Last week, we heard that Nintendo of Europe will be holding a conference in Amsterdam next month. Shortly thereafter, there was some speculation involving Nintendo of America having an event of their own in New York City. Thanks to IGN’s Rich George, the rumor has been confirmed. George posted the following messages on his Twitter account:

“Looks like busy times in NYC on 1/19/11. You should probably tune into IGN on that day. Just sayin’. 1/19/11 is in fact the date for Nintendo’s big 3DS unveil. I would expect full details at that time. NYC here we come!”

This event appears to be completely dedicated to 3DS information. George doesn’t seem confident that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – the Wii’s biggest title of 2011 – will be making an appearance.

“3DS, yes. Zelda is very unlikely.”

So, Zelda untill February Annual Conference :(

It's obviously a 3DS conference, why do people expect Zelda SS in a 3DS show? Would you expect 3DS info in a The Last Story conference?

happy about 3DS, unhappy about lack of Zelda

Anyone else get the feeling Zelda is going to be pushed back to the end of next year?

Anyway, looks like 3DS EU/NA release dates are going to be around the same time. Best start saving those pennies for March, methinks.

What do you mean pushed back?
All we have is "2011".

I had read that it was delayed to "early 2011". Or did I imagine that?

EDIT: From the Wikipedia article: At Nintendo's coinciding press conference in June 2010, it was announced that the subtitle was Skyward Sword and that the game would be delayed until 2011,[2] though the team is still aiming for a release early that year

http://uk.gamespot.com/wii/action/zeldawiiworkingtitle/video/6266421

In this interview Aonuma states they're hoping for early 2011 as a release date, though the official release date is just "2011", so I guess it can't officially be pushed back.

Is it me, or is it hard to be excited about the 3DS... I think 3D has wore off its welcome, and I won't get one. Not a chance.

I really don't give a crap about Zelda, just hope they detail the American 3DS bundle, and finally announce a pricetag and launch date for it. I'm hoping it'll be fiscal 2011 (April Fool's Day or later) and cost 250USD for a barebaones model (no charging dock or SD cards)

Yeah, bring it! This will be about 2 things:

Price (my guess is $249, but I know here in MX Nintendo will probably charge around $400)

Bundled Software (my guess is it will come with preloaded software like the DSi and maybe a couple of demos)

The actual date is now irrelevant since the holiday shopping will be over by then and a few months more won't hurt sales significantly anyway.