Zelda delayed to next year

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-08-16 12:55pm

Noooooo!

Well, it wasn't completely unexpected, but it seems like the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will miss the holidays, because the developers want to add extra levels and "depth" to the game. To compensate, Nintendo have released seven new screenshots. Two of which are of a town, that for once, actually looks like a town

Check it out!

That is seriously a lot of NPCs! I wonder if you can talk to everyone... Most of the models seems to only be re-used twice at the most (I count four fat knights and three old ladies with head scarves). Strangely enough, they seem to have a rather different style than the people from Link's village...

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2005-08-16 01:04pm

*Shots of crowd running down a street, crashing sounds behind them.
A shadow looms over the crowd.
Generic Japanese guy looks over his shoulder and screams:*

"DAAAAALTONZILAAAAAA!"

Dalton: ROAAAAAAAAAR!

*Dalton destroys a city block in rage*

Genii Lodus · Post by **Genii Lodus** » 2005-08-16 01:17pm

Damn, not that there was ever much chance of Nintendo releasing it in Europe before Christmas anyway.

Presumably they've learned from Wind Waker where the game was rushed to meet deadlines and it was not quite perfect.

Leaves them without any big Christmas hit doesn't it? If it was originally scheduled to go against the XBOX360 will it not be scheduled to launch against the PS3? Because I think that would be a bit silly.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-08-16 01:53pm

Damn, that sucks.
Even more so, since I playtested it yesterday and it is a joy to play. (horseback combat rocks

)

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-08-16 01:53pm

Pcm979 wrote:*Shots of crowd running down a street, crashing sounds behind them.
A shadow looms over the crowd.
Generic Japanese guy looks over his shoulder and screams:*

"DAAAAALTONZILAAAAAA!"

Dalton: ROAAAAAAAAAR!

*Dalton destroys a city block in rage*

Yeah, that about sums it up. Looks great, though.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2005-08-16 02:00pm

Ah well. If it's to enhance the game's already mind-blowing mind-blowingness I guess it's acceptable.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-08-16 02:21pm

Bastards! Yet another game I was looking forward to delayed!

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-08-16 03:13pm

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, at least they're not rushing it

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-08-16 03:14pm

Hopefully they didn't delay it because of the 360 launch, and using this as an excuse so no one will get mad at them.

Geist has tainted my anticipation of anything delayed.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-08-16 04:36pm

As long as this means there's more than four dungeons (Yes, Wind Waker, I'm looking at you), it's all good.

There are plenty of shiny things betwixt now and release.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-08-16 04:41pm

the .303 bookworm wrote:Damn, that sucks.
Even more so, since I playtested it yesterday and it is a joy to play. (horseback combat rocks )

Wait.

EVERYONE HOLD THE PRESS.

Explain yourself.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-08-16 04:42pm

Bah, this game getting delayed is a good thing. It means that they're actually putting some serious effort into it. So what if it's not out for fucking Christmas?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-08-16 04:44pm

Vendetta wrote:As long as this means there's more than four dungeons (Yes, Wind Waker, I'm looking at you), it's all good.

I've heard that it will have something more along the lines of the number of dungeons in OoT or ALttP.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2005-08-16 04:53pm

Ace Pace wrote:Wait.

EVERYONE HOLD THE PRESS.

Explain yourself.

He's rich, idle, and has beta-tested Zelda. Can anyone donate a few dollars to put a price on his head?

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2005-08-16 04:56pm

I was going to hold off until the Revolution to get this game, since I don't have a cube.

And I still can still stick to that.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-08-16 05:06pm

I'm rich, idle, and nearly played around with the Xbox360 and have a job at a game company.

You don't see anyone putting a price on my head

*ducks*.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-08-16 05:09pm

Pcm979 wrote:He's rich, idle, and has beta-tested Zelda.

Not necessarily (about the beta-testing anyway). I read somewhere that there is some sort of Nintendo on Tour thing, where they would have the same demo available, that they had on E3. He probably played that one.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2005-08-16 05:13pm

I still want to put a hit out on him.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2005-08-16 09:01pm

I'm not too dissapointed, as I wasn't anticipating this game too eagerly (although I'm definately going to buy it when it comes out), but I guess if it results in a deeper, less buggier game, it will be worth the extra wait. Unless, of course, they're adding three new dungeons in addition to the initial one they had planned.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2005-08-16 09:05pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Bah, this game getting delayed is a good thing. It means that they're actually putting some serious effort into it. So what if it's not out for fucking Christmas?

Yeah, remember that this game is brought to us by the guy who said: "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever."

If he says they need to take some more time to make it better, I can live with that.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2005-08-16 09:38pm

Motherfucker.

*sigh* Here's to hoping that the delay will be worth it.

But at least the screens look beautiful.

Loner · Post by **Loner** » 2005-08-16 11:23pm

I can wait. Mario Kart DS, and all the other DS games will keep me occupied.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2005-08-17 12:35am

Out of curiosity, is Link the ONLY left-handed videogame protagonist in existence? If so, why?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-08-17 12:39am

It's because his creator Shigeru Miyamoto is left-handed.

Loner · Post by **Loner** » 2005-08-17 01:41am

I thought he was ambidextrous?