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Nintendo of America says Metroid Prime 4 and "new Pokemon game" are 2018 titles
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Normally you wouldn't see them until less than a year before they release, but these games, along with FE Switch, seem imo to be announced a little earlier to communicate that Switch is in fact the future for those franchise, despite current games releasing on 3ds.
Skittzo0413
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Oh it definitely seems to work well for sales and general hype, but I like sorta knowing what is coming down the road in the next 2-3 years. It's still definitely better this way than the other way though.
You don't know that. Stars could have been a standard third version or sequel for all we know.
You are right though that it would be odd to basically release the same game for the third year in a row. Who knows.
metalslimer
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Maybe another new IP as well
lord_of_flood
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I could believe it, given that FE Switch was announced for 2018 with just a logo not too long ago, but I won't hold my breath. Especially not with Metroid.
ShadowFox08
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Metroid in a year and a half? Too soon I think it will be delayed. We'll get our first footage in next e3 I bet.
Blackleg-sanji1
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Hmmmm 👀👀 this a rumor I miss? Give it to me
Poor GRIMES
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They have also announced games years before they were even shown, so again, I'll wait and see what happens in the coming months before I get too excited.
Except nobody is saying that this list is definitive. Metroid/Pokemon could slip into 2019 and there might be other as-yet unrevealed titles that could be released in 2018 (Smash Brothers DX and a new Animal Crossing seem likely, along with a new IP or two).
lol that's not a good reason to believe both. I don't have any faith in them hitting 2018 for both of these games. If I am wrong great but it's nintendo and yeah they haven't earned my faith in constant releases.
Calm Mind
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well yes, thats the most sensible aproach, expect the worst , hope for the best
FreedomFighter
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If Xenoblade 2 makes it out end of this year I will believe them.
Wasn't it heavily rumored since Switch's reveal?
I remember Emily Rogers talking about it.
Skittzo0413
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Again what makes you think it just started development? We didn't know Metroid Samus Returns was in the works until 3 months before it releases. Fire Emblem Switch was announced with just a logo for 2018. Mario 3D World was casually mentioned in January 2013 with no info and released later that year.
Nintendo likes short announcement to release schedules, BotW, TMS and XCX are really just the exceptions.
Which is precisely what it was intended to do.
It's true we don't know that but Stars was a code name like Rainbow, whatever Pokemon Stars is
probably USUM
Is that not what USUM are? We don't really know anything about them but they look like they'd fall into one of those two categories.
-Mutsukki-
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Man... I don't believe it. Pokémon barely two years after new one released? Metroid when we just have a logo? I really hope those are not rushed...
There is a ton of development than can be done for a game sans devkit. Hell, most of it.
Sammy Samusu
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Switch is gonna own 2018 as well.
No room for BREATHING.
No room for BREATHING.
AndrewDean84xX
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Just to help put things in perspective, Mario + Rabbids was in development for 3+ years, and gameplay wasn't shown for it until 3-4 months before it ships.
Just saying.
Just saying.
Not75Drops
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So we'll likely know this for certain next month, during Nintendo's Quarterly Briefing. We usually get release schedules there.
Whether they stick to that is another thing. I'm not convinced on Pokemon, but Prime 4 is up in the air.
Whether they stick to that is another thing. I'm not convinced on Pokemon, but Prime 4 is up in the air.
They said it has an alternate story, so a third version if anything. Doesn't mean it's a sequel though, which the Switch title could very well be if Gen 8 ain't coming just yet.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
That's a lineup well on its way to trumping that overused PS2 2001 lineup pic.
I want to see Nintendo actually pull something like that off.
LegitMcfalls
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What is also unprecedented is that Pokemon is being made for nintendo's main console rather then a portable. So expect the unexpected!
I didn't want to believe Xenoblades 2 is this year, but it is. If we stick with the "they only show games that are within 12 months of release", and that they won't advertise games that are years away, then a Prime 4 tease for a 2018 holiday season would actually fit.
I want to believe.
I want to believe.
All these people saying Pokemon isn't possible in 2018, I think it is. Easily from a development point of view if they are smart with re-using assets from S/M.
We don't know how long they've been working on it. They could have started early design work back in early 2016. Skip to late 2018 and that's close on 3 years.
People say they wouldn't cut gen 8 short but perhaps they will - maybe that's why they made USM, despite not having done third versions in a while.
We saw nothing of Xenoblade 2 till this year and no gameplay till E3, get that's coming out this winter. I could see Pokemon being the holiday 2018 title. Metroid seems less likely.
