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the_dengle said:
Tropical Freeze was pushed back as 3D World was pushed up. I'm sure you remember that. Picking a few times games were delayed doesn't prove anything. What about all of the release dates they've given over the years that didn't budge? X/Y didn't get pushed back from October 2013, Mario Kart didn't get pushed back from spring 2014, Smash hasn't been pushed back (though some forget that it released in Japan before summer ended). I just think there's no point looking at every situation as a glass-half-full. Else, why listen to projected release windows at all? Why not just assume every Nintendo game slated for release next year will be pushed back to 2016 or beyond? I take 'em as they come. Nintendo says 2015, I plan for 2015. If they change their mind, I shrug it off. It's not a big deal. It's not worth going through the whole "assume they're lying so I don't wind up disappointed" song and dance over. And as I said, Zelda Wii U has already been delayed internally. They planned for a 3-year development cycle, they are now saying it will be a 4-year cycle. There's your delay. It would take a huge mismanagement of development time on their part for the game to be delayed by another year. |
There are other victims too; Wii Fit U, Wii Party U, Wonderful 101, and Captain Toad (In Europe/Australia) also suffered delays. They are common with Wii U.
Zelda Wii U looks to be possibly the most ambitious game Nintendo has ever made; that increases the likelihood of it suffering a delay, because making a massive, open world game in HD is a daunting task for any dev, let alone one as obsessed with polish as Nintendo.
Given the events of the last two years and the evidence on hand, I estimate about a 20% chance Zelda will launch next year.
