"This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…

On the decision not to show Zelda Wii U at E3…

Reggie Fils-Aime: “It goes back to the statement i made earlier about how we view E3. We just fundamentally don’t believe in showing content at E3 that is going to be a long term proposition. We like to show content that typically will launch in the upcoming Holiday and maybe extending into the first half of the following year. And at this point, the new Zelda for Wii U is not a 2015 project.”

On how Nintendo showed Zelda Wii U last year even though it seemed like a Q3 game…

Fils-Aime: “No, but when we showed it last year, we believed it was a 2015 game.”

On whether he worries that not showing it sends the message to current/potential Wii U owners that it’s not a 2016 game…

Fils-Aime: “No. I don’t believe that it sends that messages. In fact, in separate interviews [Shigeru] Miyamoto has reinforced that it’s a 2016 game, and I also believe he’s reinforced that it’s a Wii U game because I know that there is that thinking floating around.”

Fils-Aime: “Our mentality is more near-term when we think about E3. And, yes, we take it on a case-by-case basis. There’s also a recognition that we didn’t want to frustrate the consumer. We could have scored a lot of points and showed some little tidbit of Zelda Wii U, but in our collective opinion the belief was, in the end, that would cause more frustration than benefit.”

On whether that’s based on knowledge gained from years of having to delay Zelda…

Fils-Aime: “It’s based on a collective belief — and when I talk collective, I’m talking about [Satoru] Iwata, Mr. Miyamoto, myself, Tatsuya Eguchi, [Shinya] Takahashi. The collective braintrust within Nintendo. It was our collective belief that it would have a negative effect of showing a game that we knew wasn’t going to be a next-six-to-eight-month-type of game.”"

Source: http://nintendoeverything.com/reggie-on-why-zelda-wii-u-missed-e3-still-on-that-console-and-in-2016/

Glad to see Reggie address the rumors and fully state that the title is still headed to the Wii U next year.

Yea... but it would have lowered the amount of doom threads by 50% on this site though...

Did anyone actually doubt that it was coming 2016? I mean seriusly? The game looked ready LAST year. I'm fairly certain the only reason they delayed it was so they could make a second version of it that looks superior to launch for the NX the same date as the U one launches for the Wii U. Otherwise, they release Zelda U, it sells modestly to (maybe even a little good) and then they come out with the same thing on the NX months later and everyone complains its a port. They are going to release them at or around the same time like they did Twilight Princess and if they don't I WILL wear a Sony avatar for 3 months. No one need bet me, I'll just do it as a self punishment if I am wrong.

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This is good news.

One good thing that came from Nintendo's nightmare E3 is that it has buried the rumour that Zelda U is going to be an NX title. Wii U owners can be comfortable knowing that the re-work currently being done to Zelda U is being done for them and not for NX owners! :)

If that was the reason they would have showed it anyway. They aren't going to hold back showing the game if it's downgraded.

"We could have scored a lot of points and showed some little tidbit of Zelda Wii U, but in our collective opinion the belief was, in the end, that would cause more frustration than benefit.”

Collectivism fucking up with the world since ever. This just goes to show Zelda is only coming out around December. We're in for a long wait.

If you think 2016 is good enough.

Zelda, the swan song of the WiiU.

Reggie Fils-Aime: “It goes back to the statement i made earlier about how we view E3. We just fundamentally don’t believe in showing content at E3 that is going to be a long term proposition. We like to show content that typically will launch in the upcoming Holiday and maybe extending into the first half of the following year. And at this point, the new Zelda for Wii U is not a 2015 project.”

They showed Super Mario Maker last year and they've shown a variety of games in the past well before their actual release date, so I'm calling BS on this excuse. Given the sales situation the Wii U is in, I'm not sure if it's wise for Nintendo to be holding their cards so close to their chest. They probably should be trying to show content that will shine a good light on the Wii U in the future, unless of course they have something else planned.

This interview shows how far Reggie and the rest of Nintendo are off base.