Pocket Rumble designer explains the delay, shouldn’t be too far off
Pocket Rumble was planned to hit the Switch eShop in March. That didn’t happen sadly, and the game remains without a concrete release date. The good news is that Pocket Rumble shouldn’t be too far off.
As for why Pocket Rumble was delayed, one of the co-designers mentioned that “the date we announced was too early to begin with due to miscommunication”. “Working out the technical kinks of the port has just taken much longer than we expected,” the developer added.
Pocket Rumble’s “final build” will be submitted to Nintendo in just a few days. After that, the team will be looking to determine when the title will be launching.
Right now it’s a matter of completing Nintendo’s lot check process. Once that’s done, Pocket Rumble should be ready to launch.
@Squirrelisious I have any idea but it's not certain enough to say, last time we announced something uncertain we like immediately found out it was wrong
— 🎃 Ⓐsh Wednesday 🎃 (@sol_goodgirl) April 13, 2017
@Squirrelisious What I will say is that the reason it's been delayed is was 1) the date we announced was too early to begin with due to miscommunication and
— Ⓐsh Wednesday (@sol_goodgirl) April 13, 2017
@Squirrelisious 2) Working out the technical kinks of the port has just taken much longer than we expected
— Ⓐsh Wednesday (@sol_goodgirl) April 13, 2017
@Squirrelisious We're hoping to submit the final build for lot check just days from now and then we should be able to lock in the final date soon after that
— Ⓐsh Wednesday (@sol_goodgirl) April 13, 2017
@Squirrelisious Like a week but they say nobody ever passes the first time, so we'll get the results and then have to fix a few more things
— Ⓐsh Wednesday (@sol_goodgirl) April 13, 2017
Thanks to Squirrelisious for the tip.
