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Let's talk about Nintendo's release schedule for games on 3DS and Wii U (2015/2016)!
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Beren the Empty-Handed
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Wait Splatoon is made on a small budget? (OP lists it next to Mario Maker) I didn't realize that.
I suppose I could see a 3DS successor in late 2016, but they could stretch it out. They don't have any competition, and Sony won't be making a Vita followup. They might try to ride this out like the original Gameboy.
I'm betting that Star Fox comes fairly late in the year, so I agree with September. I might even say October.
As for Zelda, it could be 2015, it could be 2016. I was never one of those who said that Smash was going to be delayed, since I knew they'd move heaven and earth to get that out before the holidays. I don't believe the same for Zelda. I'm not sure why people are drawing parallels between them, since they have a different appeal and Zelda doesn't have the same worldwide demographic that Smash has. I could be totally wrong and Zelda might sell like crazy, but I just don't see the connection.
I suppose I could see a 3DS successor in late 2016, but they could stretch it out. They don't have any competition, and Sony won't be making a Vita followup. They might try to ride this out like the original Gameboy.
I'm betting that Star Fox comes fairly late in the year, so I agree with September. I might even say October.
As for Zelda, it could be 2015, it could be 2016. I was never one of those who said that Smash was going to be delayed, since I knew they'd move heaven and earth to get that out before the holidays. I don't believe the same for Zelda. I'm not sure why people are drawing parallels between them, since they have a different appeal and Zelda doesn't have the same worldwide demographic that Smash has. I could be totally wrong and Zelda might sell like crazy, but I just don't see the connection.
Dont count on it. Not if Sakery has his way...
Hopefully we will get at least some insight into future plans during the investor briefing tonight (8:00 PM EST)
Personally I'm praying that they do not release Xenoblade X and Zelda U close together, don't want my backlog to get too big. I am also not really worried about 2016 plans ATM, there are enough titles to fill out the rest of 2015 that will carry me through.
Personally I'm praying that they do not release Xenoblade X and Zelda U close together, don't want my backlog to get too big. I am also not really worried about 2016 plans ATM, there are enough titles to fill out the rest of 2015 that will carry me through.
Great compilation, and knowing that more's coming is exciting.
Pokémon Shuffle hasn't been dated beyond "February" yet, and as stated isn't Game Freak
Thanks for the corrections! Also I'm not a native English speaker, so sorry if the wording I used is sometimes weird.
I'd say I've been a little too optimistic, especially talking about Europe, I seriously hope they do release everything this year.
I remember that rumour, however there's really zero info about what it could possibly be, we don't even know if the rumour has any ground. I guess I'll put a paragraph under 2016 about that and about the much talked about remasters.
The prototype was made by a small team.
It's clearly not a small budget game anymore at this point.
I still think they're going to announce a new handheld this E3, them releasing an iteration on the 3DS doesn't mean all that much.
Are people thinking we might get character DLC for Smash? I could see them releasing a few that tie in to new Wii U games (Inkling, Cpt. Toad etc.)
Are people thinking we might get character DLC for Smash? I could see them releasing a few that tie in to new Wii U games (Inkling, Cpt. Toad etc.)
Smash dlc wise depends if nintendo makes sakurai do it or not. He clearly seems super uncaring about doing dlc.
Pop-O-Matic
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IIRC, they already stated Mewtwo will be the only Smash DLC.
LSauchelli
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I think Devil's Third is going to be an April title, TBH.
Well, a Musou spin-off shipped 1 million WW in three months.
I think Ill cry if it costs like $10 dollars for 3 levels or something retarded like that
That would be horrible. ;_;
I think there's nothing to worry about 2016, not until E3 at least. Up until last year's E3 we didn't know anything about 2015 for example, then we got a sudden blowout.
We're already getting Mewtwo, it's a matter of whether Sakurai wants to make more or not. I'm thinking there will be more stuff, when the 3DS version was datamined we found many pics and leftover data implying they were already thinking about it (in-game link to the eshop, arrows to allow DLC characters and stages, etc).
