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Twilight Princess development team requests extra time to make it a better game.
August 16, 2005 - Nintendo announced this morning that its anticipated new adventure game, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, has been delayed. The title, formerly scheduled to debut this November around the world, has since been postponed to 2006 so that the developer can continue to make the game better.
"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," said Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan. "Consequently, we're announcing a new global launch in 2006, after the conclusion of this fiscal year (March 31). We'll provide a specific date at a later point in time. While this may come as a disappointment to many eager fans, it will absolutely enrich the game and make it a multi-million seller."
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.
In the epic adventure, a 17-year-old Link travels across a gritty, realistic world and is able to move into an alternate dark land called the Twilight Realm, where he transforms into a wolf. Twilight Princess won a number of considerations by critics when it was presented in playable form at the Electronics Entertainment Expo. However, even then, members of the development team hinted in interviews that they would have to work overtime in order to meet a holiday release.
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Why would it mean more people would buy it? Surely pretty much the only people who are interested in Zelda are people who are always interested in Zelda.
I'm grateful that Nintendo are taking more time with the game. Let em have as long as they want, then it'd be even better. (Not til 2010, obviously).
If it does push the revolution back even further, then no worries. Sure, we'll have to wait longer, but there's plenty of decent games out on the cube to keep us Ninty fans occupied.
It's a good thing I changed my GAD claim to Killer 7 though...
> "it will absolutely enrich the game and make it a multi-million
> seller."
>
> Why would it mean more people would buy it? Surely pretty much the
> only people who are interested in Zelda are people who are always
> interested in Zelda.
and in 2006 people will be too busy with their PS3/Xbox360 to give a crap about the Gamecube. No-one cares now, never mind then.
It is annoying, though, and will probably hurt the games sales, but I'd prefer it to have much more content. Wind Waker and a lot of Nintendo's recent games have suffered due to being too short, so an epic game would be welcome, even if it does mean we have to wait for an age.
But I predict that there will be 0 releases for cube between January and April. *sigh*
Notice how all these complaints have been what it does to Nintendo's marketing strategy? I'd rather wait for a better game.
As long as they do actually release it and don't hold it back for Revolution or something, then that's ok with me, just a bit annoying.
I'll have PC games to keep me happy anyway.