SuperNova on 28 April 2016
The fact that Zelda was delayed to launch along with the system, by proxy indicates that the system launch was indeed delayed too, even though a launch date hadn't technically been announced yet.
But Zelda has been developed for NX at least since it's first delay and was clearly always intended as a launch title for it . So the fact that Zelda got delayed (even though the game is likely near completion at this point) after initially being anticipated for 2016, means that Nintendo expected to be able to launch NX 2016 as well.
Something onvously went wrong with that.
It may not 'technically' be a delay, but it certainly is one in practise.
