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Zelda Delayed to Next Year

Nintendo announced this morning that its anticipated new adventure game, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, has been delayed. The title, formerly scheduled to debut this November around the world, has since been postponed to 2006 so that the developer can continue to make the game better.

"After much discussion, the Zelda development team has requested extra time to add new levels, more depth and even higher quality to Zelda: Twilight Princess," said Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan. "Consequently, we're announcing a new global launch in 2006, after the conclusion of this fiscal year (March 31). We'll provide a specific date at a later point in time. While this may come as a disappointment to many eager fans, it will absolutely enrich the game and make it a multi-million seller."

Twilight Princess, developed by Nintendo and directed by Majora's Mask overseer Eiji Aonuma, was previously set to be the company's big holiday game. In fact, analysts expected the game to be Nintendo's single greatest deterrent to consumers potentially interested in Microsoft's next-generation console, Xbox 360, which is set for a November launch. The delay leaves Nintendo without a major holiday release on GameCube.

In the epic adventure, a 17-year-old Link travels across a gritty, realistic world and is able to move into an alternate dark land called the Twilight Realm, where he transforms into a wolf. Twilight Princess won a number of considerations by critics when it was presented in playable form at the Electronics Entertainment Expo. However, even then, members of the development team hinted in interviews that they would have to work overtime in order to meet a holiday release.

Speaking with IGN, Kaplan elaborated on the delay of the new Zelda. She explained that Nintendo has not yet committed to a new release date for the game, except to say that it would arrive sometime after March 2006. "But it will be worth the wait," she added.

Asked whether Nintendo would launch any previously unannounced GameCube titles this holiday to stand in for Zelda, Kaplan pointed to already-shown software.

"Of course, we don't suggest that any game can replace the unique nature of Zelda. However, GameCube owners have an excellent lineup of new games from which to choose, including Battalion Wars, Mario Super Baseball, Fire Emblem, Super Mario Strikers, Pokemon XD, and a host of great new games from third party publishers," the Nintendo executive stated. "Add to this a plethora of great DS games, the launch of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and several Wi-Fi games (Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing DS, etc.), plus the launch of Micro (which will be hot!), and there is a lot for consumers to choose from."

With Twilight Princess being pushed in 2006, some Nintendo fans are wondering if the game might ultimately be killed for GameCube and instead repositioned as a launch title for Revolution, the Big N's next-generation platform. Revolution is set to launch sometime in the second half of 2006, according to sources. According to Kaplan, though, the game is still scheduled to ship for GameCube.

"In effect, because of the backward compatibility built into Revolution, every GameCube game also will be a Revolution title," she said. "But we feel a commitment to the GameCube owners who've been patiently awaiting this new Zelda title, and don't want to force them to wait and buy a brand new system in order to play the game."

Kaplan dismissed the notion that the delay of Zelda would put Nintendo in a tricky situation as GameCube owners decide whether or not to stick with the system or purchase Microsoft's new console this November.

"I think we are talking two different things here," she said. "Those who love Zelda will be thrilled when it arrives, and we believe will still want to purchase it even though the wait might have been a disappointment."

The Nintendo spokesperson also had a message for GameCube owners deflated by this latest delay. "Our message is that we understand what a disappointment this is solely because we know people are eager to play Zelda," she said. "The philosophy of 'quality-first' still lives within Nintendo and it's something we won't compromise on. When Zelda game arrives, we hope to hear that players are thrilled with it and believe the wait was worth it. We think it will be."

Nintendo has released seven new screenshots of the game in motion. Readers are directed to our images section for new shots of Link exploring a populated town and manipulating the snow as the wolf.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/08/16/zelda-delayed-to-next-year

 

I'm sure it won't come to Revolution.

