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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Miyamoto Says sorry for zelda Botw delays, he expected it to be out in 2015.

Taken from an interview with IGN

“It’s complicated because as we’re developing this -- obviously development of NX started a while ago -- and unfortunately, I’m sorry, but the development of this game took a lot longer than expected,” Miyamoto told IGN. ”We really felt like we would be able to get it done last year, but there was a lot of struggle with using the physics engine, so that’s why it took a long time".

 

Interesting that he said last year, that means 2015! I hope they reuse the physis engine and other assets from Zelda Botw in the next home console zelda so we don't have to wait untill 2022 to play it.



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Its always bittersweet when a game gets delayed. It happens.



The physics does look quite nice however I still can't help but think it was delayed due to them wanting to release it for the NX and wiiU at the sametime



                  

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It's still in need of a couple tiny tweaks here and there, but the delay, and the second delay, were definitely a good thing. I'm confident the end-product a little under a year from now will be nicely polished!



Game development should never be rushed.



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I still stick to my theory that it's been completed and sitting on a shelf with an handful of developers polishing it up here and there and they have already moved onto the next Zelda game which will have a holiday 2019 release date :P



Atleast it isn't FFXV or The Last Guardian or... and so on and on and on

It really pisses me off that people accuse Nintendo for all kind of shit...

If Nintendo postpone a game it is for a f**king reason



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Well, those physics looked amazing, I wasn't expecting that level in that regard, looks like something for what they needed a lot of job to polish.

Many people think they delayed this game to be released with NX, wich is obviously possible but... what if they delayed the NX because Zelda development was slower than they thought?



Sure the Physics engine may have caused a bit of trouble but I'm sure NX caused an even bigger delay. Zelda was most likely ready to be released in 2015 but NX plans came up and you know, minds well release NX with a day 1 killer app.



WoodenPints said:
I still stick to my theory that it's been completed and sitting on a shelf with an handful of developers polishing it up here and there and they have already moved onto the next Zelda game which will have a holiday 2019 release date :P

I really hope your right but i just can't see it. I thought the same thing when Twilight princess got delayed a year. I was thinking nintendo must be already working on a new game while TP is being ported and they could finish it a couple of years after TP comes out. It didn't work out like that did it? Skyward sword came out a full  five years after TP.