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Zelda: Twilight Princess Delayed

Posted by Zonk on from the is-this-it? dept.

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."

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  1. Of course it was by dmauro · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Was anyone actually expecting it to come out for this holiday season?

  2. Re:From the is-this-it? dept. by RogueyWon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OK, so now address the original poster's point. Name me a single exclusive game set for release on the Cube this Christmas that's even vaguely likely to be worth waiting for. Looking at a few pre-order websites, I see:

    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-platform anyway.
    Erm...
    That's it...

    The whole knee-jerk Nintendo fanboy thing got old a long time ago.