A history of Wii U delays

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HyrulianScrolls said:

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HyrulianScrolls said:

3D Zeldas are ALWAYS delayed a year from their originally announced date (I'm not kidding, every single one has been) so Zelda U's delay is pretty much a moot point.  If you didn't expect it, you don't know history. Please don't try and say that 2014 was actually its original release date either, since that was pure fan rumor. Nintendo never gave any indicator of a 2014 release.

So excluding the typical Zelda delay then Pikmin 3, Donkey Kong, and XCX are the only notable delays. The rest were either not that big of games that many people cared about or not that big of delays. Overall, I'd say Wii U has been pretty normal in the delay department, especially for a Nintendo console. It's hardly the king of delays. Besides, Nintendo told us like 2 years ago how surprisingly difficult they found the HD transition to be, so they're still just getting the hang of it all.

Majora's Mask and The Wind Waker weren't delayed.

Yes they were. MM was originally announced as an OoT expansion called Zelda: Gaiden and planned for '99. TWW's original release date in both Japan and NA was '02, and while it barely made that in Japan it was delayed to '03 for everywhere else. Had Nintendo decided to finish the two dungeons that were still being worked on in TWW and never saw release, it would have been a typical year delay. But that was one of the rare occurences they didn't opt for a big delay to finish a Zelda game.

In the case of Zelda Gaiden, they have to delay because the N64DD never made the overseas.

And with TWW, they actually needed more time but at least they released in the promise date. This one is not going to be released in 2015 even in Japan.