Reggie was right - misunderstandings cleared up

[Cloudman]

Nicklesbe said:

They showed zelda in a tech demo in 2011.  Leaked more info in 2012 and gave an 'Official announcement in 2013. I don't know why you keep continuing this 2014 lie. It's not substantiated by any facts. That's 3 years to 2016. Not 2. Which blows your whole speal out of the water. It's basic math. http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Zelda_Wii_U " It was first announced during a Nintendo Direct in 2013" Quit the lies already. It's sad at this point.

The thing is though, the thing about Nintendo announcing Zelda in 2014 isn't a lie in the sense that Reggie means. This thread is about Reggie's comments during E3 2015, mostly focusing on the discussions about show casing games and announcing them. The comments in question are:

“Our mentality was that we want to showcase at E3 games that are launching over the next six to nine months”

and

"... We also know that the best way to launch a game like that is to surprise and delight them, to give them a launch date, in an environment like this let them play it vs. what other companies do which is to announce a project that you may not see for five, six years..."

Zelda was first announced in 2013, yes, as stated "On January 23rd, 2013 during a Nintendo Direct video stream, Eiji Aonuma updated about the progress of Zelda for the Nintendo Wii U. He stated that the game still had a significant ways to go..."

Then it was officially revealed at E3 last year, with the plan to release it in 2015, before being delayed. So in the end, Reggie isn't wrong entirely. Zelda was announced in 2013, which is going to be 3 years after the announcement, and footage revealed in 2014 with the intention of release in 2015, which, while likely missing 6 to 9 months, would have launched in 2015 at least. Sure, Zelda would have missed the 6 to 9 month period, but it was still set for 2015. So yeah, it's not wrong, according to Reggie's statement.