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Legend of Zelda Wii U Delayed

Legend of Zelda Wii U Delayed

We have sad news for Zelda fans. The Legend of Zelda for the Wii U is going to be delayed into 2014. In addition, nobody is going to see the game at E3 this year as Nintendo confirmed that it will not be making an appearance at the conference.

Supposedly, though, the team has recently discovered several possibilities that could make the game better on the Wii U, specifically considering the Wii U’s interesting feature set. So this new delay is to integrate all these new possibilities into the game itself. It’s not quite starting from square one but it is changing just about everything the game has to offer.

“Since I declared at the Game Awards in December that the game would launch in 2015, the directors and the many members of the development team have been working hard developing the game,” Aonuma said. “In these last three months, as the team has experienced first-hand the freedom of exploration that hasn’t existed in any Zelda game to date, we have discovered several new possibilities for this game.

“As we have worked to turn these possibilities into reality, new ideas have continued to spring forth, and it now feels like we have the potential to create something that exceeds my own expectations,” he added. “As I have watched our development progress, I have come to think that rather than work with meeting a specific schedule as our main objective, and releasing a game that reflects only what we can create within that scheduled time, I feel strongly that our focus should be to bring all these ideas to life in a way that will make Zelda on Wii U the best game it can possibly be.

“So I must apologize to all of you who were expecting the game by year’s end, but we are no longer making a 2015 release our number one priority. Instead, our priority is to make it the ultimate and most complete Zelda game. I hope to use the added time to make a Zelda on Wii U that will reward you for your patience. So thank you for your continued support.”

Legend of Zelda Wii U Delayed

It’s debatable whether or not a delay at this time is a good choice for Nintendo. We haven’t seen much of the new Legend of Zelda gameplay, and for that matter, we know almost absolutely nothing about the game’s story. Aside from the one trailer we saw at last year’s E3 this game is currently selling itself on brand and brand alone.

This brings up the question: what is going to be Nintendo’s killer app this year? Nintendo has a number of games to show us including Splatoon , Mario Maker , Xenoblade Chronicles X , Yoshi’s Wooly World and even the new Star Fox . But none of these games really shout “headlining title” like a Mario or Zelda game does.  Nintendo also said it is going to focus on its deal with DeNA which brings Nintendo IP into the mobile space, but something tells me that people are not going to E3 to see new cell phone games from Nintendo, even if they do feature our iconic plumber friend.

What do you think? Was it a mistake for Nintendo to delay The Legend of Zelda for the Wii U? Is it a mistake to keep it from our eyes and hands at E3? Is Nintendo losing faith with its fans? Let us know in the comments.

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