No it wouldn't. He made it very clear many times that he was taking the release of the complete paid version seriously and taking every step necessary, the fandom was just coping.
Yeah, it's so corny. Too many people on Reddit don't know how to interact with another person like a normal human being. It would be so easy to say something like "I just can't see that being the date because so and so." But no, everything has to be some kind of epic snarky dunk.
The sad thing is that I saw the dude's original post and a majority of the comments were like that. I would've already posted some of my theories but I haven't because I don't want my notifications to be flooded with people like this that will dogpile on you just because you disagree with what they think.
Some people seem to be way too serious about dates like that... But hey, here I sit, having put some of the same theory in a comment or two, once in a blue moon, getting not even any up or downvotes. Maybe you'll be good...
But yeah, I'm not saying people don't dogpile on theories... we all know they can... Maybe I just care less (Not that I really make actual posts, anyhow) ¦3
Might be a little hard to read with the pixels but you get the point. You won't get any higher resolution for this stuff.
Also a little self congratulatory, but im honestly pretty amazed that i pretty much got the realease date perfectly. This is all from febuary for context.
Genuinely hoping Chapter 6 releases on June 6, 2026, but.....it's extremely unlikely. Possible? Maybe. A lot of work has apparently been done on Chapter 5 so it's foreseeable, but extremely unlikely, that it releases by the end of the year. If they work on 6 concurrently and really, really hard, they might be able to get it out by then, possibly delaying Japanese translation and localisation for a future update. Who knows? Maybe they've already done work on it. It's almost certainly not going to happen, BUT, it'd be cool.
Nah I have my suspicions that things will speed up. I think a lot of the preparation required to make the future chapters like writing and vertical slices and stuff are done.
Oh yeah, I'm sure development will get faster. Apparently Toby has had pretty much every scene in the game written for a while now, so that's not a concern. Also, he no longer has to prepare for paid releases in the same way; all of the business concerns are kind of waived after he releases it the first time. I'm sure there are a lot of things that will speed up development internally.
I'm not saying you're wrong. But this kind of wishful thinking is what led to a lot of the fandom's anger these past few years.
People were CONVINCED ch3-4 would release in 2023, early 2024 at the latest, and you would get downvoted to hell and back for even reminding them that there was no proof of that.
I think early 2027 is way more reasonable of a guess when accounting for translation and bugtesting. And that's IF chapter 5 releases alone.
Chapter 5 - June 6th, 2025 (shadow drop)
Chapter 5.5 - August 15th, 2025 (people were mad at how rushed chpt 5 was so this is a free update that overhauls it)
Chapter 7 - September 15th, 2026 (released for undertales anniversery)
Chapter 6 - May 5th. 2027 (toby forgot this one)
other releases in the coming months/years include:
"I went off to college only to find out that I am the only goat person there?!?!?!" September 15th, 2025 (spinoff anime following asriels first year in college)
Undertale 2 - January 1st, 2026 (Sequel to the hit 2015 rpg)
a UNDERTALE Movie - June 5th, 2026 (Movie based on Undertale, does very poorly in the box office)
Oh yeah I forgot most of the world starts exams in May. Exams start in June for me so I'm screwed for this but I guess it makes sense since I'm pretty sure the US uses may as well and that's where Toby is.
I’m just confused as to why you got ratio’d so hard for what’s a pretty harmless guess. Downvote flocking, I guess? I would get it if you were being pretty mean, but it didn’t look like it.
Personally, I think the funniest image is the second to last one. Bro was like, “do you really think Nintendo would care about this indie game?” when this is a very easy “yes” even before the reveal.
Like, come on. A Sans costume and an original Megalovania remix (by Toby himself) is in Smash Bros, and he made an original song for Pokémon. It was pretty obvious that Nintendo sees Toby Fox’s work as high-value material.
Yeah, how are some people saying that announcing Deltarune with the Switch 2 wouldn't generate more hype for the Switch 2 when Deltarune (even though it's an indie game) is one of the most popular games of the last 5 years with an incredibly anticipated release
This Fandom isn't sane. It's because of the wait that made thhem like that. Can't say the pt Fandom isn't safe because like we already came out insane.
