So many people are thinking Zelda U will be available on Wii U and NX. Do you think that the next zelda (zelda NX) will be on NX and its sucsessor too?

Keep in mind, at the moment the development cycle of home console zelda games seems to be similar/same as the development cycle of nintendos home consoles (both around 4-6 years).

2 scenarios:

First:

1: Zelda Wii U is Crossgen:

1.1: NX will be a success = Nintendo wants to start every new home console with a new installment of Zelda, because the past just prooved this will turn out sucscssfull (wii/twilight Princess; NX/Zelda WiiU). They would be stupid to not release a new home console right with a new zelda if it worked 2 times. Also the past prooved them that releasing a new zelda game on a successfull console in the end of its lifecycle (Skyward Sword) might not be that successfull in terms of games sales.

1.2. NX wont be a success = Same situation as wii u. Nintendo wouldnt release a zelda game (budget whise their biggest games) on a not succssfull console if a new system is coming.

Second:

2: Zelda Wii U will be wii u exclusive

2.1. NX will be a success = If the NX will be a sucsess, even if zelda is wii u exclusive, I think the chances are good NX will also get its own zelda game at the end of its lifecycle.

2.2 NX wont be a success =  Same situation as wii u. Nintendo wouldnt release a zelda game (budget whise their biggest games) on a not successfull console if a new system is coming. In this scenario they already did the mistake once (dont release zelda u crossgen). They wouldnt make this mistake twice and release Zelda NX also on a not successfull console.

So the only option I can see that NX will get its own exclusive zelda game, will be scenario 2.1. All others seems to be pretty save to say: Zelda NX will be crossgen.

So for all Zelda fans: Skipping NX might be a good option, scince the chances are really good that you can play the new zelda game (sucsessor of zelda wii u) also on the sucsessfor of NX.

Opinions?

So we'll just ignore the fact that Nintendo said they'll only disclose details related to NX next year? I think the Monday announcement will likely be something else.

Anyways, i think it'll allow the NX to get a solid release, but i feel it'd be better for Wii U owners to keep it exclusive. 

I'd say only if NX isn't succesful and it's really too soon to tell

I believe spurgeonryan was sarcastic about that, also here we're talking about the Zelda game that comes NEXT to Zelda U ;)

it be madness for it not to be.

glad someone on here found a way to squeeze blood out of a stone.

There is no planned Zelda for "NX" so this question is irrelevant.

I'm starting to feel that we're going to get a "The Last of Us" situation with Zelda U. It will release on the Wii U and then a few months after the NX launches, we'll get a remastered version. But, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that Zelda U will be playable on the NX one way or another, whether it be cross-gen, a later remaster, or just from backwards compatibility.

This is a hilarious question. Really need to pull the crystal ball out on that one. You're asking me to make a prediction regarding a Zelda game that probably hasn't even entered the pre-planning phase yet, on a console we know next to nothing about. But even better than that, you're asking me to make a prediction of whether this non-existent game will not only appear on this barely known about console, but also whether it will appear on the next console whose very existence is totally in doubt, and that neither Nintendo or us will know anything about at this stage. We probably won't know about the existence of the console you refer to for another 5 years.

Well, if the NX predictions weren't enough to drive us all crazy, just wait until you get a load of the NNX.

There is no way Nintendo will keep one of their biggest (and most expensive) games on just the WiiU. The only question is if they will pull a Twilight Princess or a TLOU remaster.

This must be the 100th time this topic has titled in a thread, it is really getting old now.