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Nintendo suspiciously dont have a Black Friday week game announced for Switch
- Thread starter jmizzal
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I am guessing a deluxe port of 4 in 2018 unless they are secretly working on a new one but i doubt that unless they have someone else then Sakurai work on it.
My dude.
Dreamwriter
Member
I dont get this - are you saying Mario is going to disappear from stores before Black Friday? Game companies dont commonly time brand new games to release specifically on Black Friday.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Do they need one? Wont people still be trying to find switches for Mario Odyssey?
Toadthemushroom
Member
Mario Tennis: Hyper Smash Plus as release schedule filler. Believe.
In all honesty though, when Nintendo is already selling every Switch they can produce they could probably get away with holding a game or two back...
In all honesty though, when Nintendo is already selling every Switch they can produce they could probably get away with holding a game or two back...
Rumors from where?
Skittzo0413
Member
Eh? There are? You mean the fact that they're having a NWC this year suggests they'll be announcing something during the finals?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Their games barely show up in Black Friday ads, so I don't know why it would matter?
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
Aren't Fire Emblem Warriors and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 still without confirmed release dates? It's probably one of those unless Nintendo see Pokemon as the biggest game they have because of the 3DS install base.
WhiteWaterM00se
Member
I believe the surprise is a 3rd party game for this year. Overwatch is my guess.
Okami Haundo
Member
Don't get my hopes up like that! Overwatch on Switch would honestly cement the console's place as my new "primary" place to play games.
I can't remember what the original source was, one of the people who have thrown out stuff in the past...but I can't remember who.
Supermetaldave maybe? He was the dude who originally predicted/leaked the two metroids rumour.
EDIT: Looking at his YouTube vids, he has some videos about it (haven't watched them) but I'm not sure if he was the original guy who said it.
SMD also said the nx wpuld be 4k and more powerful than the ps4 pro. He doesn't have credibility.
Haha, fair enough.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Their catalogue sales are strong enough.
Mario Kart DX will outsell lots of new releases.
I can see SNES Classic being their BF star though.
Mario Kart DX will outsell lots of new releases.
I can see SNES Classic being their BF star though.
FE Warriors, Xenoblade 2, Skyrim or the SNES classic could all fit in the slot for that Friday. Realistically once you look at how many weeks are left between the start of October and early December, and knock off two for Pokemon and Mario Odyssey, there's only so many slots left and several products without release dates.
My money is on both Skyrim and the SNES Classic.
My money is on both Skyrim and the SNES Classic.
They always release big games the week before Black Friday, its been known as Nintendo days around here, even.
My money is on Smash Switch, Pokemon USUM, and one more new unnanounced title to complement them, pipe dream would be Animal Crossing Switch to coincide with the mobile phone game.
Edit: Forgot about Skyrim, yeah low-ball its going to be that, Nintendo is publishing after all.
My money is on Smash Switch, Pokemon USUM, and one more new unnanounced title to complement them, pipe dream would be Animal Crossing Switch to coincide with the mobile phone game.
Edit: Forgot about Skyrim, yeah low-ball its going to be that, Nintendo is publishing after all.
There was nothing in 2015.
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Deleted member 465307
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The OP is from June; SNES Classic releases on September 29th.
The Last One
Member
It's Pokémon Stars for the Switch.
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Hero of Legend
Member
Last year the big star was the $99/$149 CDN Mario edition New 3DS, which was pretty awesome.
Of the known lot I say Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the most likely candidate, and honestly would be a great honor for it and shows effort to pushing it IMO. I would be nice to see Nintendo push a game that's not obviously going to see gangbusters on Black Friday, which XC2 obviously (sadly) wouldn't.
Everyone's going to look at Odyssey, Kart, and Splatoon 2 anyway, so why would they need another huge hitter hogging the spotlight?
Of the known lot I say Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the most likely candidate, and honestly would be a great honor for it and shows effort to pushing it IMO. I would be nice to see Nintendo push a game that's not obviously going to see gangbusters on Black Friday, which XC2 obviously (sadly) wouldn't.
Everyone's going to look at Odyssey, Kart, and Splatoon 2 anyway, so why would they need another huge hitter hogging the spotlight?
Skittzo0413
Member
It's still just as true today.
I'm gonna agree that it's probably gonna be Skyrim, but I think it actually changed from Nintendo publishing it (in the E3 documentation) now to Bethesda publishing it. So I'm not sure if that has any bearing on when they would want it released.
I cant bother to check if this is true so far but sounds reasonable.
I'd love to believe but I can't see them releasing Overwatch without any hype. I mean surely they'd have announced a game like OW at E3? Unless they're gonna do a big surprise reveal at Gamescom. Possible I suppose.
Also, the thought of Overwatch without public voice chat makes me want to top myself. Salmon run is frustrating enough let alone a highly team composition / tactics based hero shooter like OW.
sixteen-bit
Member
When's the next Direct?
Hero of Legend
Member
Glass Shark
Banned
Im confused by this thread. Do games usually get released on Black Friday, or the week of?
I expect they're priority is getting switches themselves on the store shelves for the holidays. A new big game would be nice especially Smash or XC2 coming out on that classic November 18th release day. They need to make sure they have the actual systems more than any individual game.
crabhammer
Member
It was a pretty weak one, but they still dropped two games the week before Black Friday. Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon and Mario Tennis Ultra Smash.
I'd be surprised if we got nothing but Pokemon on that day, but considering their current one game a month switch strategy, and the fact that FE Warriors and Xenoblade 2 still just have nebulous "2017" release dates I suspect it'll be one of those.
Skittzo0413
Member
Nintendo almost always has a game either that week or one of the surrounding weeks. This year they have nothing announced so far for Switch in November at all.
Hero of Legend
Member
The Splatoon 2 bundle is no?
They released AC: Amiibo Festival, two weeks before, and Mario Tennis Ultra Smash and Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon a week later, the week before Black Friday. Quality aside, big brand names.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Bayo 3 boys
sixteen-bit
Member
Day one.
Fair enough, I reckon it'll be Skyrim then. Broad enough evergreen appeal to sit in the slot, people are still buying it six years after launch.
Shadow Broker
Banned
Skyrim
Edit: I need to start checking OP dates before posting in the topic.
Edit: I need to start checking OP dates before posting in the topic.
Schucky Ducky
Banned
I'm predicting it will probably be Skyrim. Maybe Xenoblade 2, but I think that comes in December. Don't think it will be some crazy exciting unannounced game. They have enough games announced right now to fill the release schedule for the rest of the year IMO.
kuhnbeast91
Member
I think having Zelda, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart, and Splatoon all lined up next to each other will be enough to sell the Switch through the holiday.