Release Date / Game Reveal Timing Speculation and Discussion

[Sweetley]

This pic comes from a small clip the official AC Twitter account posted on Twitter to announce
new fortune cookie items for Pocket Camp. The cuteness of this pic beside, pretty sure they
wouldn't create new models for Timmy and Tommy only to use them for a small clip to announce
some new PC items. So yeah, maybe this is the first look of how AC Switch looks like...

For those who would like to see said clip:
https://twitter.com/animalcrossing/status/1121248293470605313

Not super groundbreaking but interesting nonetheless imo.

Scroll down to page seven of Nintendo's Earnings Release PDF for those think it'll be pushed to 2020. Still gotta keep the hope alive in small ways yep. . . :3

pls stop w/ the double posts ty server aaah

Now that's interesting.

 

[Hat']

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This pic comes from a small clip the official AC Twitter account posted on Twitter to announce
new fortune cookie items for Pocket Camp. The cuteness of this pic beside, pretty sure they
wouldn't create new models for Timmy and Tommy only to use them for a small clip to announce
some new PC items. So yeah, maybe this is the first look of how AC Switch looks like...

For those who would like to see said clip:
https://twitter.com/animalcrossing/status/1121248293470605313


Now that's interesting.

Woah...if this is how ACS will look like.. man I'M ALL FOR IT!!

 

[Paperboy012305]

View attachment 225479

This pic comes from a small clip the official AC Twitter account posted on Twitter to announce
new fortune cookie items for Pocket Camp. The cuteness of this pic beside, pretty sure they
wouldn't create new models for Timmy and Tommy only to use them for a small clip to announce
some new PC items. So yeah, maybe this is the first look of how AC Switch looks like...

For those who would like to see said clip:
https://twitter.com/animalcrossing/status/1121248293470605313

I doubt that?s going to be what AC Switch will look like. It looks like one of those cinematic animations used in the Japanese releases of New Leaf onwards.

I have no comments on the other posts. But all I can say is that it has a high chance of being pushed back.

 

[rianne]

View attachment 225479

This pic comes from a small clip the official AC Twitter account posted on Twitter to announce
new fortune cookie items for Pocket Camp. The cuteness of this pic beside, pretty sure they
wouldn't create new models for Timmy and Tommy only to use them for a small clip to announce
some new PC items. So yeah, maybe this is the first look of how AC Switch looks like...

For those who would like to see said clip:
https://twitter.com/animalcrossing/status/1121248293470605313


Now that's interesting.

That's adorable omg.

& yes, the PDF gave me a bit more optimism lol. It's being shared all over Twitter and Reddit so I thought I'd pop over here to do the same. From a business -ahem Nintendo- standpoint, it seems positive.

 

[Blue Cup]

Yep, that was what my main focus was for this meeting. Glad to see everything is still as it was.

 

[Dacroze]

Well I hate to be that guy, but someone on reddit pointed out that Nintendo said the same thing about Fire Emblem. Last years financial report still said that Fire Emblem (for Nintendo Switch) would release in 2018, just for it to be pushed back to spring 2019 during E3 and then even further back to the end of July of this year.

I still both think and hope Animal Crossing will release this year, but this financial report should be taken with a grain of salt, even though it is an official document from Nintendo. Here is the link to all the documents for anyone interested: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/earnings/index.html

 

[Blue Cup]

True, but Fire Emblem isn't exactly developed by Nintendo themselves either. Animal Crossing is internally developed with MonolithSoft likely providing some minor support.

What really needs to be kept in mind is when the CEO told investors back in January that none of the previously announced 2019 games were getting delays and that that the year is locked in.

 

[EpicGamer12]

True, but Fire Emblem isn't exactly developed by Nintendo themselves either. Animal Crossing is internally developed with MonolithSoft likely providing some minor support.

What really needs to be kept in mind is when the CEO told investors back in January that none of the previously announced 2019 games were getting delays and that that the year is locked in.

Do you have a source for the second paragraph? I haven't heard that before.

 

[Blue Cup]

Do you have a source for the second paragraph? I haven't heard that before.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...et_to_launch_this_year_delays_not_anticipated

 

[Dacroze]

True, but Fire Emblem isn't exactly developed by Nintendo themselves either. Animal Crossing is internally developed with MonolithSoft likely providing some minor support.

What really needs to be kept in mind is when the CEO told investors back in January that none of the previously announced 2019 games were getting delays and that that the year is locked in.

I'm not following Fire Emblem this close so I didn't know about it being not developed internally, but I have to admit I forgot that they mentioned there are no delays (so far).
I guess/hope we will then see Animal Crossing Switch during E3. Nintendos Treehouse streams seem to be a pretty good opportunity to show of a few things, considering it is hard to show all the features in a trailer, because it takes a bit more time to show everyting. This is under the assumption they have a build they can show during a livestream, but I think they have considering a lot of final developement will be localization.

 

[WeiMoote]

And with May coming around the corner, and with E3 on the way...

Our best bet is probably a Direct Mini, if only to wet our appetite until the huge show drops.

 

[Justin]

This is nothing new and just a repeat of the information from the proper schedule sheet earlier, but here's a slide from the presentation tonight for people who like visuals.

 

[EpicGamer12]

This is nothing new and just a repeat of the information from the proper schedule sheet earlier, but here's a slide from the presentation tonight for people who like visuals.

Ouch, that's gonna hurt my wallet.

 

[Neechan]

This is nothing new and just a repeat of the information from the proper schedule sheet earlier, but here's a slide from the presentation tonight for people who like visuals.

This is just fueling the fact for the theories that it may come for a fall release (for the time being anyway)

 

[WeiMoote]

Fall release? Just in time for Halloween, and the other major holidays. ^^

 

[Blue Cup]

I feel like Luigis Mansion and Link's Awakening are going to land in the autumn column. September for Link's Awakening, October for Luigis Mansion, leaving the December slot for Animal Crossing.

I want to be wrong.

 

[Paperboy012305]

I want to believe that Smash and Let’s Go not being released in the same month is to avoid rivalry. And if Sword and Shield is supposedly coming out in December opposed to the Fiscal Year release chart, then I suspect that AC Switch will release in November. Not to mention that most mainline AC Games release during Christmas, before or during.

 

[Mr. Cat]

I'm starting to agree with December. I think they're thinking this will be a good opportunity to drop another themed console. They know that a lot of people will be buying a Switch just to play this game. A lot of them are children who will be relying on their parents to get them a Switch for Christmas. I think it's obvious now that this will be their big E3 game and we won't see it until then. Hopes and dreams out the window~

 

[Justin]

I feel like Luigis Mansion and Link's Awakening are going to land in the autumn column. September for Link's Awakening, October for Luigis Mansion, leaving the December slot for Animal Crossing.

I want to be wrong.

I think December too. I'm fine with that though.

 

[Sweetley]

I feel like Luigis Mansion and Link's Awakening are going to land in the autumn column. September for Link's Awakening, October for Luigis Mansion, leaving the December slot for Animal Crossing.

I want to be wrong.

And what if Link's Awakening comes out on December and Animal Crossing on September?

Don't get me wrong, but the Legend of Zelda fans can wait a little bit longer for a new game
than the Animal Crossing fans, who need a new game asap so that they don't lose their mind
for real.