Zelda: Twilight Princess Delayed 121
Hyrulist writes "Nintendo has announced that its biggest game of the year, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is delayed to 2006. IGN.com has the story. From the article: 'Twilight Princess, developed by Nintendo and directed by Majora's Mask overseer Eiji Aonuma, was previously set to be the company's big holiday game. In fact, analysts expected the game to be Nintendo's single greatest deterrent to consumers potentially interested in Microsoft's next-generation console, Xbox 360, which is set for a November launch. The delay leaves Nintendo without a major holiday release on GameCube."
Dammit (Score:1, Troll)
From the is-this-it? dept. (Score:1, Informative)
Re:From the is-this-it? dept. (Score:1, Flamebait)
A load of cross platform titles (Prince of Persia 3, Madden)
Pokemon XD (been there, done that)
Shadow the Hedgehog (another no-doubt brutal 3d mutilation of a once-decent franchise.)
A few movie licensed games which, although I can't be bothered looking up the details, are probably cross-platfor
Re:From the is-this-it? dept. (Score:2)
Re:From the is-this-it? dept. (Score:1)
Re:From the is-this-it? dept. (Score:1)
Re:Dammit (Score:2)
also curious, what does this leave for gamecube owners to be excited about this holiday season? gameboy micro (which i think just further confuses the market for parents... not sure why nintendo is going in this direction)?? surely missing out on their blockbuster title during the most important season is going to continue to damage their mindsha
Re:Dammit (Score:1, Insightful)
at which point, you'll still be among the number of people who see Nintendo as making mistake after mistake after mistake..
they are in a lose lose situation no matter what they do. i think they are just trying to choose the lesser of the two evils. Missing a holiday hit, or ruin one of your biggest franchises? (and after wind waker, they have some convincing to do)
Re:Dammit (Score:1)
What are you talking about? Wind Waker was loved by the majority, public and critic alike. Fact!
Re:Dammit (Score:1, Troll)
Too many people think that moderation exists just to promote the views they believe in and silence the views they don't. Too many people also believe that if they moderate down enough posts critical of Nintendo, t
Re:Dammit (Score:1)
Like Miyamoto said.. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Like Miyamoto said.. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Like Miyamoto said.. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Like Miyamoto said.. (Score:1)
Re:Like Miyamoto said.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Like Miyamoto said.. (Score:1)
"Unless that game is Daikatana."
Damn, where's that "+5 Funny_Sad_Insightful" mod when I need one? Of all the days to be out of mod points....
That's true, but... (Score:2)
Re:Like a wise man (me) said.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Nooooooooo! (Score:1)
At least we know this won't be rushed like Wind Waker
Re:Nooooooooo! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Nooooooooo! (Score:3, Insightful)
Wind waker must of felt like Antonio Salieri
Uninformed prediction time! (Score:2)
Does this mean that they're going to be pushing the DS more heavily?
The GBA is on its way out; look at the drop in releases this year. Nintendo's either going to have to push its newest portable or to find a new way to promote the Cube. I'm not sure what that's going to entail - price drop, perhaps? - but they'll have to get creative to sell this year.
Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:2)
Yes...and the price just dropped to $130 today.
Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:2)
Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:1)
Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:1)
Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:1)
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Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:1)
Either that's what NoE is doing or some retailer is doing an inventory clear-out of Cubes, I've seen them go for 50 Euros bundled with Metroid Prime or 70 Euros with the Gameboy Player.
Re:Uninformed prediction time! (Score:1)
Now I'm wondering... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:2)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:3, Insightful)
If you think the Nintendo fans want better graphics, then you have no idea of what Nintendo is about. If all you care for a game is graphics, you either get an Xbox or a PC.
When you play Nintendo, you do so for the gameplay, and for the fun. If a game doesn't display gazillions of polygons, it won't matter at all on a Nintendo console.
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:2)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:2)
Yes, I do realize that. You seem to have overreacted though. I didn't say people didn't want graphics at all, I just said that awesome graphics is not the #1 reason to buy a game on a Nintendo console.
If I had a choice between TP on the GCN, and TP on the NRV, exactly the same but with higher res textures, more polygons, which also means more npc's on the screen at once, more particles etc etc, I would choose the NRV version.
