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You have no idea how much I want this to be true.
If Sakurai doesn't care anymore, why should we? :3
For one thing, Smash Wii U still has a lot of unanswered questions.
Keep in mind it's the Japanese release this week, and there's an official livestream of SSB 3DS happening this Friday. Not to mention the inevitable streamers who will extract and share new information anyway.
Then why release a demo? Why even release it in Japan before anyone else? Wouldn't he rather want to let us know everything instead of us learning it second hand?
The most likely reason is due to localisation. He and his team are all Japanese developers, after all. They may not have enough resources/people to localise the game any quicker for other countries, which could explain the 3 week gap.
SMART would be to show something really cool, to entice those people who are still on the edge of getting the game at launch to buy it.
What makes you think he won't do that by the end of this week, when the game releases?
UGH NOW I HAVE TO SCROLL TO THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE DATE IN THE TITLE
Then Sakurai is being a hypocrite, because for every single country besides Japan, September 12th is "premature load blowing".
I'm guessing you didn't read my other post. The most likely reason Japan is getting an early release is normally because they have to localise their game for other countries. The time that takes depends on how big their localisation team is, and how much time they need to translate everything.
Ummmm. So? It still doesn't matter. They could have pushed back the release date for Japan. Plus, Pokemon managed to do it, and it needs a ton of localization. Actually, almost every big Nintendo release had it close to a worldwide release. Super Mario 3D World, Mariokart 8, and many, many other titles. Considering that North America is where most of their sales come from, they should make us a priority, and they have in the past. For example, A Link Between Worlds came out in America before Japan. Still disregarding what they should have done, Sakurai is still being a hypocrite saying he doesn't want people to be spoiled with the game, and then not making it a near worldwide release, and then refusing to release substantial information about the game instead of it being second hand. That said, I am well aware of the NoA stream, but that still goes against Sakurai's wishes to "not spoil the game". Unless they release an EShop demo for the other countries, this is extremely bad marketing that will also cause unbalanced online play. The hype will rise when Japan releases the game, yes. But unless they plan to release free Dlc on October 3, the hype for their target consumers will fall drastically. Considering this is the biggest game of the year, I am very disappointed in Nintendo.
Just gotta pray that it stops raining.
A Japanese stream is running alongside it as well, and was advertised first.
I think your prediction is a bit too drastic. It is literally less than a month difference in release dates, yet you're talking like a video game apocalypse is going to happen.
This isn't 2008. The Internet is a lot more prevalent than it was. They know that more of their titles should have a worldwide release. Also, all of those games you listed above had a worldwide release. And I am not talking about my perspective, merely how it should be. Let's take Hyrule Warriors, as an example. It didn't have a worldwide release for obvious reasons, yet it gave North America benefits for giving it late. We get Ganondorf costumes, along with a single costume pack for free. Not only that, but Hyrule Warriors plans on continuing a steady stream of DLC. That's good marketing strategy because if people spoiled themselves with the game, they still have neat surprises. Nintendo wants people to buy their games right? A correct marketing strategy is everything as we have seen with the success of the 3DS and the early failure of the Wii U.
I don't know if it's really that simple of a question. Could they have held the game back for a worldwide release, yes. Is it always the best solution in every situation, I don't really know about that. Given the relevantly short split release window between the release it's more then likely a result of manufacturing, logistical issues, or possible certification concerns. The fact is the vast majority of games that come out from other countries do not release the same day in their home country. This generally does not happen for a number of complex business and legal reasons that don't always have definite answers.
I think the internet was still prevalent in 2008.
I said free DLC, nobody hates free DLC. Much like how no one complained about the free DLC that Techmo Koei did with Hyrule warriors, that added a new weapon and a new mode.
Of course, no hates free DLC. But the free costume DLC you described was day one DLC, correct?
So in other words, you don't want to play Smash Bros. 3DS?
With you being Wario, that makes total sense.
