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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The interesting thing about the Smash Bros announcement for 2018 is that I think it indicates Pokemon will be pushed back to 2019. I can't see them dropping two of their remaining three big system sellers back to back like that.
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I wonder if they go in for the kill and go Smash Bros in August/September and Pokemon in November.
If the game is ready to go I don’t see them holding it back into 2019. I don’t think they will rush it out this year if it’s not ready though.
They still have: Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta 3, Fire Emblem, Pikmin 4, Animal Crossing, 2D Mario/Mario Maker, Mario Party, as games rumoured to be into development to tide them over in 2019.
Then you get into Odyssey 2, 2D Zelda, New Donkey Kong, Mario RPG, Paper Mario, Luigi’s Mansion, Splatoon 3, other Mario sports games, etc that could all come after that to start the cycle again. Plus Pokemon games tend to come out every 2 years now.
They have the first party franchise power to do it and go all in this holiday season. And if they do it and get to the 25M sold target then third parties will have to follow. And considering they are planning to produce that many Switches this year I feel like they might be planning on it.