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they just need to grow some balls and through a release date out there
Im just saying that Im not starved for smash, there are 4 other smash games that I can go play.
It sounds like you need to grow a set yourself and just wait. The game is coming out. Find something else to preoccupy your time with.
They said there won't be any patches for it if I remember correctly.
Well that makes me want them to take their time even more.
Sakurai and his team said they didn't have it planned right now and that they don't want to think about it too much either, since they're still working on the game itself. However, it's still a possibility.
Brawl development started in October 2005 with a trailer in May 2006. The game was released in Japan in January 2008 and America had a March 2008 release. That's almost three and a half year development period.
Melee was an accident, it wasn't meant to be as good as it was! xD
I'd like proof, because Brawl is on record for taking 26 months, and the trailer we got was Ninty showing off something for Sakurai to work with.
That's because they f**king named it the Wii U.
Granted two of the links are wikia pages:
I think they have a great chance to pull it back with 2014.
You also have to take into account that he has a much bigger team to work with, since Namco is helping out and I imagine Nintendo are making Smash a pretty big priority along with Mario Kart. I doubt it will be pushed back to 2015, they can't afford to lose this release this year. The most they'll possibly push it back would be winter, but I think they're trying their best not to let that happen.
At least Mario Kart is "Spring", so hopefully April like MKWii was.
Hope you're right. Nintendo is such a frustrating company.
How is the fact that we don't know when Kirby is going to be released on 3DS a problem for the WiiU?
I'm just using examples of NIntendo's poor release schedule in general.
I think that the thing that really pisses you off is that you simply want to know when you're going to be able to play Smash Bros.
Kirby will probably be February for NA and EU. It's not like they have a lot of text to translate which is why, for example, we typically get Fire Emblem games more than a year after they release in Japan.
I've been with Nintendo since they first started(probably dating myself here lol), and I hate seeing as how as of late they are struggling and keep having delays. I want them to do well now that they have competition but the way they barely release anything or have huge delays really hurts them with the general crowd. I really want Nintendo to be the giant they were back in the 80s and 90s.
By why a month delay? If it isn't that much text why not a worldwide release like Pokemon?
It's probably for marketing reasons. There are an incredible amount of data to analyze when you release a product.
Yeah, marketing could be a reason. Interesting about Zelda, I thought Japan had got that at the same time. I'd love to ask Nintendo about why some regions gets certain games first.
This. NA and EU are considerably larger than Japan so there's a lot more to plan out when it comes to advertising and actually getting the game on shelves. Also, Zelda is probably being released later because the last couple of Zeldas haven't done very well in Japan and Nintendo wanted to test the waters in other regions first. With the glowing reviews ALBW got in NA and EU though, I can easily see Zelda making a big comeback amongst Japanese fans.
Talk about brawl. Lol
It's not your links that are off. Your math is bad. Oct 2005 to January 2008 is not 3.5 years. Indeed the math works out to be 26 months just as TheMagicalKuga said. Which is roughly 2.17 years.
Why make unnecessary promises? What good does it really do them? It certainly has the potential to do them harm if they can't meet said promises, but what good does making said promises really do to begin with. As someone whose livelihood depends on it, would you really risk disappointing fans without good reason? Especially when so many titles have not been meeting deadlines lately?
This right here. People tend to think there is no harm to put out an estimated release date. But there is. It can create disharmony among the fans if the release date is pushed back. The last thing Nintendo needs right now is their fan base mad at them for pushing back release dates.