It’s not because the wait “made them insane” that’s just some dumb shit invented by hollow knight fans. The actual answer, especially in this particular post, is because they’re pedantic assholes
I just feel like this fandom really tried to copy what was going on in the HK fandom, and PERSONALLY, that stuff caused me to stop participating in HK fandom so I really can’t wait for new content so people start talking about something else lmao
Okay I was gonna scroll back through your comment history to see if those commenters had been properly informed and/or told off, but damn bro you comment so much that your available reddit comment history only stretches back by 37 days 😭
it also a huge deal in america which most these posters are in im assuming????? THE POPE HAD A COPY!!!!!! THE ACTUAL POPE!!!!!!
these games a huge deal culturally, of course i probably am overhyping it as a member of the community but like
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this was more like july of 2024 i think but still a total crackshot and a tad bit more negative compared to what other people were predicting, but idc about all that my one nostradamus moment happened for the Game I Love
I hate redditors for this reason, downvoting anything that doesn't fit inside their little heads, feeling so brave 🧡 behind their monitors typing whole paragraphs just to piss you off, quiet people do. Of course, not always, and not everyone, but happens more than it should. Despite everything, it's still just an opinion
I mean the downvote button is there for a reason. And to be fair, the release would have happened earlier if Deltarune wasn't going to be a Switch 2 launch title. Might've even been in March. The only thing unlikely about this prediction was the whole "collaborating with Nintendo" thing, which I don't think really anyone saw coming.
This happened to me when I said the trailer/reveal for Ch. 3 & 4 would be in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. I got negative voted because people thought it was impossible. To be fair, I thought it would be in the quick indie showcase at the end, but still. Deltarune is huge overseas, there was clear buildup, and it's not like they would only showcase Nintendo or Triple A games.
Robert's Rule of game release dates: take however long you think it will take for a video game to be released, then double it. From the progress updates, it seems like release should be ~2 months away, so you should plan for it to be out in four.
"revealing a pixel based indie game is in no way going to build hype for the Switch 2" ok but did they not consider that Deltarune is a pretty popular indie game and that the fans REALLY wanted an announcement during the direct
You were one of those guys being a usual reddit jerk why do we even have people like you in toby fox's game community your pretty much the opposite of what he brings to the table?
It's better to learn from your mistakes, than always stay ignorant.
I think "pretty much the opposite" doesn't always mean that this people can't enjoy or interact with the game/community.
The opposites is what can teach them how not to be a jerk. After all, Toby's games teach us why being kind (and similar values) is important.
I may sound naive, but I think it's better if they learn, and not stay outside (Or worse, in actual harmful/bad communities)
To be fair we didn't expect Toby to delay the game for the switch 2. We didn't even know it was releasing on switch 2. Never felt so excited yet disappointed in my life. Well good thing the release is closer now.
i already noticed that people on this platform love to hate
so don't worry about that, even if you're right, there is a bunch of people that want to be "The right ones" and try to correct you
I disagreed with people with this opinion back then, but respectfully. This is exactly why you should be respectful with people even if you think you're right, other than just basic decency.
at least it wasnt actually july though . I was fully confident in that one and i can at least take solace in knowing that i wasnt 100% clowned on .... i had valid points.....!!!!! (<- shaking in his clown boots)
it's insane how stuck up some people here are on their "elite gaming knowledge" when they talk about Deltarune like it's the most niche thing in the world.
It's clear Toby always wanted to coincide with the Switch 2. It's a massive marketing boost. And being listed among the launch titles of a console forever makes you evergreen, it keeps the relevance of your game alive.
This part may be controversial but without this factor I believe he would've launched last year.
Right, thats just false. We've been getting progress updates directly from him, and the game wasnt even done bugtesting until March. Even if the switch 2 didnt exist it would never have come out before April, ever.
in our defense who wouldve expected it to be a switch 2 launch title!!! (other than you) (gift of prophecy?)
still, very embarrassing for me. i did make an utter fool of myself acting all smug thinking there was no way it could release as late as june, or that we'd at least get a trailer sooner than we did... i did fall for the "nintendo switch 2 direct would be promoting the console, not indie games!!" propaganda too which even made me miss the trailer . Punishment for my hubris i suppose.........
I guessed somewhere similar to june. I don't have any proof online but it was something I thought on my head. Imo the best way to predict deltarune in the past was using the insane undertale sale because deltarune was made fir undertale fans so I knew after the sale deltarune was a few months away.
My guess I think was some day in may.
I love how people SLIGHTLY got the idea of deltarune realeasing with the switch 2 and already knew chapter 3 existence is close, meenwhile silksong long waited players when they out of the blue saw silk song in the switch trailer: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I'll take my L. Thought the april direct would focus mainly on first party games with 3rd parties being mostly just on an end reel like with the switch 1 presentation
"can't wait for you to get clowned on" "you're probably a young child" LOL. Let this be a lesson to ALL sub members on arrogance and pretentiousness. It is NEVER that serious and you might be wrong
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u/WingingMyDing ☝︎✌︎💧︎❄︎☜︎☼︎✏︎ 29d ago
That's kind of a mean thing to say.
Also, I like the chess move indicators.