>>33971986But the rumour grew and spread, to the point there was fucking uproar when it turned out to be false, there's no doubt in my heart of hearts that announcement at E3 was an appeasement measure, coming so soon after the Pokémon Direct (and looking pretty tacked on to the Pokkén trailer). Also, Ishihara said "A year or more, but a year or more from mid june (when he made the statement), still leaves you kicking around the later stages of 2018. Again, if you think it'll take you longer, you set a later date, which works in your favour as if you deliver early, great! if not, you've not fucked off your fandom by missing a stated date. And it's not just him, Reggie from NoA and all Nintendo upcoming games lists for each region states 2018 as its date. They're aiming for that as a release, if they turn round in 6 months and say "Actually, we're a little behind schedule...." fair enough, 2019 it is, but thinking, believing or hoping it won't be out until 2019 is just wilfully ignoring both the developers and publisher's intent.
