I think BOTW2 will be next year and XVI will be targeted for late in the year but get delayed to early 2022.
Elden Ring? Who knows. I just want to see it again at this point.
Elden Ring? Who knows. I just want to see it again at this point.
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What has a better chance of releasing next year? Elden Ring, FFXVI, BOTW 2?
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FFXVI was 100% originally planned to release in 2021. I know this because someone said so on resetera.
Elden Ring. FROM are super efficient, and Zelda has a long history of constantly getting delayed. FF even moreso haha.
You are the guy who spoiled what was there in the CGI trailer so .... I am counting on this , dont let me down
We seem to be weirdly confident that BotW 2 is next year, even though A) we've seen absolutely nothing of it since the original teaser, B) Japan's game development has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, and C) it has an utterly massive quality bar to clear considering how incredibly well-received the original was. I'd love to be proven wrong here, of course, but...
Elden Ring could probably happen next year. Mostly depends on how much George R. R. Martin is doing with it, lol. (Crazy that Winds of Winter still isn't ready.)
FFXVI is definitely 2022, though we should see a lot of cool stuff about it this year. It looks like the rare FF where development was actually going smoothly pre-pandemic.
Elden Ring could probably happen next year. Mostly depends on how much George R. R. Martin is doing with it, lol. (Crazy that Winds of Winter still isn't ready.)
FFXVI is definitely 2022, though we should see a lot of cool stuff about it this year. It looks like the rare FF where development was actually going smoothly pre-pandemic.
BOTW2 is definitely the most likely one to release next year. The killjoy in me sort of expects none of 'em, though.
Chose FF16 since it actually had footage beyond being a trailer and being more grounded and real then that fake FF15 reannouncement trailer.
BoTW 2 and ER were just teasers but I can see BoTW 2 releasing earlier as well because Nintendo has a habit lately of putting out a ton of new news after a hiatus right before a launch of said game.
BoTW 2 and ER were just teasers but I can see BoTW 2 releasing earlier as well because Nintendo has a habit lately of putting out a ton of new news after a hiatus right before a launch of said game.
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Your first point about BOTW 2 applied to Elden Ring honestly as well.
As far as why people believe it could come next year? It's a result of two patterns. 1) A Zelda title has launched every year for the Switch 2) A Zelda game has released the same day for Switch hardware.( Switch launch and BOTW, Switch Lite release and Link's Awakening).
Yep.
2017-BOTW
2018-Hyrule Warriors Deluxe
2019-Link's Awakening
2020-AoC
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considering it began development in march 2017 and it was originally planned to release in the first half of this year according to Jason Schreier, i highly doubt it will take that much longer in development.
Except he isn't. The story is from Miyazaki and the mythology/back history Martin had to write for the game was done before development fully started more than 3 years ago
Breath of the Wild sequel feels like a 2021 release to me. FFXVI feels pretty confidently along in development based on the info out of Squenix to me, and a 2021 release doesn't strike me as odd but I do also feel like Squenix has been transparent in saying that it's been impacted pretty drastically by COVID pandemic so it's got a wild card element. Elden Ring doesn't strike me as anywhere near ready with only a cinematic teaser out so far and very little comment on its progress. The timeline from tease to release on both Bloodborne and Sekiro felt pretty long in my mind, with the shortest turn around impression coming from Dark Souls 3. I wonder if From is going hard on a next gen engine this time too.
i remember that lol, Nibel even said ''taepo has a good source and that's all I can say'' when people were asking him to verify the claims.
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I'm curious though, you predicted a while ago that it would be early 2021, do you still think that is the case? Or do you think its been pushed back to maybe mid or late 2021?
BOTW 2. Nintendo are basically using the same engine, artstyle, models & assets from the first BOTW game. It's similar to how they've developed Majora's Mask after Ocarina of Time from N64.
See my above post.
See my above post.
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Surely Breath of the Wild 2? It's been nearly 4 years since the first game, The Legend of Zelda franchise celebrates its 35th anniversary next year and Age of Calamity releasing this year feels like a good build up to the 'main event' in 2021.
FFXVI, not sure. We won't be waiting years for it luckily, but it sounds like it could be an early 2022 title. As for Elden Ring...lol who the fuck knows?
FFXVI, not sure. We won't be waiting years for it luckily, but it sounds like it could be an early 2022 title. As for Elden Ring...lol who the fuck knows?
It's been how many years since a mainline Final Fantasy released on-time, and that was without Squar-Enix talking about coronavirus like it had been a full-stop shutdown of their operations?
I love Yoshi-P, but that game can't release on his iron will alone. They might schedule it tentatively for next year, but it's getting pushed back.
Elden Ring... have we even seen gameplay? There's a trailer that just looks like B-roll from a Dark Souls project and you have the world's most powerful procrastinator on-staff. Shit's vaporware as far as I'm concerned. If it even really exists I'll accept it as a pleasant surprise, but I'm not holding my breath.
