Zelda: Re-confirmed for E3

[nordlead]

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

nordlead said:

damkira said:
:( I don't really like the wording of the statement.. it says to me that Zelda won't be released this year.

NSMBWii was shown at E3 09 and released November/December 09. I don't see how his statement can make anyone think it will/won't be released in 2010.

Well, Because Ocarina of Time was shown 2 years before it officially launched.  Same with Wind Waker.  Each with very different gameplay footage than the official game had.  And Twilight Princess was even longer with a host of conflicting and ever changing preview videos (including the infamous 2001 Spaceworld demo that had such a massive reaction that it eventually led to the development of Twilight Princess).

I'm well aware of the history (had a fan site dedicated to OoT myself). It just seems that Nintendo has changed how they handle announcements with Wii/DS. There have already been enough statements from Iwata saying it would be out 2010. Heck, they just announced in their investor relations meeting that there is a brand new pokemon for Nintnedo DS due out in 2010 (probably 2010 in Japan, 2011 in the west)