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

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bigtakilla said:

But their first 3D LoZ knocked it out of the park and is still the highest sold in the franchise as well as the highest overall rated game of all time. Just saying that certain problems will take different amounts of time to overcome. It almost seemed like Mario and LoZ almost went to 3D like it was second nature. Sonic's problem is how do you retain a fast game that incorperates 3D (they shouldn't have once they realized their games couldn't really do much beyond the Adventure titles and reverted back to 2D when they became a 3rd party dev). Making a game that is HD and retains a high frame rate I think would be tougher than just making 3D polygon games. Maybe Nintendo just makes it look easy. 

I disagree.

They have to find the bases and nature of the Zelda franchise in a 3D space. For example, Miyamoto stated that in the first phase of the project, Zelda 64 was something like Mario 64: Link will be all the time in Ganon's Castle (hub) and will enter different dungeons, but all the time in the same big dungeon. That without counting mechanics (like the Z-targeting), artstyle, weapons, puzzles, etc.

Making an HD game with the bases already in their hands is easier than the development of Ocarina of Time, a game whose many ideas where left for a sequel/expansion (Gaiden=Majora's Mask) or never released (Zelda Ura).