Is Zelda Wii 2011 inminent now?

[Khuutra]

theprof00 said:

Khuutra said:

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.

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.

Hence why I said "close" - Mario is contestable ground because your definition of "core" may or may not include him, but comparing Zelda to Metroid and claiming that they're not that far apart in terms of popularity is just incorrect. It's like comparing Uncharted to Assassin's Creed.

The problem here is that you're assumign htat expanded audience games would necessarily take awy from Zelda sales, or vice versa; this isn't hte case. The two game types appeal to intrinsically different audiences, and would not eat into each other's appeal or their ability to move hardware.

More: Iwata said it was coming this year. I will repeat that over and over until it hits home. Metroid getting moved around has diddly shit to do with Zelda.