayo 3 was rumored to be this year a few days after the announcement and frankly I think it's a bit messed up to not communicate that if it ends up being true.
 
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Bayo 3 only said "in development", so it and Pokemon being 2018 would be a surprising turn.
 
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I would be stunned if Pokemon is a proper Gen 8 and releases this year. Though I would love to be wrong. Some kind of port or remake is far more believable.

Bayonetta 3 is more plausible to me given how quickly Platinum works.
 
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Neoxon said:
Fair point, but wouldn't TPC need time to announce all of the new Pokémon?
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Depends on what the marketing angle is. For instance, very few of the Pokemon for Gen 5 were revealed ahead of time; it is also important to remember that new Pokemon games simply don't have that many new Pokemon in them to begin with.
 
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Where is Animal Crossing for god sake!

Now a Pokemon RPG.... will this draw me into Pokemon like BoTW did with Zelda? Cant wait to see
 
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Depends on what the marketing angle is. For instance, very few of the Pokemon for Gen 5 were revealed ahead of time; it is also important to remember that new Pokemon games simply don't have that many new Pokemon in them to begin with.
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This has only been true of the past two generations, also there is the fact that Zeraora hasn't been revealed yet, which is the final Generation 7 Pokemon to be revealed. In order to avoid confusion they need to reveal him before the Generation 8 games get announced. If he hasn't been revealed, then no Gen 8.
 
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This has only been true of the past two generations, also there is the fact that Zeraora hasn't been revealed yet, which is the final Generation 7 Pokemon to be revealed. In order to avoid confusion they need to reveal him before the Generation 8 games get announced. If he hasn't been revealed, then no Gen 8.
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Assuming Pokemon Switch is revealed in May-June, they still have a half year window (at the most) to get it out of the way.
 
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Jonneh said:
That's disrespectful to puddles
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fuck puddles

as for the news, I dont believe Pokemon is 2018. most pokemon games have a longer time between the previous gen and the new one, and this gen should have the longest dev time due to the HD nature. and I'm shooting low with a Vita-level game (in HD). GameFreak just doesnt have the experience yet
 
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So is this a true nintendo branch or just another generic publisher ?

Also, I don't doubt they WANT pokemon in 2018.
I doubt they will not delay it
 
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I'll believe nintendo after getting Xenoblade 2 out in 2018. Didn't they say Metroid Prime 4 was 2018 as well? I'll believe it.

For pokemon specifically though, they won't delay it. It's not going to be some new evolution of pokemon like some people seem to expect. It'll be the standard pokemon experience so there shouldn't be a need to delay it.
 
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Pokemon is still listed as 2018 on their financial stuff but I will always doubt that.

Bayo 3 is all about when Dev cycle began. If platinum got a Dev kit early 2016 then it could happen by end of year if they are on a tight schedule
 
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Well, Pokemon has been an yearly franchise for a while now. I do think it's coming this year.

Although I'd prefer if it was pushed back to 2019 so it could get more dev time. I don't want another frame rate mess with very little content.
 
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