Nintendo website comfirms that Zelda U/NX is releasing March 2017

[Meelow]

shikamaru317 said:

Meelow said:

Umm...No, they aren't going to delay a whole system for 1 game, they would launch it with Pikmin and third parties and ride it till March 2017 if that were the case, Zelda was delayed because of NX, this confirms it.

Then why do you think NX got delayed then? Nearly every rumor and leak pointed to an E3 reveal and a Holiday release before this. Not only that, but there are already reports that NX got delayed because software wasn't ready for a Holiday release (not necessarily just Zelda, likely others as well, though Zelda being the biggest exclusive likely would have been the main reason).

Edit: Why would they delay Zelda because of NX delay? It would have made more sense to release Zelda U Holiday 2016 and Zelda NX March 2017. A staggered release makes people more likely to double dip and get both versions. 

The NX was never confirmed for Holiday 2016, it likely was but as of right now it was never going to release this year, Zelda will be finished soon and they need it as a NX launch title.

And as for not releasing the Wii U version first, that's because the hype for the game would be over by the time the NX released, so Nintendo wants to make sure the hype is still there alongside the NX release.