The Official Legend of Zelda Thread: BotW Sells 31.61M Units & TotK Sells 20.28M Units

[Shiken]

Wyrdness said:

Shiken said:

"There is no way Xenoblade will land this year"

 

It releases in about 2 weeks.

 

"Mario will get delayed"

 

Playing it now.

 

"Zelda will not be ready for Switch launch"

 

Was the go to game to buy at launch.

 

So seriously, a lot of people thought delays were coming for many Switch titles.  Based on what we have seen thus far since the Switch's launch, what in the world makes you think DLC for one of Nintendo's biggest games this year will get delayed?

 

I do agree that for big games like Xenoblade and Zelda, expansion pack style story DLC is a very possible path they may take.  They have been wanting to explore that option since Majora's Mask after all, seeing how it was supposed to be an expansion to OoT before it became a stand alone game.

Game release and DLC are two different scenarios for the releases we had coverage of the games and only a few people thought the would be delays and in regards to Zelda it released off the back of two prior delays so that's not a good argument to try and make.

The DLC here is not as pivotal compared to the release of the game so a delay is not as costly because the pass to buy it is an all in in bundle with other content to sell it with out the upcoming DLC, we've yet to see any coverage of the story DLC which puts the possibility of a delay on the cards.

I said since the Switch's launch, not talking about when the game was still Zelda U.

 

Also when it comes to BotW, Nintendo was very secretive about the plot.  We got some gameplay, but the story was a mystery until the game's launch.  This is why people thought it would have been delayed a third time.

 

Seeing as how this is a story based DLC, it would make sense that we hear nothing about it until launch.  Furthermore, as a DLC, it would not get as much coverage as we all know how BotW plays by now.  They would want to maintain whatever sense of wonder they could and not spoil it by showing too much of it too soon.

 

And finally, they already confirmed it to come in Dec, which is two weeks away.  If they were to delay it, they are cutting it awfully close.

 

So again, still awaiting valid reasons for thinking that a delay is likely.  I just don't see it in the cards based on what we have seen.