Eolz
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It's releasing in March and Nintendo isn't Sega/Atlus, they know really well Europe.
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When do we expect Nintendo NX to be revealed?
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It's releasing in March and Nintendo isn't Sega/Atlus, they know really well Europe.
gamerMan
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I think the reveal should happen on September 23, the birthday of the company.
Devilgunman
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E3 2017. It won't come out in March. Nintendo will apologize for the delay this fall and release the NX in holiday 2017.
I really don't see them releasing in March, they'd have to ask people to get hype as they are nurturing their wallet hemorrhage and families are battling over their post-Christmas divorce. Then more importantly the one paramount 100% thing they need to achieve is go into the 2017 holidays on a wave of mouth to mouth success stories. This will be a make or break for the console, they emphatically do not need sales to slump considerably before that. The first sales will go to the core Nintendo fans. They will play Zelda and then rave on about it to casual gamers. If this happens in April and casuals think oh cool I'll get it at Christmas, and then the hype dies down by June, sales start slumping by August, people will lose interest in this thing of early 2017 while the next big thing of late 2017 draws their attention.There's no way they wait till next year for a proper reveal. But I guess I'm assuming the thing is coming out in February or March. If it's more like May, then maybe.
I was being pretty optimistic about May because I really, really need this NX console, but they would be smarter to release it at the end of summer, so the core hype flows directly into the casuals hype.
I grew up in the eighties/nineties, I will never not nurse a prehistoric grudge.
I think "announce in September, release in March" is quite reasonable, actually. Announcement Direct in September introducing the system and its launch lineup, followup Direct in January announcing the rest of the 2017 lineup and presenting updated looks at the games announced in September. Meanwhile have Miyamoto and Reggie do all the late night shows, the early morning shows, etc.
In January, after all of the Christmas sales furor has died down, have Gamestop, Best Buy, and the like (just pointing out Best Buy because Nintendo seems to be on good terms with them) have NX playable displays, maybe with a 10 minute Zelda demo.
In January, after all of the Christmas sales furor has died down, have Gamestop, Best Buy, and the like (just pointing out Best Buy because Nintendo seems to be on good terms with them) have NX playable displays, maybe with a 10 minute Zelda demo.
Okami Haundo
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I couldn't agree with this more. I don't see any use in them going all in on advertising this holiday. The sooner they reveal NX, the more dead time they'll have between the reveal and their marketing push. The wait hurts, but I'd rather they get the message across as clearly as possible. Revealing early could just confuse the message.
ShockingAlberto
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October.
Calm Mind
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SpacePirate Ridley
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Wrong.
Nintendo doesn't hate europe. In fact, this last two generations NoE has treated better their audience than NoA.
You are confusing them with Atlus.
This is the only correct answer.
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Pancake Mix
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If it really is coming out in March, I agree with everyone saying the reveal in September, as (late) third-party dev kits could start shipping and leaks are seemingly inevitable. Wouldn't that be quite late for launch title dev kits though? I'm no expert, but I don't see how they avoid leaks if they decide to wait until the end of 2016.
And that's despite lower sales in Europe than NA by far. That was indeed a very misguided complaint.
And that's despite lower sales in Europe than NA by far. That was indeed a very misguided complaint.
I love this argument that keeps coming up, like Nintendo is just going to suddenly realize that March is bad at some point and delay it.
Additionally, if NX can only keep hype going for a couple of months it has much bigger issues which won't be solved by a delay. There's a possible benefit to launching early in the year as well since it means more games for holiday buyers, a much lower change of shortages, and possibly a Black Friday sale. It's not black and white.
GameCube
NA November 18, 2001
EU May 3, 2002
Wii
NA November 19, 2006
EU December 8, 2006
Wii U
US November 18, 2012
EU November 30, 2012
Facts, how do they work.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Are you serious? A couple weeks difference in release date is nothing, especially since Europe is a weak link saleswise for Nintendo. Even Japan got the Wii and Wii U after NA, and the original DS as well for that matter. Meanwhile NOE treated Europe to what became the Operation Rainfall games earlier and properly, Another Code/Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk sequels, a Tingle spinoff of the Zelda series, Disaster: Day of Crisis, a physical release of Fatal Frame/Project Zero:Maiden of Black Water, and more.
