Nintendo Delays Animal Crossing, Thinning Its 2019 Holiday Lineup
- The game developer pushes back its release to March next year
- The title would have propped up the launch of a cheaper Switch
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Nintendo Co. fell the most in a month after delaying the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons till next year, postponing a marquee holiday title that could have supported the launch of a cheaper Switch console.
Its shares dropped as much as 2.8% in Tokyo, the most on an intraday basis since May 8. The game was pushed to March 2020, the company said in an online video Tuesday. Nintendo reaffirmed that another big 2019 title -- Luigi’s Mansion 3 -- is on schedule but failed to provide a release date. The 40-minute video, broadcast during the E3 game expo in Los Angeles this week, also highlighted support for the Switch from publishers and teased a sequel to mega-hit The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.