Aaron Strife
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This is literally what people said about Wii U's 2015 lineup before E3. I'm sure 2016 will see some drop-off from 2014/2015 but NOTHING AT ALL seems like stretching it.Wii U 2015-
Everything that's already announced.
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Hero of Legend
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I too nearly expect and especially hope we finally get an official word on the 4DS at March or April when their next meeting comes, as they announced the 3DS and Wii U at that very meeting in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
It's time. Had 3DS came out in November 2010 like most next-gen Nintendo hardware, that would've made 3DS 5 years old this coming November, which even if it's 11 months from now, that time will come before you know it.
And most hardware lasts for 5 years. Often times 4 if it's under-performing (looking at you Wii U). DS and Wii got lucky for being huge sellers so they were allowed, sadly, to stick for 6 years (a bit longer for DS due to the late release of the 3DS as mentioned).
3DS is way past its prime and it's not like Nintendo or 3rd-parties are showering it with new games, especially Nintendo, and for good reason. Nintendo needs to focus preferably exclusively on Wii U between the two since 3rd-parties are doing nearly squat.
4DS will hopefully have a big opening with lots of good stuff at launch and on the horizon afterward. Especially as 3DS proved yet again never to underestimate Nintendo handhelds, especially in Japan, hopefully they'll be quicker to be on board this time. And 3DS was looking dire in 2011, remember that?
It's time. Had 3DS came out in November 2010 like most next-gen Nintendo hardware, that would've made 3DS 5 years old this coming November, which even if it's 11 months from now, that time will come before you know it.
And most hardware lasts for 5 years. Often times 4 if it's under-performing (looking at you Wii U). DS and Wii got lucky for being huge sellers so they were allowed, sadly, to stick for 6 years (a bit longer for DS due to the late release of the 3DS as mentioned).
3DS is way past its prime and it's not like Nintendo or 3rd-parties are showering it with new games, especially Nintendo, and for good reason. Nintendo needs to focus preferably exclusively on Wii U between the two since 3rd-parties are doing nearly squat.
4DS will hopefully have a big opening with lots of good stuff at launch and on the horizon afterward. Especially as 3DS proved yet again never to underestimate Nintendo handhelds, especially in Japan, hopefully they'll be quicker to be on board this time. And 3DS was looking dire in 2011, remember that?
Yeah, it's nintendo so I know better than to have any expectations ever
Nintendo and Sakurai are amazing at not meeting reasonable expectations.
Oh yeah, the remaster rumor. That's worth putting under 2016 as a possibility, I think. Nintendo keeps things so close to the vest that speculating a year or more out requires reliance on rumor and looking at when teams last put out a game.
I think that seems more plausible than a new Punch-Out, honestly. I'd like to point to Captain Falcon Amiibos getting restocks while Little Mac Amiibos only got one shipment and are now rare as a unicorn. That's relevant because Nintendo has said that it'll print more of a certain Amiibo only if its series has a future and will get a game somewhat soon.
Next generation portable isn't coming before Q4 2016.
Why? Because it needs a decent launch line up and games in its first year. Nintendo doesn't have the capacity to support a decent launch for a new platform any earlier than late into 2016.
I could even see them launching in 2017 if need be.
On the Wii U front, it will clearly have it's best year with software support this year but I expect a fairly solid year in 2016 before focus shifts to next generation development which would give the Wii U at least until Q4 2017 until it is replaced. Again, I don't think Nintendo will launch unless they have a solid software line up ready.
Why? Because it needs a decent launch line up and games in its first year. Nintendo doesn't have the capacity to support a decent launch for a new platform any earlier than late into 2016.
I could even see them launching in 2017 if need be.
On the Wii U front, it will clearly have it's best year with software support this year but I expect a fairly solid year in 2016 before focus shifts to next generation development which would give the Wii U at least until Q4 2017 until it is replaced. Again, I don't think Nintendo will launch unless they have a solid software line up ready.
