Khuutra said:
theprof00 said:
Zelda is a relatively small game compared to the expanded market games. What makes you think that they are dead set on bringing it out in November, when they allowed Metroid to be pushed back. Zelda does not sell much more than Metroid.
And as far as the whole "nintendo never announces things until they are ready to come out", that has nothing to do with it. Other M will have gone more than a year from announcement. So don't think it has any warrant on when zelda is coming out.
Previously, I thought it might be 2011, but I am accepting the possibility of a mid December release, although I think Nintendo would rather push it to february or march in order to keep sales high during a slow-down period.
Think about it, how much sales will zelda actually push if it comes out in november? Will it really push it any more than the wii would sell on its own? I think that a release in early 2011 will give it much more attention and boost more sales, especially considering tax rebate season. |
Zelda games on average sell three times as much as Metroid games, if we're just counting console game.s If you count handhelds it's al ot worse. Zelda's not as big as the expanded market games, but when it comes to "core-only" games Zelda is close to the biggest Nintendo has. Pretending otherwise is disingenuous or dishonest unless you just don't know any better.
Iwata has said it would come out this year. I will continue to believe this until given reason not to believe it.
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Mario is core, isn't he? I'm pretty sure SMG was a core game that was also accessible.
My point is that it doesn't make sense to be so firm on one core game, when most everything else is getting pushed aside. Unless there is something fundamentally different about the new Zelda that makes it as desirable as NSMBWii, I can't see it coming out before xmas. Games like NSMBWii come out before christmas.