Good for you. However, not e
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:2)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:2)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:2)
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
IIRC, there was never any hint that it'll be a launch title. They're just saying it's going to happen eventually.
It's kind of like they did at Spaceworld 2000 with the GameCube Zelda tech demo. Of course, Nintendo later changed the entire style of the game, and we all know how that turned out. So this time instead of showing a speculatory demo (and possibly causing mass fanboy backlash), they're just going to tell us about it.
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1, Insightful)
Low I'd say. Nintendo has a history of releasing big titles late in their console's lives. Super Mario RPG for SNES (developed by Square) was released only ~4 months before N64 was. Conker's Bad Fur Day (developed by Rare) was released ~6 months before GC came out. Although neither were developed in-house, Nintendo did publish both and pushe
Re:Now I'm wondering... (Score:1)
I'm sure the Revolution won't come out until later in the year, and Z:TP hopefully earlier (April, May?).
Hybrid game (Score:3, Interesting)
Good (Score:4, Insightful)
TWILIGHT PRINCESS SHEDS NEW LIGHT [totalvideogames.com]
I've played some games lately that had the potential for greatness (the most personally annoying for me being Vampire: Bloodlines) where it was obvious at some point that the developers ran out of time.
A quote something like this was attributed to Shigeru Miyamoto "A game delayed may eventually be good, but a bad game released is bad forever." I'm glad he's taking his own advice.
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Re:Good (Score:1)
Re:Good (Score:1)
Re:Good (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Good (Score:2)
I wasn't meaning to imply that Eiji Aonuma was saying, "Wind Waker sucks" but the fact that he felt the need to apologise for any aspect of the game shows that he thought it could have been better.
I know some Nintendo fans who said, "Why did he have to say anything? It was a well-reviewed, best-selling game. This just provides ammo
Good? (Score:1)
However, I think it's potentially dire for Nintendo as a whole. Zelda was the last greatly-anticipated GameCube title, and this means there's a bit of a lull going into the Christmas season. Especially since Zelda sells hardware, this could mean a bad (well, worse) Christmas for GameCube.
Also, the new launch date is around the time that the Revolution launches, which will create some undesirable
GBA Fire Emblem in the days of Nintendo DS (Score:1)
on one hand, they're selling a new system, on the other, they're selling a triple-A title for their last system. Which generation are they supporting? What's going on?
If Nintendo can release Fire Emblem (GBA) and Nintendogs (Nintendo DS), what stops it from releasing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN) and Super Smash Bros. Revolution (Revo)? Granted, it's claimed to be a third pillar, but so is my ****.
Whatever (Score:1, Troll)
Mayby this will be different, if you delay a game that means it has the potential to be good, mayby they should apply this idea to the revolution.
Re:Whatever (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like it, given the game you mentioned doesn't exist.
Re:Whatever (Score:2)
*sigh* oh for the days of beating gannon with a bug net. ;-)
Re:Whatever (Score:1)
What was wrong with Link's Awakening? (Score:2)
i didnt like any zelda game after a link through time.
GANNON-BANNED! [gannon-banned.com] Let's try that again:
i didnt like any zelda game after a link to the past.
What was wrong with Link's Awakening, the Oracle games, and The Minish Cap?
Good O'l Nintendo (Score:1)
Next gen isn't that big of deal anymore (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Next gen isn't that big of deal anymore (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Next gen isn't that big of deal anymore (Score:1)
Re:Next gen isn't that big of deal anymore (Score:3, Insightful)
1977 Atari 2600
1980 Intellivision
1982 Colecovision
1985 NES released in US
Re:Next gen isn't that big of deal anymore (Score:1)
I use to love that Ladybug game. Kinda like pac-man. I miss my old Coleco
Even compared to the n64 (Score:2)
While I definitely agree with you that improvements aren't quite as profound as they were back then, the Atari 2600 and NES were released [farther] apart
True, 1977 (Atari 2600) to 1984 (Nintendo Family Computer) was longer than a typical console generation. But the improvements from the PS1/N64 generation (1995) to the Xbox 360 generation (2005) are still just more vertices and more texels on top of the same display model.
in the US
Now you're getting into region coding, not technology. Do you suppo
Re:Even compared to the n64 (Score:1)
The only new gameplay possibility that I see next-generation systems opening up is more complex physics (and I suppose high def can help with some games). I think Nintendo realizes that mor
Delayed to add more content (Score:2, Informative)
"After much discussion, the Zelda development team has requested extra time to add new levels, more depth and even higher quality to Zelda: Twilight Princess. Consequently, we're announcing a new global launch in 2006," stated Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo of America's vice president of Marketing and Corporate Affairs.
