Why do Zelda Console games take 5 years to develop.... ?

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S.Peelman said:

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As far as I know, Skyward Sword was done with the normal Wii Remote and using a similar Twilight Princess's art style. After the Wii Motion Plus, Nintendo greenlighted (idiots) the decision to re-done the game with the Wii Motion Plus and changed a lot of mechanics, even the artstyle.

Yes, I think you are right, so of those three years they basically wasted half. 

Yes, I remember reading around the web that the epic TP E32004 trailer was just something put to show a new Zelda, but Aonuma didn't have any clear idea to what to do. It was during the development that he cames with new ideas like the wolf transformation.