Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2005/021905a.html

Aonuma, who worked on The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time as a level designer and directed the follow-up The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was, for the most part, tight-lipped concerning the new Zelda titles: "The next episode in the Zelda series for GameCube is already completed, but I can't say absolutely anything about it," he said. "You know the deal -- even the title and theme are still secret."

He did, however, disclose a few bits of previously unknown information. "The next grand Zelda game, which follows chronologically after the Wind Waker, will be released at the end of 2005 in Japan." When he was asked for more specific details, he only said: "I can reveal one lone secret: it'll be very, very beautiful."

He can't possibly mean it's finished and ready for production. If it was, it would be out in Japan by July at the latest. If it is finished, I'd rather get it in a few months rather than wait until Christmas, where I'll have to decide between it and like 10 other games that I'll probably want real bad by then.

[Mistafopa]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

Wow, what a craptacular press release.

[DK]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

"I can reveal one lone secret: it'll be very, very beautiful."

No kidding?

[Denmo]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

Glad I bought a GameCube.

[IRC]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

That's fine with me. I'm still playing the Bonus Disc so by the time I'm finished with OoT and MM, this will finally be out.

[Kire]

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""I can reveal one lone secret: it'll be very, very beautiful."

OMG SPOILERZZZZZ!!!!!

Denethor, you could've bought a Gamecube in like 8 months.

[Denmo]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

You're right. I could've.

[DK]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

I bought mine when it first dropped to 99 dollars, I bought it for Resident Evil 4 and it now that I have RE4 it was well worth it.

[Nixon]

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I haven't been interested in a zelda game since Link to the Past, but I'm going to pick this up... regardless of what Alzar says about Zelda's "new look!"

[Naruto]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

The plan has always been to save it for E3. I'm thinking the game will be released a few weeks after E3. It's all about building up the hype. This year's E3 will be the biggest EVER with the 3 (maybe 4?) new systems being revealed and Nintendo needs all the big guns it can get.

[Mistafopa]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

Exactly.

Plus it's a zelda game, no way they're going to do it any less of a service than a christmas miracle release.

[highwind]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

Read Nixon's post again.

Those are my feelings.

[Alzar]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

I liked Zelda's New Look. But actually I didn't like Wind Waker very much. I did, up until the end, I guess. At the end it turned into this horrible fetch quest.

[Denmo]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

That and the bosses were super-mega-topia easy.

[JLaCroix]

Re: Next GameCube Zelda "Completed" but not coming until late 2005? Wha?

They're waiting probably because they want to give Zelda a rest for a while, or to build suspense and momentum which makes more sense financially. I say both.