A game that many people expected to see at yesterday's Nintendo Direct, but which did not appear, is Fire Emblem Switch. It now looks increasingly likely that the game is a holiday title that will be revealed at E3.
But is that a good thing for the franchise?
Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates Birthright and Conquest benefited from February releases, a month that typically sees few worthwhile games hit the market. In contrast, Fire Emblem Switch will likely hit during the heaviest competition period of the year.
Fire Emblem certainly has its dedicated fans, but a lot of them are newer fans who have gotten into the series through the 3DS titles. Now, Fire Emblem will be competing with Smash for peoples' holiday money, and you can be certain that most people will gravitate towards Smash if they only have the money to buy one game.
Of course, you also have to consider games on other systems around the same time, but Nintendo fans are very much their own group and still support the major Nintendo releases, regardless of what the competitors put out.
Anyhow, is Nintendo compromising Fire Emblem Switch sales by not announcing it already and saving the release for later in the year or is Fire Emblem big enough of a franchise now to stand on its own two feet during the last few months of the year?
But is that a good thing for the franchise?
Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates Birthright and Conquest benefited from February releases, a month that typically sees few worthwhile games hit the market. In contrast, Fire Emblem Switch will likely hit during the heaviest competition period of the year.
Fire Emblem certainly has its dedicated fans, but a lot of them are newer fans who have gotten into the series through the 3DS titles. Now, Fire Emblem will be competing with Smash for peoples' holiday money, and you can be certain that most people will gravitate towards Smash if they only have the money to buy one game.
Of course, you also have to consider games on other systems around the same time, but Nintendo fans are very much their own group and still support the major Nintendo releases, regardless of what the competitors put out.
Anyhow, is Nintendo compromising Fire Emblem Switch sales by not announcing it already and saving the release for later in the year or is Fire Emblem big enough of a franchise now to stand on its own two feet during the last few months of the year?