Game Freak... Why can't you release them earlier

[shubshub]

Like the title says Game Freak why can't you release these games earlier

I Mean Obviously the Games Have Been in development since Game Freak got their hands on the 3DS Dev Kit so that Must mean the Games Are Pretty Much Complete
So why Can't they release they games sooner

I Mean the Games for all we know could be ready to ship but nope we have to wait till October to get them

[BanditThePikachu]

I'm patient. The longer it takes, the better the games could possibly be, after all.

[TheFattestSnorlax]

I think it was only becuase of the continuation of Black and White that delayed the announcment. It's just my guess.

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

Do you know how much programming, designing and such go into these games? For all we know, the region isn't even complete yet. And then there's localization and then the debugging and game testing that goes into these games.

You can just be glad you're getting it around the same time the rest of the world is.

[Rivvon]

Game Freak has been really speeding up their development process lately while still making quality games, which is good, but just the graphical change is such a huge step up that I'm shocked we're getting it in 2013 at all. It would be awesome if they could be released sooner, but I think it would be best to wait so the development and localization can be as high-quality as possible!

[Elite Four Lucian]

So much time goes into desgining a game man. They have to play test every bit they add to make sure it looks good and goes well with what they are trying to do, they have to make sure everything works, and polish the story and a bunch of stuff before final testing can begin, it takes a lot of time xD

[vaporeon7]

Originally Posted by Hiroshi Sotomura

Do you know how much programming, designing and such go into these games? For all we know, the region isn't even complete yet. And then there's localization and then the debugging and game testing that goes into these games.

You can just be glad you're getting it around the same time the rest of the world is.

This, plus there is still lots of money to be made off B2/W2.

[shubshub]

Yes but theres a rumor going around saying that the Games Have Been in Development for 7 Years way back when Game Freak got the 3DS Dev Kit?
7 Years is well enough time to make a Quality Game

[Elite Four Lucian]

You pretty much answered your question. It's a Rumor, it's neither confirmed or discredited, but until we get confirmation all it can be is a Rumor.

[Gary0ak]

They have to revamp the hardware, and then translate the games for said international release

[Zet]

From the video we watched, the gameplay footage might not even be final, so it's probably still in development. And translating will be a time consuming job.

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

Originally Posted by shubshub

Yes but theres a rumor going around saying that the Games Have Been in Development for 7 Years way back when Game Freak got the 3DS Dev Kit?
7 Years is well enough time to make a Quality Game

You've misheard the rumour then - your date is far off. The first rumour of The Pokémon Company receiving development kits dates back to February 2010.

I don't think we can really warrant further discussion at this point.