| Ljink96 said: Zelda isn't coming out next year. I mean, a typical Zelda cycle is 4 years at least. Considering that Skyward Sword was completed in 2011 (development started posthaste from what I understand) , yeah theoretically it should come out next year. But I'm not believing that for a second. But on the other hand, considering that a general console cycle is 6-7 years now, if they want to make 2 Zeldas like they've done for each system since N64, they'd have to release it next year. If Nintendo only had more 3rd Party support, they wouldn't be so pressured to make ALL the good games. |
Typical Zelda cycle is 3 years. 2000 (Majora's Mask), 2003 (Wind Waker), 2006 (Twilight Princess). Skyward Sword came out in 2011, but through interviews with the dev team we know that the game spent two years in development hell and only from 2009-2011 (ding ding ding, three years) was any real progress being made.
Aonuma confirmed in Hyrule Historia, which released in Japan before the end of 2011, that they had already begun working on their next Zelda game. By the end of 2014, it will have spent more than three years in development. 2015 is a fourth 'extra' year. Hell, from the HD demo at E3 2011 (and Aonuma's comments on it) we know that the team was already experimenting with HD development well before Skyward Sword shipped.
Also, I doubt we will get two console Zelda games this generation, not counting remakes.
