Zelda fans - are you really expecting Zelda U this year?

Spieler Eins said:
I almost wish I could look forward to the tears at the announcement of the delay, but WiiU defenders have been denying certain realities for over 2 years, so at the point of the delay, there's probably already gonna be some other displacing narrative ready, acting as if this discourse never happened. As usual.
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This is a top tier shit post. You really outdid your usual nonsense this time.
 
NathanS said:
Except, the Wii U 's situation is why they need it out, the "inexperience with HD development" was said years ago now, and they NEVER show anything substantial until a month or so before hand. So that leaves at best 1/4 of your argument remotely tied to reality rather then being based on truthness,
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Why? Zelda isn't a system seller. I could totally buy the idea that they'd want it out for credibility/good-will purposes, but that's about it. They don't need Zelda like it's a new installment of New Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo is not realistically expecting Zelda to move units or pull in a large amount of money.
Also they've been talking about HD development troubles since 2014...we're only one month into 2015.
Furthermore, Skyward Sword's initial trailer revealed a whole lot of stuff about it's core design. We saw a significant chunk of Faron, enemies (Bokoblin, Deku Babas, and a Stalfos), the "Earth Temple" dungeon, the beetle item, puzzle dynamics (using the beetle to pick a bomb and blow up a wall), dungeon mechanics (The rolling boulder from the earth temple), the whip, a fully-realized boss encounter, and the inside of Skyview Temple.
And you gotta realize that the whole "reveal everything the month beforehand" thing was going strong back in 2010, but they still didn't really hold back on Skyward Sword.
This trailer tells the viewer a lot more about how SS works than any media released for Zelda U so far.

ReyVGM said:
The reason I want the game to be delayed is to make sure the game has enough varied content and enough polish to make it one of the best games ever.
I'm still playing Skyward Sword, and after the Lanayru Sand Sea area, I can tell Nintendo started padding the game and it has become somewhat boring to be honest.
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Thing is, that stuff isn't really padding...
People on GAF really have a hard time actually distinguishing padding from things that they don't like...it's a damaging mindset.
I guarantee you that gameplay elements like the tad tone collect-o-thon and the Eldin stealth segment will be in Zelda U no matter how long they work on it, they need to create interest curves by providing the player with unique and diverse challenges; it's a legitimate part of game design, despite the fact that the infamous lackluster tad tone quest should have been substituted for a better designed segment.
:P
 
How long have they been working on it? There wasn't a whole lot to show after the announcement trailer and that little bit of game footage, and it's been quiet on that front ever since. I would prefer to see it wait until 2016 or get a release on next gen hardware than become a rush job to meet some deadline.
 
Zombine said:
How long have they been working on it? There wasn't a whole lot to show after the announcement trailer and that little bit of game footage, and it's been quiet on that front ever since. I would prefer to see it wait until 2016 or get a release on next gen hardware than become a rush job to meet some deadline.
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You're making the mistake of assuming that if they haven't shown you something, it doesn't exist.
 
I expect the Sunday before Thanksgiving or early 2016. Either way, dont rush it. I dont want Wind Waker with missing dungeons again.
 
zychi said:
I expect the Sunday before Thanksgiving or early 2016. Either way, dont rush it. I dont want Wind Waker with missing dungeons again.
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It'll be November 20th which is the Friday before Black Friday. That's been the big release day for Nintendo the past few years and you can pretty much book it being the day Zelda drops.
 
I'll be honest I'm not expecting a delay, but if there is it's time to give Zelda to another team because not only will they have had four full years, but it will mean all but like one? two? of the home console Zeldas have been delayed and that should be unacceptable.

MCN said:
You're making the mistake of assuming that if they haven't shown you something, it doesn't exist.
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I remember someone thinking Kirby or was it Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 3D had only had 2-3 months development time because they only counted between when the game was announced and released as 'really' being in development.

People are weird.
 