Here's my speculation about western 2015/2016 lineup for 3DS;
May: Yokai Watch, Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX
June: Final Fantasy Explorers
July: Lords of Magna
August: Atelier Roronoa, Little Battlers Xperience, Etrian Odyssey Untold 2
September: Rhythm Heaven 3DS, Legend of Legacy (Atlus, probably)
October: Pokémon Z (or what it'll be called), Senran Kagura 2
November: Fire Emblem If, Yokai Watch 2
December: Bravely Second, Tales of the World Reve Unitia
January: Great Ace Attorney
March: Next Handheld
Nintendo would announce couple of more titles for 3DS, like WarioWare, Golden Sun or an Excite game. Maybe another New 3DS game, Twilight Princess. But nothing will affect decreasing the 3DS sales, not even New 3DS (no regular one in US, lol). Nintendo will eventually announce next handheld either this E3 or in a Direct end of the year.
May: Yokai Watch, Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX
June: Final Fantasy Explorers
July: Lords of Magna
August: Atelier Roronoa, Little Battlers Xperience, Etrian Odyssey Untold 2
September: Rhythm Heaven 3DS, Legend of Legacy (Atlus, probably)
October: Pokémon Z (or what it'll be called), Senran Kagura 2
November: Fire Emblem If, Yokai Watch 2
December: Bravely Second, Tales of the World Reve Unitia
January: Great Ace Attorney
March: Next Handheld
Nintendo would announce couple of more titles for 3DS, like WarioWare, Golden Sun or an Excite game. Maybe another New 3DS game, Twilight Princess. But nothing will affect decreasing the 3DS sales, not even New 3DS (no regular one in US, lol). Nintendo will eventually announce next handheld either this E3 or in a Direct end of the year.
Devil's Third or Yoshi could still fill out April for Wii U in the west. At least, theoretically. Yoshi at least should make June by the latest. Zelda should be locked for November at the moment. We know too little about Star Fox to make accurate judgements there except before November. Mario Maker feels like a late summer title by now. Hopefully Xenoblade comes out around August, because if it comes in October the Wii U will get 2 giant open worlds back to back, which would be hard to play. SMT x FE and Pokken are probably 2016, and everything else we don't know enough about.
As for 3DS, remember going into 2015 we only knew about Steam, Xenoblade, Fossil Fighters, and Majora's Mask for first party titles. Now we can add Puzzle & Dragons Mario, Fire Emblem, and Rhythm Heaven to that list. We can get some quick reveals and releases throughout the year, and there will hopefully be enough localizations from Japan to keep us occupied. I'm mostly curious about when we're getting Youkai Watch. That's the best chance of the 3DS getting a second wind (very small, but possible), so I hope everyone involved treats it well.
As for 3DS, remember going into 2015 we only knew about Steam, Xenoblade, Fossil Fighters, and Majora's Mask for first party titles. Now we can add Puzzle & Dragons Mario, Fire Emblem, and Rhythm Heaven to that list. We can get some quick reveals and releases throughout the year, and there will hopefully be enough localizations from Japan to keep us occupied. I'm mostly curious about when we're getting Youkai Watch. That's the best chance of the 3DS getting a second wind (very small, but possible), so I hope everyone involved treats it well.
I think it might be more related to the fact that the Captain Falcon amiibo can be used in MK8 as well as in Smash (so there's bound to be more demand for it), while Little Mac can only be used in Smash.
Two Yo-Kai Watch in a year might be overkill. Even the three Inazuma Eleven on NDS, when localized in EU years after the originals came out, got only one release per year anyway.
2015 lineup is pretty empty. and with the huge success of Yokai Watch in Japan, I can see them overkilling it with releasing both in same year.
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kittens
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Wait, is "If" actually in the next Fire Emblems name? I saw it a few times, but thought it was some weird typo, lol.
