The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake launches 5th of November

[angrypoolman]

zorg1000 said:

angrypoolman said:

sorry guys was drunk again last night. as for this zelda stuff, i dont think its logical to assume that because totk took 6 years that this is just going to be the standard moving forward. botw took 6 years because they were delaying the game because they didnt want the launch to be wasted on the wii u. as for totk, why did it come out 6 years later? im sure the building feature was very complex to make sure it was done right. they made a huge open world similar to botw, but with these new features in mind which is very complex. and im sure covid probably slowed down development time. to assume that the next zelda is 2030 at minimum is to assume that theyre going to be making a game as complex and as vast as this one. i just highly doubt that is the case. it doesnt make sense for nintendo to want zelda games to be on a schedule like that.

There is no reason to think the next mainline 3D Zelda won’t have a similar development time as BotW/TotK.

Ocarina of Time-Nov 1998

Majora’s Mask-April 2000 (1 year, 5 months)

Wind Waker-Dec 2002 (2 years, 8 months)

Twilight Princess-Nov 2006 (3 years, 11 months)

Skyward Sword-Nov 2011 (5 years)

Breath of the Wild-March 2017 (5 years, 4 months)

Tears of the Kingdom-May 2023 (6 years, 2 months)

Mainline 3D Zelda titles have consistently taken longer and longer to develop and there is no reason to believe that trend will reverse, 2029 is likely the earliest we can expect the next entry to release.

i mean thats a pretty superficial way to look at things. have you ever stopped for a second to consider that some of those release dates maybe were more a result of strategic timing as opposed to straight development times? no you probably didnt think that at all. all you did was look at the numbers with no attempt at interpretation at all. i predict the next zelda will come in 2028.