That's not what he said.

Iwata said he'd like to see each new Zelda to release in three years. He wasn't going to pressure anyone. Obviously, unless it does come this year, which I also don't believe, it didn't work.

Also, to Turkish, I'm too lazy to look it up, but I was fairly certain that Aonuma once said in an Iwata Asks about Skyward Sword that they spent the first two to three years building the engine and a working control scheme. Don't know for sure exactly though...

How does Famitsu even come up with that percentage? I'd say Aonuma knows better than them what's going on anyway.

If I see another thread like this one........

Well, I half-expect it not to be shown. Also, obviously Nintendo's claim that it was ready to be shown @ E3 2013 was utter nonsense.

When it comes to Zelda, I trust Famitsu over Aonuma.

I'm assuming at least a one minute trailer, "coming soon", no subtitle.

Nintendo will show Zelda at E3, I really don't know why Famitsu is saying otherwise when Nintendo themselves have said it would be there.

E3 2014 is Nintendos last chance to really bring the Wii U back to life. The hype around Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros is strong enough to make the console a marginal success (20+ million consoles) on their own but if Nintendo wants to get the system rolling and have it become a real success then they are going to need some bombshells that can directly compete with Xbox and Sony on the biggest stage of them all. Not doing the big press conference last year was possibly the biggest mistake Nintendo has made in the last few years. Normally it was like watching a three-way fight between Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, but in 2013 Nintendo didn't even show up. That has to change this year, and if they want to actually win the fight they need to drop a badass Zelda title.

Will the coming Zelda U game (whenever it is released) be the same game as the one in which they said (shortly after the Wi u launch) was the biggest (development team I think) and most expensive Nintendo game ever? Will it still be "the big one" for the Wi U or will they hedge their bets and make a more modest Zelda game, saving the "big one" for their next console (whenever it might be)?

They will have to announce it at E3. They cant afford not to. Sony and Microsoft are gonna come out guns blazing.

I don't know what Famitsu's deal is, but the article about showing at "this year's" E3 was for 2013's E3. It's no surprise it didn't show up then, with WWHD still working it's way out and preferring not to be eclipsed.

If I had to guess a reason why Nintendo might not show the game at this year's E3, it would probably be similarly to try not to eclipse anything else near on the radar. Hyrule Warriors does make it unclear just how strongly the new Zelda will make its presence, but I think at the very least, we're in for something showy.