Cheeky Devlin wrote:I can't help but feel that they should have held back one of their exclusives from last year to help give 2018 a more rounded line-up. Splatoon 2 is the obvious choice as they could have created something that was far more like a "sequel" rather than an updated version of the first one. ARMS wouldn't have made as much sense as then they would have had two fighting games.
It’s sold 6m copies and they’re about to make a load more money off it from the Octo Expansion. It’s also been the biggest driver of Switch sales in Japan. Holding it back would have been an awful business decision.
It is also a full sequel. It has a new single player campaign, two new modes, loads of new maps and weapons, better graphics, better balancing thanks to the revamping of the specials. For a sequel to a new hit IP, it’s done exactly what it should have done, and done it very well.
Also, this time last year they would have been expecting Yoshi and Fire Emblem to release in 2018. They wouldn’t have thought they needed anything else.