 

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The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess delayed to make a Wii version

Upon its conception, I was curious to see the Revolution, Nintendo’s new platform announced at E3 2005, would innovate Zelda’s gameplay. I was eager to try it, but I thought that that could happen only after we completed work on Twilight Princess. I was surprised at first to hear Miyamoto’s suggestion that we try it right away, and I didn’t know how it would impact the Zelda that at that time was still missing a key ingredient. But we had to start by testing what Miyamoto had suggested and that was getting the pointer to work as the control for the bow and arrow. Though the pointer control that we developed as a trial still needed tweaking, and as imperfect as it was, the feeling of being able to aim directly at the target on the screen was, as with the DS version, exactly what was needed to give Zelda a completely new feel. Having experienced it, I was convinced that that was the only direction we could take. “This direct control is exactly what Twilight Princess needs in order to penetrate a market experiencing gamer drift." Miyamoto knew that this would be my response, and he himself felt strongly about it.

 

However, if we put Twilight Princess on the Revolution, we ran the risk of those looking forward to playing it on the GameCube. For this reason, we knew that we had to release it for the GameCube as well. But doing so meant developing two versions, a GameCube version and Revolution version, and we knew that it was impossible to create both before the 2005 release as promised. Miyamoto negotiated with the higher-ups, and in the end, while it would disappoint those users who were looking forward to the 2005 release, if we really were able to create a 120% Zelda game that could be played both on the GameCube and on the Revolution, then even if we did release at the time of the launch of the Revolution in 2006, we could make even those users happy. This was Iwata’s response and the decision to create Twilight Princess for both the Revolution and the GameCube.

 

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/13091/eiji-aonumas-gdc-2007-presentation-a-revolutionary-idea



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It worked out for Nintendo. Twilight Princess became a multiple million seller, and the Gamecube version of Twilight Princess is a rare collectors item.



bunchanumbers said:
It worked out for Nintendo. Twilight Princess became a multiple million seller, and the Gamecube version of Twilight Princess is a rare collectors item.


And looks like it will work once again this time.



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.-. I'm hoping that they keep Zelda for the U, it's not just about money this time around. I'm sure that many loyal Ninty fans wouldn't buy the next systems if they bought the old ones without much avail..



MohammadBadir said:
.-. I'm hoping that they keep Zelda for the U, it's not just about money this time around. I'm sure that many loyal Ninty fans wouldn't buy the next systems if they bought the old ones without much avail..

I'm pretty sure it will be on WiiU, but I can't guarantee it will be exclusive.



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Pavolink said:
MohammadBadir said:
.-. I'm hoping that they keep Zelda for the U, it's not just about money this time around. I'm sure that many loyal Ninty fans wouldn't buy the next systems if they bought the old ones without much avail..

I'm pretty sure it will be on WiiU, but I can't guarantee it will be exclusive.

They don't have to make it exclusive for life. Since I'm predicting that the NX console will launch Holiday 2017, and Zelda U would release in 2016, they could make it a timed exclusive for the U and announce a remastered NX version as a launch title right before launch.



MohammadBadir said:

They don't have to make it exclusive for life. Since I'm predicting that the NX console will launch Holiday 2017, and Zelda U would release in 2016, they could make it a timed exclusive for the U and announce a remastered NX version as a launch title right before launch.

Uh, I guess next E3 will be interesting.



Proud to be the first cool Nintendo fan ever

Number ONE Zelda fan in the Universe

DKCTF didn't move consoles

Prediction: No Zelda HD for Wii U, quietly moved to the succesor

Predictions for Nintendo NX and Mobile


Pavolink said:
MohammadBadir said:

They don't have to make it exclusive for life. Since I'm predicting that the NX console will launch Holiday 2017, and Zelda U would release in 2016, they could make it a timed exclusive for the U and announce a remastered NX version as a launch title right before launch.

Uh, I guess next E3 will be interesting.

Yep. Hope Ninty actually does a stage conference so that people would know that the NX is a thing. Also, plz have a good name D:<



The Gamecube game was finished but they delayed it to bring it to Wii as well right?

So 10 years later same story.

2005>2006

2015>2016

Crazy how it is exactly 10 years ago!



They never said it would not go to Revolution. They said it would not be moved off of Gamecube. Gamecube got Twilight Princess, so everything is fine.



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