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Nintendo suspiciously dont have a Black Friday week game announced for Switch
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BassForever
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Nintendo can barely keep the switch in stock they don't need a black friday game to bundle or push
Black friday special will be whatever wiiu are left in storage with breath of the wild and/or smash for a discounted price, and a 2dsxl with pokemon and/or mario maker.
Black friday special will be whatever wiiu are left in storage with breath of the wild and/or smash for a discounted price, and a 2dsxl with pokemon and/or mario maker.
Mysterious
Banned
The WIi was hard to find, and that still had a mega-title for the Black Friday slot.
2006 - Wii / Wii Sports
2007 - Super Mario Galaxy
2008 - Animal Crossing: City Folk
2009 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2010 - Donkey Kong Country Returns
2011 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2012 - Wii U / New Super Mario Bros. U
2013 - Super Mario 3D World
2014 - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
2015 - lol (It was Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival)
2016 - NES Classic Edition
2006 - Wii / Wii Sports
2007 - Super Mario Galaxy
2008 - Animal Crossing: City Folk
2009 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2010 - Donkey Kong Country Returns
2011 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2012 - Wii U / New Super Mario Bros. U
2013 - Super Mario 3D World
2014 - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
2015 - lol (It was Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival)
2016 - NES Classic Edition
GinoFelino
Member
It'll be a special Mario Odyssey bunduru with Splatoon 2 or Zelda
Today, i.e instant gratification.
LordRaptor
Member
If they have supply issues resolved, I could see a zelda bundle with gold joycons and maybe the BOTW season pass bundled
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
The Switch itself will be a huge black Friday item. Likely bundles.
franklyshankly
Member
If there are any available to sell.
LordOcidax
Member
$299.99 Mario bundle...They dont need another game.
It was the lackluster Mario tennis ultra smash actually.
GinoFelino
Member
That'd be really sweet too, but I think a Mario bundle with Zelda soft-bundled
is the obvious choice given the time frame.
Thanks, last year was the only year they didnt have a major console game and that was due to WiiU being dead
Dr. Black Jack
Member
LOL, Nintendo always has their biggest release/s of the year the Friday before BF. It's been that way for over a decade. Get the entusiast sales at launch, then get the BF sales, then get the Dec straggler sales.
My guess is that FEH will release then. Still super surprised that Mario isn't coming out that day...they must be worried about shortages so they're leaving a month gap I guess?
HeisenbergLannister
Member
Retro releasing Metroid Prime 3.8 that day.
BELIEVE!!!
BELIEVE!!!
LumpOfCole
Member
For purely reasons of limited manufacturing ability, I wouldn't be surprised to see the SNES Mini delayed. I'm guessing Nintendo's primary directive is to make as many Switches as possible.
Also, the Switch itself will be hard to find all year, especially around the holiday season. Nintendo doesn't need a doorbuster for Black Friday: a small surge in Switch availability will be more than enough.
Also, the Switch itself will be hard to find all year, especially around the holiday season. Nintendo doesn't need a doorbuster for Black Friday: a small surge in Switch availability will be more than enough.
Mysterious
Banned
Why did Wii have its marquee titles come out during BF then?
SporeCrawler
Member
Do they need a game on blackfriday though? They have enough high selling titles launching this year. Smash would be great though.. or mario maker..
Jorok Goldblade
Member
Xenoblade 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, and Skyrim (Nintendo Published) are all "Holiday 2017." One of them will fill that hole.
There is no 3rd party game releasing in November. If anything it would help sell the game.
PSFan
Member
I consider Twilight Princess to be the big game for 2006 Black Friday time. Wii Sports was a pack-in for most places.
And N64 is still the champion for me when it comes to big November games. It had Ocarina of Time, DK64 and Banjo-Tooie as some of N's big Nov games. Three of my all time favorites.
thestopsign
Member
They also conveniently don't have a date yet for Fire Emblem Warriors in the west.
Pupperbabysassy
Member
It's going to be Skyrim and a Mario Kart bundle.
SuperLeviathan
Member
Would a SNES classic even really be needed? The holidays this year are going to be buoyed by Mario Odyssey and Pokemon US/UM. Those will move hardware, unlike what happened with the Wii U last year, so a SNES won't really be necessary.
Booker.DeWitt
Member
I hope I don't have to camp for this
Mbolibombo
Member
I dont think we will see another killer app there, let Mario shine. It will.
I do however expect to see Mario & Sonic at Olympics in there somewhere and it wouldt surprise me to see a Mario Party or another co-op party co-op game there as well.
I do however expect to see Mario & Sonic at Olympics in there somewhere and it wouldt surprise me to see a Mario Party or another co-op party co-op game there as well.
ElMexiMerican
Member
The New 3DS was already discontinued wasn't it? Unless you mean the XL, which I'd doubt because of the 2DS XL. There might be a Zelda Switch though with special joy con, but even then I'd figure they'd just stick to Mario Kart or Splatoon.
It'll be Fire Emblem Warriors or Skyrim, if anything. Maybe Xenoblade 2, but I anticipate that'll be first couple weeks of December.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
No, they don't need a big game launching literally Thanksgiving week. They have three of their largest franchises with new games out this year on a system they can barely keep in stock well outside of holiday season. There's not much reason to launch anything major within a month of Mario Odyssey.
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
I've never been one to blame people for taking vacation time for new games, but a "chuck of vacation" for DLC? How much content do you think there'll actually be?
RumbleHumble
Banned
It ain't Smash guys. Pack it up.
Dark_3nergy
Member
Yeah this is what I was thinking. If anything they will be putting out maybe a sale on their eShop?
I don't think it'll be a substantial increase, but it's a flimsy excuse to take some time off during the holidays to replay one of my favorite games of all time. (I skipped DLC #1 altogether, so I'll be able to experience that as well.)