According to Imran Khan, the poor sales performance of the Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story remake and AlphaDream's subsequent bankruptcy prompted Nintendo to reevaluate their 3DS plans. Supposedly they were working on a number of titles for the system, and he believes those games will now be coming to the Switch. Most interesting of all, he claims that one such title was a remake of a Fire Emblem game.
Rumour: Canceled Fire Emblem remake and other games could "eventually come to Switch"
This comes hot on the heels of Shuntaro Furukawa's remarks that 3DS franchises may come to the Switch.
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Rumour: Canceled Fire Emblem remake and other games could "eventually come to Switch"
Nintendo's plans for the 3DS—their eight-year-old handheld console—have gone adrift, with a credible source now mentioning that many of their plans have been "shuttered" and they might "eventually come to Switch".
These games include another planned remake from the Fire Emblem franchise and other unmentioned titles. In an episode of Kinda Funny Games, hosted by Greg Miller, Imran Khan, former senior editor at Game Informer talked about the issue. He mentions Alpha Dream's bankruptcy being one of the core reasons. Alpha Dream, for those unaware, are the developers of the Mario & Luigi RPGs.
The sales figures for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey, their recent game for the 3DS, were alarming. Only 11,000 copies made their way onto store shelves in the first month. The game was released on January 11, 2019.
This failure led Nintendo to cancel "a bunch of further 3ds plans", which Imran says, he won't be "shocked to see those games eventually come to Switch."
This comes hot on the heels of Shuntaro Furukawa's remarks that 3DS franchises may come to the Switch.
I thought this is interesting news, but poke me in the eye with a stylus if old.