Hibiki Kurosawa
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SMTxFE
Yes, Fire Emblem if is the official name for the next Fire Emblem in Japan. It doesn't have an official name in the West, yet.
Lord_Byron28
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Here is my guess for titles not already dated:
April- MK8 DLC
May- Smash DLC
Project Guard(?)
June- Splatoon
July- Project Giant Robot
August- Mario Maker
September- Pokemon Z/Star Fox
October- Yoshis wooly world
November- Zelda
Those are my guesses for what has been announced. Obviously there are more titles to be anounced and I suspect Project Guard, Project Giant Robot and Star Fox may be tied together in some fashion.
April- MK8 DLC
May- Smash DLC
Project Guard(?)
June- Splatoon
July- Project Giant Robot
August- Mario Maker
September- Pokemon Z/Star Fox
October- Yoshis wooly world
November- Zelda
Those are my guesses for what has been announced. Obviously there are more titles to be anounced and I suspect Project Guard, Project Giant Robot and Star Fox may be tied together in some fashion.
Im gonna be super bummed out if guard, robot, and star fox are bundled together. I hate how star fox gets treated
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kittens
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What do you mean? What if it all works well together?Im gonna be super bummed out if guard, robot, and star fox are bundled together. I hate how star fox gets treated
That could be. Captain Falcon's also used in the new Ace Combat game coming out next month.
But Nintendo is kind of in between a rock and a hard place.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
They'll be either too late or too early.
For them, it's about introducing new hardware at the least worst time.
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kittens
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Yup. And despite being someone who's willing to buy Nintendo hardware for first party exclusives and their general effort to keep their hardware affordable-ish, they would be in SUCH A BETTER state if they could actually cultivate third party support. The only way to do that in any significant way is to match Sony and MS in graphical power.
Calamari41
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If Nintendo follows through with their common architecture and OS, and makes all of their games compatible across platforms and generations, it won't matter when they release hardware. Just release it like they release handheld revisions.
Why do people always insist that certain games are late in Europe, because of translations? Okay, some are of course, but that's not the case with ANY Nintendo game. Nintendo's games are translated from Japanese into English, German, French, Spanish, Italian etc. simultaneously. It takes more people, not more time! If a Nintendo game is released later in Europe than in the US, than that's usually a strategic decision. Not the result of unfinished translations.
Beren the Empty-Handed
Member
That's what I thought. It seemed really weird.
Oh I expect it to do really well. Just not Smash Bros well.
IrishNinja
Member
some of those sure feel like stretches, but id be quite happy to see em happen. good list OP!
Because NoE has recently let go lots of people and they're probably understaffed in the localization department: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/30/nintendo-of-europe-layoffs-involve-320-employees/
From here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981515
Nintendo has released their new release schedule, nothing changed aside from Mario Maker now being "2015" instead of "1st half": the dream is dead, it's probably a Summer title now.
3DS is outperforming Wii U at a 3:1 clip basically, and there is no dedicated portable gaming competition. The 3DS, imo, has more life left than people think, even though it's not great support on the whole.
Calamari41
41 > 38
They would be wise to make the game robust enough to actually be worth that price.
But yeah, it's going to be $40 I'm sure.
No way they're going to slap a $60 price tag on Mario Maker. If Toad is $40, Mario Maker will be $40.
Oigperfprming the Wii U is not impressive. 3DS sales are way way down compared to last year.
Latest report was down over 40% outside of Japan.
Wowfunhappy
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Strangely, this is exactly what makes me think that releasing a 4DS in the near future would be disastrous. Nintendo can't spare the resources to produce tons of games for a brand new platform right now. If we've learned anything from the DS's and 3DS's early years at life, it should be that new nintendo handheld push 3rd parties away.
I think a lot of people have forgotten how disastrous the 3DS's launch was. It was priced too high yes, but that wasn't the only problem. It didn't begin selling well until Nintendo released a stream of heavy hitters. And as they did so, the Wii lay dormant.