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thestopsign
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I honestly think it would be the worst selling Pokemon title if it turned out to be 3DS only at this point. It would be a big mistake. It would suffer in the same way Monster Hunter XX did from a combination of fan outrage and being the 4th iteration of a series released on a rather stale piece of hardware.
Looks like Crystal was the worst selling mainline Pokemon at ~1.7 million.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
I very much expect a pokemon switch announcement tomorrow regardless. Nintendo doesn't seem to be bothering with 3DS only directs and it skipping the skipping would be too glaring an omission and break from the norm.
Phife Dawg
Member
I still find it hard to believe they are launching Pokémon too this year on Switch. But interesting times nontheless.
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Saint Titanfall
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Definitively not leaving luck to heaven.
they're leaving luck to lottery tickets
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Saint Titanfall
If work under the assumption they really were assuming a Wii u level response a pokemon first year exclusive makes sense. On sure fire way to drive adoption on a lagging console.
You have to exist first before you can die.
CaviarMeths
Member
The optimist in me says that Nintendo expects to have their supply under a little better control by summer. I mean, they've announced bundles for Splatoon and Monster Hunter, I think they're planning to have stock for it.
RIP Switch stock prospect.
inb4 the direct is for a new pokemon mobile game
Little Monser
Banned
I'm a bit worried about the Swirch 2018 lineup due to the killer 2017 lineup...
1st Course
Member
Kimishima wanted that first year momentum badly and it's paying off higher than they expected that they ended up with shortages for not preparing adequately.
Yeah. I believe it's stars for switch just because they really really wanted the first year of switch to succeed.
If it is pokemon stars, they had the best year one line-up ever released I think, with some of the biggest game franchises, and for sure the biggest first party lineup ever.
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Saint Titanfall
They still have fire emblem etc. So.I'm not too worried. First year was always key for getting third party support that they can rely on in later years. Especially as it's not a given.Little Monser;239226720 said:
Little Mons†er;239226720 said:
I mean, they have Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros as major titles for 2018 potentially (although AC could be difficult since that is the same team as Splatoon (or am I wrong here?)), so there's plenty of big hitters to launch in 2018. Add to that a new Retro game, and 2018 will be just fine, even if it doesn't quite reach the heights of 2017 from a first party perspective.
Don't forget stuff like Luigi's Mansion 3 and 2D Mario/Mario Maker.
Yup, there's more than enough IP for Nintendo to carve out a great follow-up to the amazing year that is 2017.
Little Monser;239226720 said:
I'm not, most of their titles releasing this year are evergreen titles so the earlier they release, the better.
Smash at this point is likely Early 2018, so all that leaves is a Mario Maker sequel and Animal Crossing for remaining evergreen titles.
I still see it as a very good possibility. It did well for a Wii U title, and it still has a good amount of potential imo.
Maybe the best lineup for any 12 months ever. But I don't feel like doing the research.
.................... oh well
twothunder
Member
We can hope those gamers that buy it just for Splatoon 2 will eventually give some of the other games a try too.
oh man. The Switch shortage is only going to get worse if it's 3rd version pokemon game for Switch. Those lines will only get longer.
Walking around videogames shops in Tokyo last week I'd safely say that Splatoon 2 presence on shops (I wouldn't say "hype", but of course a correlation is there) is comfortably in line with DQXI's one.
I visited many shops in my nerd-tour, from Sofmap to three different Bic Camera and so on: a grand total of 9 stores.
Just anedotical but still...
I visited many shops in my nerd-tour, from Sofmap to three different Bic Camera and so on: a grand total of 9 stores.
Just anedotical but still...
The number of IP for Nintendo is never a question. It's always been if they can deliver games on schedule.
Same EAD/EPD team, but different directors/main programmers afaik.
Little Mons†er;239226720 said:
Pikmin 4, Retro New Game, Animal Crossing and probably Next Level Games new game? It should be more than enough to do well plus some third party till E3.^^
Pokemon x Nobunaga Greed 2 pleaseeeee.^^
Or just give me Pokemon x Uncharted Water for me only lol.^^
maybe the monster hunter ps4 exclusive could be true 
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
maybe the monster hunter ps4 exclusive could be true
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
I think its very likely Monster Hunter is announced for PS4 next week. I'm not so clear what it will be called.
maybe the monster hunter ps4 exclusive could be true
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
is capcom the one pub that pursued the mobile yen with MH and failed hard at it?
I feel like it's something else. MH is a nintendo handheld thing, not mobile
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maybe the monster hunter ps4 exclusive could be true
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
I don't see any mention of Capcom or MH there lol. Buhhh fake newsssss.^^
On the other hand, i don't see MH being a big news for Sony lol especially in the west. When there KH3 and FFVII Remake lurking.^^
Bloodbourne 2 can be huge though.
Gotdatmoney
Member
maybe the monster hunter ps4 exclusive could be true
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
I believe it's happening lol. But we'll see in a week or so.
pretty done
Member
Ready to lick fanboy tears.maybe the monster hunter ps4 exclusive could be true
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
maybe the monster hunter ps4 exclusive could be true
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
There's another (fairly similar) leak on 4chan to go along with it.
At this point, I'd be surprised if MH wasn't exclusive-hatted to the PS4.
The franchise is not going to be exclusive to PS4. Clearly.
Well an exclusive title, also twitter/insider seems to effectively confirm this now. So, yes, I am going to go with 4chan leak having been valid in some capacity, months ago now.