It's easy for the Serebii guy to be all mr know it all and say that it would be totally unprecedented for them to release another Pokemon gen in this timeframe, however it is totally unprecedented that they're making a Pokemon mainline game for a home console in the first place. They've NEVER done a mainline game for a system which can be played in a TV at home before, so who's to say they're not going to break the mould with this too?
We don't know how long they've been working on it. They could have started early design work back in early 2016. Skip to late 2018 and that's close on 3 years.
People say they wouldn't cut gen 8 short but perhaps they will - maybe that's why they made USM, despite not having done third versions in a while.
We saw nothing of Xenoblade 2 till this year and no gameplay till E3, get that's coming out this winter. I could see Pokemon being the holiday 2018 title. Metroid seems less likely.
It's easy for the Serebii guy to be all mr know it all and say that it would be totally unprecedented for them to release another Pokemon gen in this timeframe, however it is totally unprecedented that they're making a Pokemon mainline game for a home console in the first place. They've NEVER done a mainline game for a system which can be played in a TV at home before, so who's to say they're not going to break the mould with this too?
Honestly, the Zelda series is in a league of its own when it comes to delays. I wouldn't really rely on it for making predictions regarding another series.
Yeah they might just keep up this crazy momentum
JershJopstin
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I'd like receipts on this one.
Exterminieren
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I certainly believe the Pokémon bit- they're going to start revealing Gen VIII Pokémon next year anyway, so I could very easily see them releasing a new Switch generation in concert with that at the end of next year. Every indication is that Game Freak intended this to be an unusually short generation.
I'm PARTICULARLY amused that certain posters who were absolutely certain what Game Freak was doing last year before getting spectacularly blindsided by the Sun and Moon announcement are back at it again.
I'm PARTICULARLY amused that certain posters who were absolutely certain what Game Freak was doing last year before getting spectacularly blindsided by the Sun and Moon announcement are back at it again.
The Sun and Moon anime is a slice of life anime based largely around one single location with excursions elsewhere. It's such a profoundly different format to other anime series that you can't really draw comparisons to the past, and even then I expect them to be done with the Akala Island stuff by the time the anime's first anniversary rolls around.
Why not? They release a game every freaking year. It does not take Gamefreak 2 years to make a new game. November 2018 is likely.
RobotMoses
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Interesting. I'm pretty skeptical about Metroid Prime 4 being 2018 title, but we don't know how far into development it is. It seemed, from the teaser, that it had recently started development with the "Now in development" text.
However, Nintendo really does need some games next year: we know of Kirby, Yoshi and Fire Emblem, online games+VC... maybe more Zelda (and Mario/Splatoon/ARMS?) DLC, a new Animal Crossing (makes sense?), and Smash Bros. Port/for Switch? Nintendo needs to fill the gaps. I guess it would make sense for them to really push for Metroid and Pokémon in 2018 - show those late 2018 games at E3, then tease/reveal titles for 2019.
Edit: Also, whatever Retro is making (new IP? Mother? DK?) is probably late 2018.
However, Nintendo really does need some games next year: we know of Kirby, Yoshi and Fire Emblem, online games+VC... maybe more Zelda (and Mario/Splatoon/ARMS?) DLC, a new Animal Crossing (makes sense?), and Smash Bros. Port/for Switch? Nintendo needs to fill the gaps. I guess it would make sense for them to really push for Metroid and Pokémon in 2018 - show those late 2018 games at E3, then tease/reveal titles for 2019.
Edit: Also, whatever Retro is making (new IP? Mother? DK?) is probably late 2018.
LordOcidax
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So you prefer to believe in unannounced games... Ok then... Lol
Baleoce
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Considering they're not even showing us it at the moment. And this is a game that will hopefully be turning around the fortunes / sales of this series. I just cannot see 2018 for it.
UnemployedVillain
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People are still expecting Stars? For fucks sake people
DeuceGamer
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Yep, and it clearly wasn't because they couldn't show anything at the Switch Announcement. They strategically waited. Who's to say this is something similar?
for 2017, it seems Nintendo is trying to put out an average of one 1st party (or collab w/ 3rd party) per month.
If 2018 is going to match that, it almost seems like Metroid and Pokemon would need to release next year. Otherwise, if Prime and Pokemon would slip to 2019, it really seems like 2018 would be pretty sparse.
If 2018 is going to match that, it almost seems like Metroid and Pokemon would need to release next year. Otherwise, if Prime and Pokemon would slip to 2019, it really seems like 2018 would be pretty sparse.
I have my doubts about Prime 4 coming out next year. The only way I see it being possible is if NLG is the developer, with the assistance of another team since NLG is pretty small relative to the demands of HD development. But it doesn't sound nearly as impossible as Xenoblade 2 making it out in the same year it was announced in, and that's apparently happening.
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