German website Nintendo-Online.de has published an article analyzing the development teams of the Zelda series over the past 28 years. In conjunction with the article, the site created a chart showing sizes of the different teams are as well as how long development lasted. While they’re mostly approximate numbers, the chart gives a good look at the development of the Zelda games.

http://nintendoeverything.com/a-look-at-the-team-sizes-and-development-periods-for-the-zelda-games/

I wonder how big the dev team size is for Zelda U!

Nice find RGE!!! Can't read German text though.

I once heard that it like 500 or something, but I doubt that's credible.

Probably even bigger than SS...

HD development takes them a lot of time I guess!

Seems too big. I could imagine ~300 though.

Should definitely be the biggest team so far!

Of course! Hopefully they will do a great job with Zelda U!

Eh people will hate it anyway... Like with nearly every other Zelda game.

Do we know the budget for any game, or have the means to calculate them?

Thanks for posting.

I'm trying to imagine a chart similar to this one, only with Final Fantasy development times... oh God.