Nintendo Dismisses October Zelda Launch

Nintendo is dismissing rumours of an October launch for the newest Legend of Zelda title as nothing more than hearsay. From the GamesIndustry.biz story: "We haven't announced any potential release dates for the new Legend of Zelda title. Everything published to date is entirely speculation and we hope to announce more about the game at E3 in May."

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Re:More delays? 4 years running for this title...

[Anonymous Coward]

4 years?

The Zelda shown at SpaceWorld years ago was a tech demo that showcased progress on a previous, unrelated Zelda game. Look at the character model; it's very different from that of Zelda 2K5. It is the project that was put on the back burner to make way for Wind Waker.

Work on this new Zelda was started after Wind Waker. Aonuma-sensei has stated that this is a new project.

So this title has been announced once (@ E32K4) and delayed never. That is the deal here, fellow Zelda fan.

Re:Why wait? Buy now!

[Ra5pu7in]

Try finding Devil May Cry 3 in the first week. It's a balance of the initial expected sales and the actual demand. Sometimes way less sell than were expected (>1 million pre-orders doesn't tell you how many were duplicates by people covering all the bases) and sometimes early demand is even better than planned.

It's also dependant on where you look and where in the country you are. When you live in a metropolitan area with populations over a million, games seem to sell out more often. Shop at EB Games and Gamestop and you'll find they routinely sell out - and never know how or when they'll get their next batch. Drive over to Toys 'R' Us and they might have a few copies sitting around. Ditto for Circuit City or Media Play or Fry's Electronics, which are not primarily game stores ... so they sometimes have a few copies sitting around.

Pre-ordering a game is only necessary if 1) it has reached a certain level of hype, 2) you know the store you go to is likely to sell out, and 3) you absolutely must have it the first day.