Yoshi on Switch Delayed to 2019 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 June 2018 / 3,537 Views
Nintendo has confirmed with Game Informer delayed the upcoming Nintendo Switch Yoshi game from 2018 to 2019.
Yoshi for Switch was first announced at E3 2017.
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CaptainExplosion (on 13 June 2018)
Aww. :( Oh well, as long as they use the extra time to fix any major issues. :)
was thinking the same, also I've heard that some of the team was roped in to make sure that Smash is definitely ready for release before Christmas this year so the end result should be 2 perfectly ready for release games rather than skimping on 2 projects and ending up with 2 launches in need of patches to complete the games later on down the line.
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I am guessing the reason is that they reassessed the game and felt they could expand on the concept. If it were simple bug fixes or late content implementation they would have showed it at E3. What they had already looks like loads of fun - I wonder if they're planning on adding story elements and such? While some disliked Super Paper Mario, I actually liked it more than the New Super Mario Bros games and other Paper Mario's, and Yoshi looks to take in a few of those platforming elements and expand upon them as is, adding further similar features and expanding doesn't seem like a stretch.
Tridrakious (on 14 June 2018)
First official delay of a first party title on Switch. They had an incredible streak going.
Fire Emblem was also delayed (If I remember correctly it was one of the only games were their "future games" reports would say 2018 definitively and not "2018 +")
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Woolly World also took forever. Got announced in January 2013, finally given an early 2015 release date 17 months later, and even then it became a Summer release in Japan and Europe and an Autumn release in America. I think Good-Feel also handled the 3DS port, and even assuming the game comes out in the middle of next year, that is a four year development period. That's still a shorter gap than the one between Epic Yarn and Woolly World. So this is unfortunate, but perhaps foreseeable.
Marth (on 15 June 2018)
Wonder if they changed a lot or expanded on a concept or parts of the team just got put onto a priority project.
''At this year's E3 we will focus on games releasing in 2018'' Shows Fire Emblem, a game delayed to 2019 Doesn't show Yoshi, a game delayed to 2019 Makes perfect sense
Since Fire Emblem was slated for Spring it's likely the two titles recieved different kinds of delays, Fire Emblem was probably supposed to release this fall and if it comes out in March/April the delay will be about 6 months, Yoshi on the other hand might have met some development issues, causing the delay to be much longer, if FE has 10 more months of development to go trough and Yoshi has 16, it makes sense to show off FE instead of Yoshi
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VAMatt (on 14 June 2018)
I'm glad to see that Nintendo hasn't lost their ability to miss release dates. (sarcasm, of course)
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When you can't get a simple 2D game with graphics that are no better than something released on Wii U, you know you have major problems on your hand.
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Lol at all the dislikes on your comment. You're definitely right though.
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It's simple. Negative comments are only liked when said comment is in agreement with the majorities views. Otherwise, DOWN VOTE TO HELL! haha
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To be fair yoshi's wooly world (the game this is a follow up to) had mighty fine graphics and was a well designed game and was a Wii U game.
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Agreed. How a 2D platformer gets delayed is beyond me. Technically Nintendo had absolutely nothing to show that was developed in house this year. Smash is made by Namco Bandai. Octopath is from Square-Enix. MH is Capcom.
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I wish this didn't need to be explained, on a videogame site of all places, but the visual aspects of a game isn't the only thing that requires time and work.
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