>>45264101>NINTENDO CAN TOTALLY ORDER GF AROUND YOU GUYS!Not that anon but the release dates are never set in stone without developer input
GF are big boys and I can assure you they chose the Holidays themselves (literally every notable game that can get away with that release date does so if possible)
Nintendo is the company that sent Metroid Prime 4 back to the drawing board because they weren't happy with how it looked
Nintendo is the company that delayed Animal Crossing (Despite the fact they make more money from each individual AC game sale than of Pokemon) from the holidays to a random day in March
Nintendo is the company that turned Sillicon Knight's Denmis Dyack' life into a nightmare so that Twin Snakes and Eternal Darkness released competently
Nintendo is not your friend, they ain't special, your savior or based or anything, but I can assure you that if they had control over GF's development stuff, Pokemon wouldn't be as shit as it is now
Reminder, the Reason Pokemon Battle Revolution was missing so much stuff was because they COULD rush Genius Sorority (who were under cobtract) but couldn't rush GF (who refuses help from the guys at Ninty ro this very day)