I love Yoshi-P, but that game can't release on his iron will alone. They might schedule it tentatively for next year, but it's getting pushed back.
Elden Ring... have we even seen gameplay? There's a trailer that just looks like B-roll from a Dark Souls project and you have the world's most powerful procrastinator on-staff. Shit's vaporware as far as I'm concerned. If it even really exists I'll accept it as a pleasant surprise, but I'm not holding my breath.
Actually I think all of them have a fair chance of hitting 2021. FF16 doesn't seem to have the same development issues as ff15
Nope, no gameplay ever since the last year's e3 reveal trailer. GRRM's work seems to be long finished, however.
Nope, no gameplay ever since the last year's e3 reveal trailer. GRRM's work seems to be long finished, however.
Honestly, my gut tells me Zelda is the only lock for next year. Lots of things falling into place to make it a reality - 35th anniversary, a prequel to the Breath of the Wild world coming out next month... It just seems like a release and marketing plan is coming together.
Final Fantasy XVI is looking further along than I expected for the reveal, so maybe that one.
We've seen nothing from Elden Ring so who knows how far along it is? The game could be anywhere between "almost ready" to "needs a lot more work" to "getting rebooted because the current version is a disaster". We just have no idea.
But frankly, all three games are still shrouded in a lot of mystery, so it's conceivable that all three miss next year, especially with COVID-19 throwing a spanner into the works.
Final Fantasy XVI is looking further along than I expected for the reveal, so maybe that one.
We've seen nothing from Elden Ring so who knows how far along it is? The game could be anywhere between "almost ready" to "needs a lot more work" to "getting rebooted because the current version is a disaster". We just have no idea.
But frankly, all three games are still shrouded in a lot of mystery, so it's conceivable that all three miss next year, especially with COVID-19 throwing a spanner into the works.
Huh, I was expecting a higher chance for XVI despite the COVID delays.
Its obviously Zelda, the other two are so unknown, and BOTW 2 is a sequel based on a lot of existing stuff.
We don't even know what Elden Ring looks or plays like ffs.
We don't even know what Elden Ring looks or plays like ffs.
I don't know enough about FFXVI to speculate, but between the other two it's definitely BOTW2.
It's a sequel with an established engine, mechanics and assets. Nintendo also tend to hold games close to the vest until they are ready for release, so not seeing any footage isn't really concerning.
Elden Ring is completely new and ambitious game that now has to change platforms. It could very well be in development hell for all we know. I'm looking forward to it but I'm really not expecting anything soon.
It's a sequel with an established engine, mechanics and assets. Nintendo also tend to hold games close to the vest until they are ready for release, so not seeing any footage isn't really concerning.
Elden Ring is completely new and ambitious game that now has to change platforms. It could very well be in development hell for all we know. I'm looking forward to it but I'm really not expecting anything soon.
Nintendo needs some substantial to release In 2021. BotW2 is a good candidate for that.
My Elden Ring (and Soulsborne) hype is stone dead at this point in time. I can wait some years for a new game.
My Elden Ring (and Soulsborne) hype is stone dead at this point in time. I can wait some years for a new game.
I haven't followed Elden Ring's development at all, so I have no idea if it will come out in 2021, 2031, or next week in game magazines.
I think FFXVI has probably been in development for a bit longer than BotW2. We know that the leads of FFXVI left FFXIV near the end of the Heavensward content cycle, which was early 2017. Also around the same time that BotW released. FFXVI planning probably began before that. Development could have even started before that. I think early 2017 is when FFXVI went into full swing development. The BotW team at the time would have been split between DLC and planning the next game.
Given my totally ass-pully timeline here, I think FFXVI has a better chance of releasing in 2021, but I also think that both are fairly likely. What's giving me pause is thinking SE might want to space out Yoshida's division having two major releases in 2021 (next FFXIV expansion and FFXVI) for their fiscal reports. And then there's the curse of Zelda games always seemingly being delayed.
I think FFXVI has probably been in development for a bit longer than BotW2. We know that the leads of FFXVI left FFXIV near the end of the Heavensward content cycle, which was early 2017. Also around the same time that BotW released. FFXVI planning probably began before that. Development could have even started before that. I think early 2017 is when FFXVI went into full swing development. The BotW team at the time would have been split between DLC and planning the next game.
Given my totally ass-pully timeline here, I think FFXVI has a better chance of releasing in 2021, but I also think that both are fairly likely. What's giving me pause is thinking SE might want to space out Yoshida's division having two major releases in 2021 (next FFXIV expansion and FFXVI) for their fiscal reports. And then there's the curse of Zelda games always seemingly being delayed.
You dont run a ship that Fromsoft has and be ok with developing a game for close to 4 years, that just aint how From rolls. The understandable delay from covid has people making all kinds of wild predictions, the game is late due to the current wolds events, no need to extrapolate more beyond that.
