They'll definitely release Prime in the same year as another big game. But I don't think they'll release Mario and Zelda within 6 months of each other. Maybe Zelda in March and Mario in November though.
I think you're right, if they can't get one out for Christmas this year (maybe focus on other Mario instead?) then 1st game January - March, 2nd in June and 3rd in October/November. If they did that they could hold all other 1st party releases until 2022.
I don't think any of them are coming this year. My prediction is:
Breath of the Wild 2 - March 2021.
Mario Odyssey 2- November 2021
Metroid Prime 4 - Feb 2022
I think holiday 2020 will be Bayonetta 3, Mario 3D collection, and a couple of other new games. Possibly Paper Mario and...........................Pikmin 4
I don't think any of them are coming this year. My prediction is:
Breath of the Wild 2 - March 2021.
Mario Odyssey 2- November 2021
Metroid Prime 4 - Feb 2022
I think holiday 2020 will be Bayonetta 3, Mario 3D collection, and a couple of other new games. Possibly Paper Mario and...........................Pikmin 4
I'm predicting similar! Metroid Prime 4 inbetween Zelda and Mario in 2021, holidays 2020 as you said apart from Pikmin 4, I think that will be 2022 with Mario Kart 9 and a few more smaller games.
I think it'll be:
BotW 2 - March 2022
Bayonetta 3 - Fall 2021
Prime 4 - Spring 2023 (launch title for the next system)
With the big 2021 game being Paper Mario and Pikmin 4 comes in 2022. Everything else is ports, remasters, remakes, DLC and smaller scale games.
With Nintendo recently bringing Splatoon 2 and ARMS back to life after year(s) of nothing happening for those games, I've leaned back to Odyssey getting an expansion instead of a sequel.
@Grumblevolcano I think it'll be Holiday 2021. Next year will be the year of Zelda with the 35th anniversary. A few ports/remasters spread throughout the year with the big finale being BotW 2.
Love anything Zelda. Most other Ninty franchises too! Purposely vague...
@Grumblevolcano I understand that it causes delays, but it mostly applies to short term deadlines I think. By now most developers are working from home, so development can continue without too much delay. I don't think it will cause a 1 to 1.5 year delay.
@Octane An interview with Phil Spencer suggests the longer term stuff is going to be more affected like early 2021 onwards. 2020 being slow on the Nintendo front is probably more a result of Nintendo original plans for 2020.
@Grumblevolcano Unless this lockdown lasts another year (which it won't), and unless Nintendo can't work from home, I don't see how it will result in year-long delays. A few weeks/months at most realistically.
@Octane The point Phil Spencer was getting across is some important parts of video game production things can't be done at home so those things get delayed until this is over.
@Grumblevolcano What parts can't be done at home? The emergency measures have been lifted in most parts of Japan as of today; [...] so it's possible that Nintendo HQ is starting up soon as well. So even if they did absolutely nothing during that time, we're looking at a 2-3 month delay at most.
@Octane Kyoto is one of eight administrative divisions where the state of the emergency has yet to be lifted.
The other areas still declared as being under a state of emergency are are Hyogo and Osaka (both bordering Kyoto), as well as Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa (surrounding the capital), and Hokkaido (which, being a large region with cases concentrated in the built-up west is seeing varying degrees of restrictions depending on location).
Even when the 'state of emergency' starts being lifted, it won't be straight back to normal .... For awhile, it'll still be the case that having an office full of people won't be a good idea
@BruceCM Of course, but it's a sign that things are started to go back to normal. An average delay of 1 to 1.5 years for a game only happens if they actually don't go to work for more than a year, and don't work at home either. Which I find hard to believe. It would be weird if other companies manage to release games anyway, on top of releasing two new systems this year, and Nintendo just delays everything for a year because of the virus...
On the other hand, though, @Octane, games do get delayed for any number of other reasons, as well ..... I'm just saying not to get too hopeful, then we might be pleasantly surprised
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