Release Date / Game Reveal Timing Speculation and Discussion

[acornavenue]

If we get some news. I try not to get my hopes up to much^^*

Honestly. I’ve learned not to ever get your hopes up

 

[KhalidPrecious]

Update: Nintendo announced Super Mario Maker 2 Direct on 15th of May.

I think now we can say, that Super Mario Maker 2 is not this year’s Nintendo E3 2019 spotlight or main focus, which is more hope for Animal Crossing. We will just have to wait and see.

 

[Paperboy012305]

Ah! So looks like Super Mario Maker won't be the focus of this year's E3 after all.

Maybe Nintendo knows what their doing to make AC Switch the big focus on E3 perhaps.

 

[Blue Cup]

Yep, was fully expecting a game-focused Direct this month. They basically spelled it out on the official Mario Maker 2 site last month that something was coming.

Off-topic, but yeah, expected/100.

 

[acornavenue]

So do we have a little more hope now for it to be announced or no?

 

[Blue Cup]

This has no impact on Animal Crossing or anything. It's just Nintendo kickstarting the advertisements for Mario Maker 2, which launches next month.

I still expect a trailer for Mario Maker 2 during the E3 Direct though, but this definitely kills the chances of it getting a spotlight.

 

[Justin]

I don't think there will any kind of 'spotlight' game at all or they would have pre-announced it like they did with Smash, Odyssey, and Zelda. This entire concept of a 'focus' or 'spotlight' game for E3 is a fairly recent development anyway, originally borne out of them having nothing else to show at E3 2016 but Zelda because the Wii U was dead and the Switch wasn't revealed yet.

 

[acornavenue]

27 days!
Question is this the same date countdown for everyone?

 

[Blue Cup]

I don't think there will any kind of 'spotlight' game at all or they would have pre-announced it like they did with Smash, Odyssey, and Zelda. This entire concept of a 'focus' or 'spotlight' game for E3 is a fairly recent development anyway, originally borne out of them having nothing else to show at E3 2016 but Zelda because the Wii U was dead and the Switch wasn't revealed yet.

I'm remaining on the cautious side. I may be remembering wrong but we didn't info on any deep dives until closer to the event.

27 days!
Question is this the same date countdown for everyone?

Yep, we'll all be watching it simultaneously.

 

[acornavenue]

I know it wont happen. But allll i want is Isabelle to tweet SOMETHING about e3 or nintendo. I legit check everyday and i know nothing is going to be posted till maybe e3 if they release something. Its like so close yet so far away

 

[Justin]

Just for some fun to pass the time, I have recreated the poll in this thread with new options given how much has changed with two of the options in the previous poll completely ruled out! The new one is set to close the morning of the E3 Direct since we'll probably get a good picture of when to expect the game by then. If we still don't really have any clear idea then, I'll probably remake it again.

But don't worry, I saved a screenshot of the previous results for prosperity!

 

[Hat']

Well I don't know to be honest. I really want it to be a september release but I voted for Q4, for a november release out of reason and logic.
I don't mind waiting one or two months more at this point but just please don't let it be 2020, for the love of god.

 

[Snowesque]

I mean, I guess I will put a vote in for Q4? I do not know what to expect at this point to be honest. I will say I am thinking at least a mention of the game around E3, whether is it full-on info or just a delay notice.
If not, it is what it is unfortunately. I do not want to get my hopes up, but I want to be confident they are making it the best it can be.

 

[acornavenue]

I’m voting september now

 

[Blue Cup]

If we didn't have Link's Awakening in the picture, I'd definitely put it in for Q4. That is literally the biggest wild card right now as to where it could drop as it has a lot, despite it's seemingly minimalist qualities as a remake, going for it that others wouldn't otherwise have, namely that being it's a Zelda game. One that Nintendo closed a Direct with no less.

It raises a few questions like, because it's a remake will Nintendo choose to drop it before or during the holiday season? Does simply being a Zelda title alone mean it's flagpole holiday title material thus automatically obtaining that December 6th release date?

And what about November? Just because Pokemon Sword and Shield are coming out then does not automatically make that month off limits for Nintendos own releases. There's not a whole lot of overlap between the Animal Crossing and Pokemon, so there's always that option as well.

As it stands, it almost feels like it's nigh impossible to predict how they are going to handle the coming bloated release season. Luigi's Mansion 3 is definitely making it out as there have been some signs of life recently (ratings board listing, new logo) so that's probably going to be out before the holiday season. I know it's probably too safe of an assumption, but October feels right considering the haunted house and spooky ghosts theme.

And this is all without considering the possibilities of delays and other high priority games 2019 getting announced at E3. Not to mention Nintendo releasing two first party games in one month. Not that they do that very often, but it does occur.

Nintendo man, you can't predict them.

Edit:Also The rumored Pikmin 3 port, Daemon X Machina, the basically confirmed Pikmin 4, whatever it is Retro has been working on.

 

[acornavenue]

I really hope its not going to come out 2020. I need some good news right now

 

[Justin]

If we didn't have Link's Awakening in the picture, I'd definitely put it in for Q4. That is literally the biggest wild card right now as to where it could drop as it has a lot, despite it's seemingly minimalist qualities as a remake, going for it that others wouldn't otherwise have, namely that being it's a Zelda game. One that Nintendo closed a Direct with no less.

It raises a few questions like, because it's a remake will Nintendo choose to drop it before or during the holiday season? Does simply being a Zelda title alone mean it's flagpole holiday title material thus automatically obtaining that December 6th release date?

And what about November? Just because Pokemon Sword and Shield are coming out then does not automatically make that month off limits for Nintendos own releases. There's not a whole lot of overlap between the Animal Crossing and Pokemon, so there's always that option as well.

As it stands, it almost feels like it's nigh impossible to predict how they are going to handle the coming bloated release season. Luigi's Mansion 3 is definitely making it out as there have been some signs of life recently (ratings board listing, new logo) so that's probably going to be out before the holiday season. I know it's probably too safe of an assumption, but October feels right considering the haunted house and spooky ghosts theme.

And this is all without considering the possibilities of delays and other high priority games 2019 getting announced at E3. Not to mention Nintendo releasing two first party games in one month. Not that they do that very often, but it does occur.

Nintendo man, you can't predict them.

That's a pretty good summary and I agree with most of it.

Just the abnormally large amount of high-profile games in such a short period of time does point toward some kind of delay for one of them -- and obviously Zelda or Pokemon won't be since they were revealed most recently and have the most gameplay footage. So either LM3 gets delayed, AC gets delayed, or they both make it and there's just an unusually packed holiday.

I am still hedging towards that we just get all four games which makes up for the lacklustre holiday last year besides Smash, but it wouldn't be shocking at all if one or the other gets delayed.

I do disagree that there isn't much overlap between Animal Crossing or Pokemon though, just based off this forum alone. It's probably the most popular game on here after Animal Crossing. More than the big Zelda or Mario games!

Edit:Also The rumored Pikmin 3 port, Daemon X Machina, the basically confirmed Pikmin 4, whatever it is Retro has been working on.

They could squeeze in something like a Pikmin 3 port or Metroid Prime Trilogy port in the late August / early September slot IMO.

Pikmin 4 feels practically dead to me at this point.

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

Ooh, neat, a new poll. Yeah, gotta go for Q4 rather than Q3 now. Probably November.

 

[Ossiran]

I'm going with Q4, though which month depends on the release of Pokemon. If Pokemon is November, Animal Crossing won't be then. If Pokemon is October or December, then my vote is November.

 

[cornimer]

Sticking with my original bet of Q4! Having zero information about the game going into June 2019, I would be shocked if it came out in July-September.