He wasn't talking about the GameCube gen or prior.
ForsakenLotus
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It's not going to be in July because no press are talking about a Nintendo press event. They are just going to invite people a week before it happens - that's ludicrous. And surely, surely they aren't going to reveal it in a Nintendo Direct...right?
You guys are taking a joke awfully serious. Fact of the matter is, Europe always gets consoles later than the US.
Why is Spring always discounted? At least in Europe I thought it was one of the biggest shopping times of the year aside from Christmas
JB2448
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http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/de...-updates-on-mobile-nx-and-the-legend-of-zelda
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/160428/04.html
These are far from rumors. Whether or not Nintendo will meet its own planned release month is a valid question, but it's not a rumor by any stretch of the imagination.
Barry Burton
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If they are indeed still planning for a March 2017 launch, then I've got to believe it'll be unveiled by the end of September. October at the very latest.
I think they'll have a presence at TGS (possibly similar to Iwata's keynote in 2005), and also hold their own event around the same time to showcase the software.
I think they'll have a presence at TGS (possibly similar to Iwata's keynote in 2005), and also hold their own event around the same time to showcase the software.
This will make me kind of hate them
Father_Brain
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Hopefully August, guessing September, mid-October at the latest.
Why did they lie?
casey_contra
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If he is to be believed, the Nintendo Canada GM said it'll be revealed in the fall: https://mynintendonews.com/2016/06/...says-that-news-on-the-nx-will-come-this-fall/
As for the second part, I completely agree. I don't think they'll show Zelda again until they show NX (unless it's the same E3 demo at Gamescom or somewhere).
LordRaptor
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Easter bank holiday weekend is the second most important retail date after the pre/post christmas boom in the UK, certainly.
-shadow-
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Yeah! And let´s not forget: Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Another Code R, Last Window The Secret of Cape West, Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, Disaster Day of Crisis, Inazuma Eleven Strikers (multiple), Pikmin 2 NPC, Project Zero 2, Maiden of Black Water physical, Limited Editions, Japanese language for Spirit Camera, SMM hardcover book, the Virtual Console.
VS? A Fire Emblem delay?
Hmmm remember that NBC Universal deal Nintendo was making awhile back? When does NBC usually make announcements for TV? Nintendo was suppose to do a Nintendo Land type theme at their park. I just heard about Dyack and Kevin Levine working on TV based gaming projects. Could it be that Nintendo is going to make episodic cable games merged with television networks. The TVii may have just been a foot in the water.
KratosEnergyDrink
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Why? 3DS and other gaming platforms has been released in March. It is long enough after Christmas and not to near to summer.
If NX does not release in March in would be Oct or Nov.
But everything, including Nintendo several times, points to a march 2017 release
KratosEnergyDrink
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Rumors? It was stated twice by Nintendo itself. Second time recently.
SpacePirate Ridley
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What? did you even read what I posted?
And how so is having a console mere days later (or less than a month for the Wii, BTW, all this good teatment of NoE came during the Wii, not in the GC gen, but I suppose you understand what, 2 gens ago meant) than america is treating europe worse?
Reading comprehension, how does it work.
Thanks for explaining it better than I would have done.
Shibata is a good president for us. Probably prefers not losing customers by treating them well, that treating them badly because sales are not as strong.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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Huh
Father_Brain
Banned
Huuuuuuuuuuuge grain of salt for obvious reasons, but 10k is tweeting that it'll be revealed at Gamescom and that this will be announced by the end of next week.
Nah why would they revel it there.
Herb Alpert
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Pokemaniac
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It's not impossible, but it seems kinda unlikely. I'm pretty sure Nintendo's Gamescom presence is typically mostly a repeat of its E3 presence.
McHuj
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iPhones launch in September
Screamapillar
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They don't participate in TGS, but they do sometimes time events/ announcements to coincide near or around TGS.