wraggster
May 10th, 2015, 20:00
Nintendo’s forward release schedule no longer lists a release window for the Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda.
The company’s Wii U listings (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150507_4e.pdf) have both Zelda and Devil’s Third down as TBD. A few titles remain slated for 2015 including Starfox, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, Art Academy and Mario Maker.
Zelda on Wii U had at one time been pencilled in for this year but was in April delayed until a later date (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/the-legend-of-zelda-wii-u-likely-to-miss-2015/0147316) after franchise boss Eiji Aonuma said that a 2015 release window is no-longer his 'number one priority'.
The game won’t be on show at E3 in June, either.
Speculation has since turned to whether Zelda will arrive on Wii U at all. With its delay being announced just days after Nintendo confirmed that it is working on its next home console, the NX (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-announces-its-next-console-the-nx/0146735), some now suspect that the game is now being re-worked as a launch title for the new machine.
If indeed the NX is figuring in Nintendo’s thinking, a split release also remains a possibility. In 2005 Nintendo delayed the release of Zelda: Twilight Princess in order to release two versions the following year – one for the outgoing GameCube and another for new system the Wii.
However, with Nintendo having previously described the NX as being built around a “brand new concept” and the Wii U having a very particular set-up, this may prove a taxing goal.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/zelda-on-wii-u-now-has-tbd-release-date/0149190
The company’s Wii U listings (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150507_4e.pdf) have both Zelda and Devil’s Third down as TBD. A few titles remain slated for 2015 including Starfox, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, Art Academy and Mario Maker.
Zelda on Wii U had at one time been pencilled in for this year but was in April delayed until a later date (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/the-legend-of-zelda-wii-u-likely-to-miss-2015/0147316) after franchise boss Eiji Aonuma said that a 2015 release window is no-longer his 'number one priority'.
The game won’t be on show at E3 in June, either.
Speculation has since turned to whether Zelda will arrive on Wii U at all. With its delay being announced just days after Nintendo confirmed that it is working on its next home console, the NX (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-announces-its-next-console-the-nx/0146735), some now suspect that the game is now being re-worked as a launch title for the new machine.
If indeed the NX is figuring in Nintendo’s thinking, a split release also remains a possibility. In 2005 Nintendo delayed the release of Zelda: Twilight Princess in order to release two versions the following year – one for the outgoing GameCube and another for new system the Wii.
However, with Nintendo having previously described the NX as being built around a “brand new concept” and the Wii U having a very particular set-up, this may prove a taxing goal.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/zelda-on-wii-u-now-has-tbd-release-date/0149190