Re:Delayed to add more content (Score:1)
Re:Delayed to add more content (Score:1)
Clearly Miyamoto and Aonuma don't find the game in its current form acceptable. They're attempting to improve on what many people consider the best game of all time (OoT). "Finished"
good news (Score:1)
Re:good news (Score:1)
Acting problems (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441877/ [imdb.com]
Re:Acting problems (Score:1)
Sherushly (Score:1)
Re:Sherushly (Score:2)
Re:Sherushly (Score:1)
strike
Re:Sherushly (Score:2)
I picked up a used copy of Four Swords for about $20, and it was actually quite fun, even though it was very short in 1-player mode.
And from what i've heard, it's several times better if you have a few friends to play with you.
Blunder or Strategic Business Move? (Score:2)
But this might not be such a blunder, on their part. With Zelda out of the picture, they can focus their holiday marketing on the DS and online strategy. MarioKart DS and Animal Crossing DS are both internet enabled, scheduled to be released in the fall. If Nintendo does this right, they'll secure their
Re:Blunder or Strategic Business Move? (Score:1)
Nintendo competing with self on Revolution? (Score:2, Interesting)
There are a few possible results of the delay that I see.
1) Revolution is delayed or otherwise coming out in 2007. This is the Nintendo way, and the most probable conclusion we can draw. I hate this option. Nintendo will do no good
Re:Nintendo competing with self on Revolution? (Score:2, Interesting)
And by "brilliant, innovative, fun kids," I mean Nintendo. Hmmmm...
2) Yellow or green? Ewww. Try gold! Or black with an illuminated Triforce on the side! Yeah! And mini ninja monkey wizards from Japan right in the box! I'd buy it.
3) Release it against the Revolution? Anyone with EITHER a Gamecube OR a Revolution would buy the new Zelda, so it wouldn't really be going against anything. They'd ge
Re:Nintendo competing with self on Revolution? (Score:2)
No doubt there are exceptions, but I would venture a guess that people who both play Madden 2006 and are worried that much about graphics...Probably would not care that much about a Zelda game in the first place.
And to
DS Push (Score:1)
This way, Nintendo's name is in the spotlight for the DS Wi-Fi games during the holidays,
So why exactly is more content being added? (Score:1)
There seem to be two major camps on this issue: Those that think any delay to their precious Zelda game is either bad in that it keeps the game out of their hands or could hurt Nintendo financially, and those that are hoping that more time equates to better game.
In all honesty, the last game that a marketing department has managed to get me interested in far in advance was probably Fabl
Re:So why exactly is more content being added? (Score:2)
I think they realized how much many gamers resented that. You can put in an optional 20 hour side quest that involves fetching stuff, and I'll probably do it. But when it's required, and it feels so obviously slapped on w
Possible "upgrade" when playing on Revolution? (Score:1)
Since the Revolution will be backward compatable, wouldn't it be possible to have the game sense whether it's in a GC or Revolution, and adjust graphics settings accordingly? Playable on GC, but better looking on Revo?
Computer games have graphics settings... It seems like it should be fairly easy to bring this type of thing to consoles as well.
Wake me when its .. (Score:1)
I have noticed people tend to hang on to the Link though.
No sir, but we do have 700 copies of Madden, NBA Street, NHL 200(1)(2)(3)(4)(5) at 6 bucks a pop.
Ready? Let's hear it: (Score:3, Funny)
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Ouch. (Score:1)
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Re:Of course it was (Score:1)
thanks for pissing on my parade
Re:After the Fiscal Year? (Score:1)
Re:After the Fiscal Year? (Score:1)