Two days ago, Nintendo surprised us by announcing that Xenoblade Chronicles 3, one of the blockbusters of the year on Switchwould not come out in september as expected but next July 29– to see details here. As a fan of video games, we are used to postponements like lately with Zelda BOTW 2 or even Advance Wars but it’s rare for games to come out earlier than expected – or even a few days. Besides, unlike postponements for postponed games, there are not really words to talk regarding advanced games (‘the “advances”?) So certainly, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was planned in september and now he comes out July 29. Since we didn’t have a specific date, it might be an advance a month or two. The fact remains that at least the fans will be able to play Xenoblade Chronicles 3 this summer and will therefore not have to wait for the start of the school year. A summer that promises to be rich Nintendo Switch with July 24, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes and on the 22nd, Live A Live (Without forgetting that June 10there will have been Mario Strikers: Battle League Football– to see list of games planned for 2022 on Switch.) And then this summerthere is also another behemoth that is expected on Nintendo Switch : Splatoon 3. But will he really come out this summer ? The new release date of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 doesn’t she hide the postponement of Splatoon 3 ? It is in any case a fear that many players expressed on the networks immediately following the announcement of Nintendo. Maybe initially Nintendo was planning to go out Splatoon 3 in July et Xenoblade Chronicles 3 in september. In this case, Splatoon 3 might go out september or for the holidays. But some players go further and fear a real postponement, next year like Zelda.
If, at this stage, we can only guess, we must first put things in place. Splatoon 3 is currently planned this summer and factually summer begins June 21st and finite September 23. So that means that Splatoon 3 can be planned for an exit end of June or in July or in August or even in September. It’s not because Xenoblade Chronicles 3 out now July 29 what Splatoon 3 still can’t get out and 7 or even the 15th of July And still less and 6 or August 20.
However, inevitably, if Nintendo has advanced the release date of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, it’s for a reason. We know that the war in Ukraine has upset the release schedule for games on Nintendo Switch. Nintendo a preferred to purely and simply cancel the exit d’Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp, believing that the context did not lend itself to the release of a game in which we have fun waging war. A priori, we do not see why Nintendo would consider that the release of a game like Splatoon 3 would it also be inappropriate in the same context? Splatoon 3 is not a war game but at the same time with Nintendo, you never know…
However, the cancellation ofAdvance Wars 1+2 + the postponement of zeldaassuming that it has really been decided This year, necessarily obliged Nintendo to revise its catalog and in particular the games of the end of the year. What are the games that will create the event (and the envy) for the holidays? For now, we know for sure that there will be Pokemon Scarlet / Violet. After, besides Splatoon 3there are still two big exclusives expected on Switch: Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope et Bayonetta 3. Splatoon 3 we can clearly see it coming out at the end of August at the beginning of September as Astral Chain et No More Heroes 3 before him, and can accompany the release of Super Mario, the Movies planned in end of the year – unless the film is entitled to its own game…
To tell the truth, except Pokemon Scarlet / Violet, it is not yet known which games will be released this year for Christmas on Nintendo Switch and we expect Nintendo to announce or confirm them dates shortly. Each year, we have the right to a “new” Zelda and we can therefore expect that Nintendo soon to announce a title Zelda. You have already been made the list of possibilities available to Nintendo (see here) even if for many it is folded, it will be a bundle with The Legend of Zelda : The Wind Waker HD + The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HDthe remasters of the Wii U.
In summary, at this point the new release date of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 does not necessarily imply a “postponement” of Splatoon 3. And if there is a postponement, we can still hope that the game will not be postponed to next year or else it is to despair (and would suggest that Nintendo was really planning to release a new Switch This year but that by postponing Zelda, the firm postponed the release of its console and with it the “big” games supposed to accompany it…) More than ever, we hope that Nintendo won’t make us languish too much and that he will broadly clarify his catalog of releases from second part of the year, in particular with the traditional Nintendo Direct from June. So for now, Splatoon 3 stay planned this summer.
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