Release Date / Game Reveal Timing Speculation and Discussion

[Blue Cup]

Each taking place in a different season would be nice. I can't wait to see what snowfall looks like in the game.

I remember seeing it for the first time in the New Leaf trailers which showed the villager walking around street lights at night in the snow and thinking, "That looks so cozy".

 

[Justin]

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Get a full screen version here: https://animalcrossingworld.com/e3-2019-countdown/

 

[Roshan]

City wars 11/22/19

 

[acornavenue]

6 MORE DAYS

 

[WeiMoote]

I decided to take the safe route and vote 2020.

 

[Speeny]

October I think.

 

[Pellie]

Okay, so... Pokemon Sword and Shield are coming out at November 15th.

Does that mean that November is out of question now for Animal Crossing?

 

[Chouchou]

Okay, so... Pokemon Sword and Shield are coming out at November 15th.

Does that mean that November is out of question now for Animal Crossing?

No I don't think so. 3th or 4th week is still an option I think. Pokemon has always been releasing in november so I expected nothing else. I still bet on late september for Animal Crossing. What a bang would that be.

Late september could make sense.. Nintendo knows it's a super hyped game. Let's say they do make it the highlight of next weeks direct on E3.. They show a trailer, some new features and a release date. Then in august they show us an animal crossing swith direct and then the release a month after. It would be enough time between Pokemon and Luigi's Mansion (that could/should get a late oktober release).

I think there is a reason AC and Luigi are getting hold back. I think Nintendo will surprise us all with pumping out 3 really hyped games (together with Pokemon) a couple months after each other. Again, maybe it's just wishful thinking. I'm really craving for a AC Switch trailer at least. I want to know if they f***** it up or not.

 

[Ossiran]

No I don't think so. 3th or 4th week is still an option I think. Pokemon has always been releasing in november so I expected nothing else. I still bet on late september for Animal Crossing. What a bang would that be.

X and Y released in October. November didn't become the common month until Sun & Moon.

But personally, I'd say AC probably won't be November now that Pokemon is releasing in the middle of the month. Nintendo is not going to release a game so close to it.

 

[Blue Cup]

Been reading a few leaks and supposed "insider" info here and there regarding what may appear at E3, and interestingly enough, Animal Crossing isn't showing up in too many discussions, nor are we really seeing any rumors or anything at all regarding the game.

While no reason to panic at the moment since it could just be one of those things where no one has any correct info, it does seem a bit worrying for a game that was announced nine months ago to not have anything at all making the rounds through the normal channels.

 

[Stevey Queen]

Been reading a few leaks and supposed "insider" info here and there regarding what may appear at E3, and interestingly enough, Animal Crossing isn't showing up in too many discussions, nor are we really seeing any rumors or anything at all regarding the game.

While no reason to panic at the moment since it could just be one of those things where no one has any correct info, it does seem a bit worrying for a game that was announced nine months ago to not have anything at all making the rounds through the normal channels.

I probably dont know where to look but I can barely find any leaks at all & everything I see is obviously fake.

 

[Chouchou]

I probably dont know where to look but I can barely find any leaks at all & everything I see is obviously fake.

This.

I've been looking for leaks the last couple days and nothing even comes close to realism.
I can't deal with all the low-key negativity about the 'It has to be delayed to 2020' vibe.. Come on people have some faith.

 

[KhalidPrecious]

I think November is the month to release Animal Crossing for the Switch. If it?s not Animal Crossing, it must be Pok?mon.

I was RIGHT! So it?s gonna be Pok?mon on November.

 

[acornavenue]

Heres a question does animal crossing have a pattern of when they released their games?

 

[Blue Cup]

I prefer to be a realist. I'm just looking at things for what they are, and it's extremely unusual for any major game like this to go nine months after an announcement without any shred of info, period, then go and expect it to launch in the second half of a year that is already filled to the brim with other major first party releases.

And the precedent is there. It happened with Metroid Prime 4 AND Fire Emblem in just the last year alone, and look at what happened to them. I doubt it got completely scrapped and rebooted like Prime 4 though.

I'm still in the 2019 camp, but I refuse to ignore the signals for potential delays.

I was RIGHT! So it?s gonna be Pok?mon on November.

It was always going to be November for Pok?mon though. Nintendo doesn't stick to patterns, but Game Freak does it almost to a fault. I have literally predicted every single one of their moves this year just by looking at how Gen 6 and 7 unraveled.

Heres a question does animal crossing have a pattern of when they released their games?

Animal Crossing has always launched in November in Japan. Worldwide, things get a little splintered. Nintendo now operates on simultaneous worldwide releases for their biggest games though.

 

[Pellie]

Okay, theory: What if Nintendo do this on purpose? Like they know it's been so long since the
announcement, however, they just want to save every good thing for the E3, not only to make
this E3 the best one (since lots of people complained about 2018's E3, because too much Smash,
no so much new stuff) but also to make 2019 the best year for the Switch, releasing tons of new
games and such.

 

[Mr. Cat]

I felt confident enough to vote September after today's Pokemon Direct.

 

[Blue Cup]

Also entirely possible.

Animal Crossing Switch could be the big "Breath of the Wild" moment for the series and they want to blow everyone away with it all at once.

Or it could be having a troubled development cycle.

We'll find out for sure in six days.

 

[acornavenue]

Animal Crossing has always launched in November in Japan. Worldwide, things get a little splintered. Nintendo now operates on simultaneous worldwide releases for their biggest games though.

so say if November is their month to release. With pokemon coming out do you think they would still do a fall date? Like September-November is that a thing to do two big major titles?

 

[Blue Cup]

so say if November is their month to release. With pokemon coming out do you think they would still do a fall date? Like September-November is that a thing to do two big major titles?

Either the week before or after Pok?mon. The only other Friday would be the one after Thanksgiving, and no one in their right mind would release a game on Black Friday.

Nintendo isn't a stranger to releasing two major IPs in one month either. It was pretty common during the 3DS/Wii U era and has already occurred a few times during the Switch era.

One thing we know for certain is that this E3 is going to be really exciting. I am super curious as to how Nintendo intends on piecing all their second half releases together.