According to Nintendo the upcoming Legend of Zelda game for Wii U has been delayed. Originally expected to launch by the end of the year, the game has been postponed with no new release date as of yet. The news was announced in a video by veteran series producer Eiji Aonuma on Nintendo's various social media channels.
The delay comes mere days after Nintendo dropped two major bombshells, the first being the company's entry into the smartphone field in a deal with DeNA and the second being the announcement of its next platform, codenamed "NX."
Check out the video of the announcement after the break.
The delay comes mere days after Nintendo dropped two major bombshells, the first being the company's entry into the smartphone field in a deal with DeNA and the second being the announcement of its next platform, codenamed "NX."
Check out the video of the announcement after the break.
Nintendo have also confirmed on Twitter Zelda will not be at E3 in June.
In the video Aonuma explains that Nintendo has recently come upon "several new possibilities" that could make the game better on Wii U and is taking more time to realize those ideas.
"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."
While the delay of Legend of Zelda for Wii U will disappoint some Nintendo will have plenty to offer at this year's E3. The company has many other Wii U games in the pipeline, including Star Fox, Splatoon, Mario Maker, and Xenoblade Chronicles X, in addition to whatever Nintendo may have up its sleeve at E3.
In the video Aonuma explains that Nintendo has recently come upon "several new possibilities" that could make the game better on Wii U and is taking more time to realize those ideas.
"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."
While the delay of Legend of Zelda for Wii U will disappoint some Nintendo will have plenty to offer at this year's E3. The company has many other Wii U games in the pipeline, including Star Fox, Splatoon, Mario Maker, and Xenoblade Chronicles X, in addition to whatever Nintendo may have up its sleeve at E3.
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