Schreckstoff said:
And you're making the assumption they wouldn't show the most flattening footage possible for mystery's sake.
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We are talking about Nintendo here. Check the footage they've shown for Super Mario 3D World and Donkey Kong TF on E3 2013. And with Zelda U there even is another E3 before release where they can still show "the most flattening footage possible".
 
akidnamededdy said:
Dunno where people started getting this idea that it'll be delayed.

IF ZELDA U GETS DELAYED OUT OF 2015 I'LL SUCK EVERY DICK HERE.



You mean that Direct that very explicitly stated it was going to cover only games released through the Spring?
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Well? It's not gonna suck itself.
 
MattyG said:
Absolutely. I don't think they would have said 2015 if they had any doubts about it, especially since they don't have any other big fall games this year.
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*eats crow*

I should have known. I knew it was too short of a time span. I just should have known.

Lunar15 said:
There's been enough evidence for me to take the rational side and say that they'll make it by 2015, BUT, there is still some weird, tiny part of me that says this is going to get delayed. I can't deny it.
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Goddamnit, the tiny part was right. THE TINY PART WAS RIGHT!
 
There is such a thing as sore winners.

Specially when their dick gets sucked so much.

(I was one of the people who said it won´t be delayed u.u)
 
oh my... all this quotable replies... people should be more reserved about expecting in the gaming world... things can get back to any
 
AwakenedCloud said:
Especially a console Zelda game. When are they going to learn?! They're like that dog from that one Futurama episode.
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completely... even that, Zelda games already have a record of delays, specially the console ones, people should already be expecting this kind of delays...

even if the Wii U would be killing Nintendo, they always tend to respect their development process and make a good game whatever time it takes, so I'm not mad about the delay... just a little worried that the Wii U lineup seems somewhat shallow now...

Holy Order Sol said:
As far as I'm concerned I'm sticking to same approach. Official word over random people. If it changes, it changes, that's all.
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never believe a random word... always go for the official word, yes... but the official word changes all the time, specially with Nintendo, so being cautious and rather negative about expectations is the right choice, imo
 
Kriken said:
I believe it'll come out in November, but it wouldn't surprise me if it got delayed. I think realistically, Nintendo would delay another title and focus their efforts on Zelda before allowing it to slip past the holiday shopping period
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Well I can't say I'm totally shocked.
 
Not even a little bit. Nintendo pushes back games for various reasons. Sometimes to polish a title, giving a title a better release window, and even to fill release gaps between other big titles.
 
Holy Order Sol said:
There is nothing to be cautious about. If official word changes then that's just how it is.
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believing the official word, I mean... believing faithfully as if the thing wouldn't ever change, that's what I see a lot in this thread, people just mindlessly believe what Nintendo says as the absolute truth when they themselves change their own word a lot...
 
No way. They always delay their console Zeldas. Plus this one probably has the most new stuff to design - eg open world - that they might get hung up on. 2016 sadly.

Edit - Ohhhh this is an old thread that got bumped because of the news of a delay. Well this is what I thought back in January too so I'm just gonna pat myself on the back for this one anyways and then quietly sob in the corner.
 
Spieler Eins said:
I almost wish I could look forward to the tears at the announcement of the delay, but WiiU defenders have been denying certain realities for over 2 years, so at the point of the delay, there's probably already gonna be some other displacing narrative ready, acting as if this discourse never happened. As usual.
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ether.
 
So what do they have for holidays? I have to say I'm a little surprised by this news. Not saddened since I wouldn't have had time to play it quite as I wanted at this year's end though.
 
Axass said:
Of course it will, there was no point saying that the game would come out in 2015 thrice, more than one year before the actual release date, if they weren't sure of making it. Besides it has been in development for a long time.
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Fuck you too Aonuma, fuck you too.

Never gonna trust the guy again.
 
A surprisingly high number of sane posts on the first page, but still plenty of crow. Up Next: New console in 2016. Any sane person already knows it's coming.
 
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