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[Gaybrush Threepio]

Because they want to make it the best game ever. If that means an extra few months development, then so be it, I reckon it's worth the wait.

 

[Wafflecopter]

Your lack of a link only fuels my fat rage.

 

[Timen]

WTF? how the hell am I supposed to spend my christmas now eh? WITH MY FAMILY?

DAMN

 

[drohne]

has it really? looking through your post history, you seem to write for edge. well, better a polished and complete zelda than a compromised rushjob like wind waker.

 

[8bit]

It hasn't slipped to the Revolution yet?

 

[Gaybrush Threepio]

http://www.eurogamer.net/

http://news.*****.com/detail/news.asp?prid=9046

 

[demi]

I thought he was a Nintendo person...

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


you gotta be kidding!!!

I know I won't play the game until mid DEC, but I hope this isn't true

 

[Timen]

I think it's ok actually, but now i'm sure of getting a X360 on launch.

 

[Gaybrush Threepio]

Will be out on GameCube, not Revolution, probably about March-time.

 

[Andvary]

that's bad =(

New Zelda at PS3 launch?

 

[chespace]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3142834

Give it a few minutes to update the cache. I just posted the story not too long ago.

 

[AniHawk]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Oh well... the last time they delayed a game we got Pikmin 2. A bad business decision, but I'll definitely take the better game.

Ouch. I wasn't expecting that. I was forgetting what it felt like to own a N64.

EDIT: This will be AFTER their fiscal year. So April 1, 2006 at the earliest.

Jeeeeeeezus christ.

 

[Timen]

Revolution to be bundled with Zelda?

 

[cvxfreak]

Well, the good news is: I can use the $50 toward an Xbox360

Are you sure this isn't just PAL territories?

 

[drohne]

eurogamer have some new screens, showing a gorgeous water area and what looks like the town outside hyrule castle.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Wuh oh.

I wonder if TSA is still going to Japan this month to supposedly try it out.

 

[Syb]

Fuck Bitch.

My original plan was to get Zelda first, then get a X360. I have a feeling that getting a X360 first will somewhat degrade my experience with Twilight..

 

[jiggle]

Zelda vs FFXII

 

[AniHawk]

Well I guess Hero is out $5.

 

[demi]

Dear Nintendo,

xoxo

demi

 

[Rocket Punch]

So is Gamecube getting any games for Christmas? Better bring Puzzle Collection and anything else they're holding off...

 

[8bit]

Well, March isn't bad, I suppose. Wind Waker was a Feb release, IIRC.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

 

[u_neek]

DAMN, this is REALLY bad news for Nintendo!

 

[cvxfreak]

So is Gamecube getting any games for Christmas? Better bring Puzzle Collection and anything else they're holding off...

Nintendo will have to use Pokemon XD then, which can prove to be a good replacement. Fire Emblem, too. Hopefully Nintendo compensates with Kirby or something. Or a distributed playable demo.

 

[Defensor]

Holy Crap!

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

So is Gamecube getting any games for Christmas? Better bring Puzzle Collection and anything else they're holding off...

The statement went on to point out that Mario Smash Football (née Super Mario Strikers), Battalion Wars, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness would all be out in time for Christmas.

.

 

[ChrisReid]

Yeah, what the crap? Pokemon is cool and all, but it's not the same market Zelda was going for. Big bad times.

 

[El_Victor]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Well, I guess it's for the better *sob*

 

[DDayton]

Well, this should make the year a bit more interesting. With a delay, I'm now expecting some sort of weird preorder promotion for Zelda this winter...

 

[Gaybrush Threepio]

Although there's nothing that can replace a Zelda title in the release schedule, I think Mario Smash Football will be a big title on GameCube, in Europe at least, and will shift quite a few units - the quality of the game is surprisingly high for a Mario sports title - incredibly fun, better than Mario Power Tennis.

And the new screenshots of Zelda are amazing, don't you think? Just check out that town........and apparently that's just the tip of the iceberg........

 

[DSN2K]

switch to Revolution... whats the point of a GC release in 2006 ?

 

[Timen]

switch to Revolution... whats the point of a GC release in 2006 ?

I guess revolution won't be making it before Q3 2006

 

[demi]

As a represenative of the Drinky Puppy Club, I ask Nintendo to soothe my pain with a nice complimentary title of Nintendogs.

love n hugs

demi

 

[cybamerc]

That's nice of them. GameCube will be dead by then (well, even more than it is now) but their dedication to quality is admirable.

 

[AniHawk]

Well, March isn't bad, I suppose. Wind Waker was a Feb release, IIRC.

TWW was a March release, though this will be later.

I love those shots.

I want this game.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuckity fuck. Fuck.

Fuck.

 

[Zerodoppler]

The trees in that marketplace screenshot look awful

Snow area makes me happy though

 

[Kuroyume]

Wooo! The fall is pretty crowded already....

Hopefully the extra months can help them fix those crap texture problems...

 

[Gaybrush Threepio]

Mr. Aonuma and Mr. Miyamoto have promised GameCube owners that Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be on their format, and will not go back on that promise be switching it to Revolution.

 

[AniHawk]

Haha.

Okami vs. FFXII vs. Zelda TP

Man. :\

Man...

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Dont switch to Revolution!

It looks great on Gamecube. Let the Revolution have its own new Zelda.

This news is really dissapointing. I was really hoping to play this by christmas. I saw this coming. After clocking Wind Waker I would say let them have all the time they want.

 

[johnjohnson]

The trees in that marketplace screenshot look awful

So do the jaggies and the clipping errors. But it's Zelda.

 

[Timen]

those screenshots are awesome!

 

[Red Scarlet]

2005:

"Damn, Nintendo is fuckin' up!"

I wish I could photoshop.

 

[mcdonnell]

http://cube.ign.com/articles/642/642238p1.html

IGN says the game will not ship until April 1, 2006 at the earliest.

 

[Hero]

Wow. Just fucking....wow.

I don't mind waiting a few more months since it seems like we waited so much more longer for OoT and every Rare release.

But this is probably going to be a huge blow to the Gamecube this holiday season. Pokemon XD is going to be the central game this Christmas, but console Pokemon can't rival console Zelda releases.

I guess it doesn't matter, GCN sales don't seem to be important to them at this stage of the game.

And I have to go back and find the exact bet. I forget who I made it with too.

 

[argon]

This really, really sucks.. =(

However, I'm confident Nintendo really will use that extra time to polish the game into a classic.

Releasing new screenshots really pours salt on it though, doesn't it?

 

[mrklaw]

switch to Revolution... whats the point of a GC release in 2006 ?

same as releasing FFXII on PS2 around PS3 launch. Its called a large userbase (well, in the case of PS2....). And you can still play the game on Revolution

 

[Socreges]

well, better a polished and complete zelda than a compromised rushjob like wind waker.

Yeah, this is actually a little comforting.

I'd probably be more disappointed if I had been anticipating TP, but recently I have to see new media or information of a game to so much as think about it. Besides, there's going to be a great deal of games this holiday.... just not for Gamecube!

I really like the new screens. The town looks busy and interesting. I hope the characters aren't too scripted.

Plus, snow!

Hopefully the extra months can help them fix those crap texture problems...

You're going to be "disappointed".