Byronic Hero
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Mario Kart 8 releasing in May 2014!
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soxinthebox
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Today is the worst day ever
if you're blind, sure
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I'm cool with this.
Things are going really shitty but I don't want an unfinished product, not with this game.
Iwata's first line of business at this whole briefing should have been that Battle Mode is being refocused on and Block Fort is back.
Things are going really shitty but I don't want an unfinished product, not with this game.
Iwata's first line of business at this whole briefing should have been that Battle Mode is being refocused on and Block Fort is back.
Laieon
Member
I'll be very, very surprised if Smash isn't their big Holiday 2014 title. I'm not really sure what else the could put up there, but then again E3 has yet to come.
Screamapillar
Member
I was hoping for April, but still, May is smack-dab in the middle of spring. Cannot wait.
Goldenmoney
Member
Well they sure as hell aren't rushing it out are they? Guess that's probably a good thing though.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Should have been sooner like February but more Mario Kart in the horizon is good. I'm excited after how enjoyable 7 was. Music Park was awesome.
C.Olimar788
Member
So much for the possibility of Smash before winter. :'s
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
You probably already know this but that track is returning.
SSBM - 2001
SSBB - 2008
SSB4 - logic says 2015.
I feel sorry for anyone expecting it to come out anywhere near this year. Even March 2015 may be too early. Nintendo may push it to September
Yep. But I guess that's what we can expect when nearly every company drops the platform except the ones who made it.
We'll be playing Mario Kart 9 by then...
Hours Left
Member
The fact that they only confirmed MK8 and nothing else is pretty worrying to me. They should of pulled out all the stops.
Screamapillar
Member
It's been confirmed for 2014. Over, and over, and over again. Nintendo's even gone out of it's way to say that development was handed primarily to Namco in order to deliver the game in a timely manner. Hence why they announced "2014" so confidently at E3 last year. And by November 2014, if development began in summer 2012, that is almost a 2 1/2 year development schedule. I would be shocked if it gets delayed past 2014. I don't even think Nintendo considers that an option. Wii U needs Smash this year.
Well... it's a good thing they delayed DK, I guess.
Hahahaha.... ... ...
It'll be delayed, don't worry.
huh? who says I'm waiting for a price drop? I'll be there day one with everyone. I'm getting it for $40 at launch.
Screamapillar
Member
Lol. DK comes out in like, three weeks. I would hardly call that "brutal".
Err... that's not how it works. The Smash Bros. games aren't developed back-to-back. And you conveniently left out the first game, which released in 1999 and messes up your (nonexistent) pattern.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I'm looking forward to it, but I do worry about how similar it will play compared to the wii version. Wii version was also my least favorite.
Screamapillar
Member
It definitely won't be. I'm happy to bookmark this thread and come back in November to say "I told you so", though.
Phire Phox
Banned
Development for Brawl began in Oct 2005 and was released January. 2008. 2 years and 4 months after development. Development for SSB4 began around March 2012 so I don't think a late 2014 release would be unreasonable especially considering that their getting help from Namco Bandai. A summer release could be in the cards.
Davey Cakes
Member
Mario Kart Wii is probably my favorite in the series so personally I'm stoked for MK8.
I was kind of hoping for April but hey, my birthday is in May so it's not all bad.
I am curious as to what Nintendo plans on releasing between now and May (besides DK obviously) to keep players interested. Maybe they have a surprise? Maybe they'll pump out more digital games and VC titles in the meantime? I hope they don't expect three months of nothingness to be acceptable.
We'll see.
I'm expecting a mid summer release for Smash at the earliest. Perhaps August.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Nintendo is going to have a killer first-party line-up for their Wii U console next fiscal year. I'm buying them all.
Announced:
Mario Kart 8 May
Bayonetta 2 June (Speculative)
Hyrule Warriors August (Speculative)
X Winter (Speculative)
Smash Winter (Speculative)
Add 1 or 2 more first-party games to that line-up (NFC game most likely) and its a solid output. 3rd party however....
Announced:
Mario Kart 8 May
Bayonetta 2 June (Speculative)
Hyrule Warriors August (Speculative)
X Winter (Speculative)
Smash Winter (Speculative)
Add 1 or 2 more first-party games to that line-up (NFC game most likely) and its a solid output. 3rd party however....
It definitely won't be. I'm happy to bookmark this thread and come back in November to say "I told you so", though.
You're on, pal!
Nothing1016
Member
Avoiding march was a good idea. Second Son, TitanFall, MGSV, and Dark Souls should be avoided.
Have you seen the last media create?,
WIU | 8.490 |
That number will be lower each week before DK.
Well, there's going to be some new indie titles coming out within that period to help soften the blow. Some devs have offered some status updates on their projects:
Shovel Knight - rescheduled for March 31st.
Armillo - March 24
Assault Android Cactus - Midyear 2014
BLOK DROP U - Submitted to Nintendo in January, currently in final testing phase
Cubemen 2 - To be submitted to Nintendo next week.
lttle Dew - To be submitted to Nintendo this week.
Monkey Pirates- Game is complete but no release date announced
Pier Solar HD - Going into beta testing stage.
Super Ubie Land - Release within next 6 months.
Q.U.B.E - April
Tengami - Game is near completion, looking int implement Release within 3-4 months.
Teslagrad - To confirm release date soon.
Pure Chess - Announcing release date within next couple of weeks.
The good think about the Wii U is that you know exactly what you are buying. No big decisions need to be made, nothing more, nothing less.
These games just aren't high profile enough. Unless Minecraft is released soon, I don't think any indie title can soften the blow. Some of those titles are even after Kart, shovel knight is probably the most high profile there but there is a pc and 3ds version also.
I think we'll get an HD Collection of some sort for October. Possibly the Galaxy games. Gotta have a Mario platformer for the holidays!
That will probably be it for first party releases this year, and literally the only notable third party game is going to be Watch Dogs. Those droughts are not going to be pretty.
Smash 4 will absolutely be their big November game.
Starphoenix
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Alcibiades
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Wikipedia says March 2012. Not sure how accurate but Nintendo is traditionally very slow about development of anything, so it wouldn't surprise me.
As far as those saying it is too valuable of a Christmas title to delay, remember this is NINTENDO. Ocarina of Time, the big holiday title for 1997 was delayed (though they thankfully had Diddy Kong Racing, a less than surefire hit in light of resemblance to the already-released Mario Kart 64, to save the day). They also delayed the much-needed Twilight Princess on GCN (even though that had Wii-related reasons too).
N64 was basically a mass of "too important to be delayed" titles yet seemingly everything was getting delayed left and right. I really do hope Smash makes it out this year, but would any Nintendo fan that lived that lived through the N64-Wii U days be willing to bet their first-born that Smash is going to make it out this year?
EDIT:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/08/16/zelda-delayed-to-next-year
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Hmm I do hope that your prediction comes to bear as I would buy that in a heartbeat and you are correct, Mario for the holiday seasons is a must by Nintendo standards
Gotta agree with that as well. People claiming that Smash will be released in Summer are kidding themselves. Its a November game.
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
That drought
AvoidDaNoid
Banned
April is rumored to be Watch Dogs so that may help. Wii U version should have some cool gamepad stuff
Even less to play on the PS4 so not really the best option right now.
Play games on 360 or PS3
or play some older Wii U games like
Resident Evil Revelations
Deus Ex
Monster Hunters
Pikmin 3
Splinter Cell
Assassin's Creed 4
Zombi U (if you haven't played it)
Rayman
for example