Why do people think the next Zelda will be on NX?

[gigantor21]

Soundwave said:

Zelda: Twilight Princess probably sold double or even triple the amount it would have had Nintendo left it on the GameCube by virtue of making a Wii version.

And no, you're not a special snowflake if you're arguing Zelda U shouldn't be on NX. There were plenty of GameCube fans on the internet who were pissed about Twilight Princess being re-positioned as basically a Wii launch title back in 2005/06 too. "You promised us realistic Zelda since Spaceworld 2000! Not that crappy cell-shaded one! Now you're moving it to Wii! F*ck you Nintendo, I'll never support you again!!!". Blah, blah, blah.

Those people were wrong. And they all ended up buying a Wii anyway. Simple as that.

Beyond that Zelda U is fairly likely to be the most expensive game Nintendo has ever made. Ambitious, big open world HD adventure game with a 4+ year development cycle? Yeah, don't see Nintendo leaving that on the Wii U to sell half the copies it would otherwise just so a vocal MINORITY on the internet needs to have their feelings validated.

This is a business. And like Twilight Princess, dual releasing the next Zelda on both the Wii U and NX launch window is 100% the correct business move.

This.

The notion that they're going to just leave all that extra money on the table by leaving Zelda U on a dead console is ridiculous. And the NX needs a strong launch to make up for the WiiU's failure in the market place. Making it cross gen would solve both issues at once.