Davey1983 said:
Iwata said that Zelda would release this year. Reggie has also mentioned seeing Zelda. I believe he actually stated that he played it at one point-- but I can't remember where I saw that. It might have been Nintendoweek.
If anything, Zelda might see a late 2010 release in Japan and an early 2011 release in the West-- but I am pretty sure that Zelda will see a Nov. 2010 release in the US. Nintendo needs a big holiday game to keep momentum going, and Wii Vitality is just too big of an unknown; it might be huge, like Wii Fit, or it might bomb like Wii Music.
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Note that Iwata was talking of Japan and it was only a hopeful date which means nothing for us does it as it's still 2011 if you hold a western console in this case, TP was also said to be on route for 2005 release but never made it until 2006, ofcourse Reggie has seen Zelda he runs the US branch and has to know of what's being produced in Japan to plan for it, as for momentum it won't be the first time Nintendo has skipped a holiday to boost the next year, I have to also reference The Prof00's point here as it holds some ground, Nintendo can easily bring out another game for the expanded market (Fit, Sports etc...) to fill the holiday gap as it'll give them more sales and momentum then anything else Nintendo has as the expanded market outnumber everyone else heavily.
We all want Zelda but people should understand that it's not as big of a factor in the big picture despite it's anticipation, Galaxy 2 was pushed into 2010 because Nintendo opted for NSMBW to tackle the holiday season instead and it also allowed extra development as only MW2 has sold more then NSMBW from last year. With the spreading out of titles I can see a similar thing happening this year, an expanded market game coming out during holiday for sales and momentum and Zelda coming in March or May 2011.
