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hsrob on 18 June 2015

IGN: Do you worry at all that not showing it this year sends the message to Wii U owner and the potential Wii U buyer that Zelda is 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."


Yes, but 9 months ago they swore it was a 2015 game so that doesn't mean too much.

Fundamentally, they got it wrong! E3 is, for better or worse, about generating hype and they clearly misread their customers' expectations in this regard, with their very poorly received presentation. Don't come to E3 with no new flagship games to show. A short Zelda trailer and a teaser of whatever Retro is working on would, along with the decent lineup for 2015, have gone along way to elevating their presentation and giving their customers hope for next year and beyond.



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Cloudman on 18 June 2015

Well, it is good to hear there was some good footage to show. Just that they decided to hold back on it. I get waiting til the game is near release. After seeing Zelda last year, the wait is killing me. I want to play it so bad.... T_T Good to hear it will still be 2016 and for Wii U, though both of these comments could end up being false down the line.



 

              

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Mummelmann on 18 June 2015

You should note that neither he nor anyone else has stated that it is only for the Wii U, "it is for U" or "it's is still a U title" doesn't really disprove anything and I think Reggie is simply beating around the bush here and stalling for time. This doesn't really change a thing for me, it's still exceedingly likely that Zelda is a cross-gen title, one can also note that he's stopped calling it "Zelda U" and instead calls it "new Zelda for Wii U" or "Zelda Wii U", which could be an indication that the simple "U" at the end (like ZombiU) has lost its role.



Goodnightmoon on 18 June 2015
Mummelmann said:
You should note that neither he nor anyone else has stated that it is only for the Wii U, "it is for U" or "it's is still a U title" doesn't really disprove anything and I think Reggie is simply beating around the bush here and stalling for time. This doesn't really change a thing for me, it's still exceedingly likely that Zelda is a cross-gen title, one can also note that he's stopped calling it "Zelda U" and instead calls it "new Zelda for Wii U" or "Zelda Wii U", which could be an indication that the simple "U" at the end (like ZombiU) has lost its role.

They never called the new Zelda "Zelda U" 

That´s something that we do.



Mummelmann on 18 June 2015
Goodnightmoon said:
Mummelmann said:
You should note that neither he nor anyone else has stated that it is only for the Wii U, "it is for U" or "it's is still a U title" doesn't really disprove anything and I think Reggie is simply beating around the bush here and stalling for time. This doesn't really change a thing for me, it's still exceedingly likely that Zelda is a cross-gen title, one can also note that he's stopped calling it "Zelda U" and instead calls it "new Zelda for Wii U" or "Zelda Wii U", which could be an indication that the simple "U" at the end (like ZombiU) has lost its role.

They never called the new Zelda "Zelda U" 

That´s something that we do.


Point still stands; he's not denying a NX version. He could have easily said; "This is still an exclusive Wii U title" or something along the lines of that. The writing is on the wall.



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Dr.Vita on 18 June 2015

It will be on Wii U, but there it still can be ported to NX imo.




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Conegamer on 18 June 2015
Dr.Vita said:
It will be on Wii U, but there it still can be ported to NX imo.

Agreed, not unlike Twilight Princess. Just seems logical at this point really.



 

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Aerys on 18 June 2015

Yes, just like Twilight Princess is a Gamecube game



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Aerys on 18 June 2015

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ArchangelMadzz on 18 June 2015
Conegamer said:
SubiyaCryolite said:
Is that true for previous E3s?

From the same article:

IGN: I understand that guideline and why you choose to observe that, but that must be taken on a case-by-case basis. When you guys showed Zelda last year, I would’t have believed that game was supposed to come out in Q1 or Q2. I would have thought that was a Q3 game.

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

 

So they showed a game in 2014 thinking it'd be a 2015 game, but they won't show a game in 2015 thinking it'd be a 2016 game even though we've already seen it before. Will let you draw your own conclusions from that.

Thinking the exact same thing.



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