Zelda not part of the Revolution

[bapenguin]

According to Gamesindustry.biz (http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=13911), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will not contain any special features or controller options on Nintendo's upcoming Revolution console as previously reported. (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8256)

"The article in the January edition of NGC Magazine is pure speculation," the company said.

"Nintendo have made no new announcements regarding The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. We can however confirm that the game is still in development and that it will launch on Nintendo GameCube in 2006."
Ah well. Maybe this means it will be out sooner rather than later? Or maybe it means there's a separate version of the game in the works for the Revolution.

[Abednigo]

Who cares?! Have you seen what this thing is going to look like?!?! It's the only game I'm looking forward to right now.

[Scaryboy]

I'm happy about this. The possibility of yet another delay for the Revolution release was looming large in my neurosis gland.

[Cubfan]

good.

(the fact that my message is less than 10 characters- not so good)

[Sion]

I know someone who knows someone at Nintendo and they are saying 4-14 give or take a few days.

[Rirath]

Hallelujah, some sensibility!

Still though, I expect this thread to contain 80+% of "Good! Great! I knew Nintendo was this smart! They made the prefect move!" by people who were applauding the delay. Nintendo can do no wrong, after all. ;)

[EGO]

They need a killer-ap for the Revolution. Let's hope if Zelda's not it, something else is.

Either way, I'm buying Zelda on whatever platform.

[Achilles]

This is good for me because I don’t really want to buy a Revolution unless there’s something like Zelda on it, but I think this is a really bad move for Nintendo.

This would be an amazing launch title, and one that got a significant amount of work put into it. It would really be a system seller. Instead they’re releasing it for a system that hasn’t done very well and is at the end of its life cycle.

[Nessus]

I think they *should* be able to have Metroid Prime 3 fairly close to launch, probably before Christmas. I mean they started working on it over a year ago.

Hoping they can somehow managed to get Super Smash Bros. Online out at launch. Those two games could carry the system at launch even without a Mario or Zelda title till 2007.

Perhaps toss in the rumored Ubi Soft FPS game by the Beyond Good And Evil team and could be a decent launch.

[SMES]

I remember reading that TP was supposed to be the last, greatest game in the "ocarina of time" style of zelda games.

Personally, I'm very excited about this. It really sounds like they are putting their all into polishing this, and since I really like the Ocarina style (as most people do), I have high hopes for it.

A half-assed Revolution launch reworking would have dissapointed me, especially if it caused a delay. However, adding a few fun things for the Rev could have been cool. Like special sword swinging with the rev controller, etc.

[Rirath]

This would be an amazing launch title, and one that got a significant amount of work put into it. It would really be a system seller. Instead they’re releasing it for a system that hasn’t done very well and is at the end of its life cycle.

How about the fact that it was DEVELOPED for a system that hasn't done very well and is at the end of it's life cycle? People seem to forget that. Pushing it back to the Rev's release date and adding Rev features does NOT make a it Rev launch title.

[mister_slim]

I remember reading that TP was supposed to be the last, greatest game in the "ocarina of time" style of zelda games.
I think Nintendo sees the Revolution controller as as much of a paradigm shift as the movement from 2D to 3D. They could be right.
How about the fact that it was DEVELOPED for a system that hasn't done very well and is at the end of it's life cycle? People seem to forget that. Pushing it back to the Rev's release date and adding Rev features does NOT make a it Rev launch title.
Hey, it worked for the 360.

[Achilles]

How about the fact that it was DEVELOPED for a system that hasn't done very well and is at the end of it's life cycle? People seem to forget that. Pushing it back to the Rev's release date and adding Rev features does NOT make a it Rev launch title.Ah yes, but if the rumors are true that the Rev's hardware is pretty much the same as the Game Cube's hardware in how it works, it would probably be a small job to port it to the new console. You'd get to do some upgrades because it's around twice as powerful, maybe put in some surface properties. Heck don't even use the Rev's controller, use a game cube controller, whatever. Point is it would sell systems and get them out to a great start and that is way more important in the long run than releasing it on the system that it was originally developed for.

At best they can hope for a boost of confidence from Twilight Princess that translates into Rev sales if they leave it on the Cube. But I don't think keeping it on the Cube is the best plan to grow their console market share.

[Sensei-X]

Ah yes, but if the rumors are true that the Rev's hardware is pretty much the same as the Game Cube's hardware in how it works, it would probably be a small job to port it to the new console. You'd get to do some upgrades because it's around twice as powerful, maybe put in some surface properties. Heck don't even use the Rev's controller, use a game cube controller, whatever. Point is it would sell systems and get them out to a great start and that is way more important in the long run than releasing it on the system that it was originally developed for.

At best they can hope for a boost of confidence from Twilight Princess that translates into Rev sales if they leave it on the Cube. But I don't think keeping it on the Cube is the best plan to grow their console market share.

The thing to remember here is that many people went out and got a GC based solely on the promise of TP coming out on it, and I think at this point if Nintendo were to say, "Ooops, sorry, you have to buy our new console to play TP", would cause a crap-storm of epic proportions. Besides, Revolution has no release date and people are sick and tired of waiting already, delaying it any further would hurt them more then it would help.

[AversionFX]

Wait, why the hell are they releasing Zelda for the Gamecube and not on the new console that Nintendo is going to be releasing?

[51|RandoM]

Wait, why the hell are they releasing Zelda for the Gamecube and not on the new console that Nintendo is going to be releasing?

They will be releasing Zelda on the revolution, just not this zelda. You don't just whip up a zelda game overnight.

[Nessus]

Personally I'd rather they release Twilight Princess for GameCube because I would want any Revolution Zelda title to be built from the ground up to take advantage of the new controller. Plus I like my GameCube.

[EL CABONG]

so they wil have a new zelda game for the Revolution ? wow I mihgt care if it was going to come out in the next 3 years or so. knowing Nintendo like most of there first partly games it will be delayed and delayed. Might be great but is too far off for me to care.

[mister_slim]

Personally, I think releasing Twilight Princess for GC and then a rebuilt Master-Quest-style Revolution version would make the most sense.

[tigertunes]

is there any releases of zelda available for the pc does anyone know ?

[Phades]

The thing to remember here is that many people went out and got a GC based solely on the promise of TP coming out on it, and I think at this point if Nintendo were to say, "Ooops, sorry, you have to buy our new console to play TP", would cause a crap-storm of epic proportions. Besides, Revolution has no release date and people are sick and tired of waiting already, delaying it any further would hurt them more then it would help.

I would be a member of that camp. If it got moved solely to the Revolution I'd be annoyed..... and buy it anyway ;)

I think slim's got the right idea though. Release it on Gamecube so Gamecube owners are happy. And release a deluxe version on Revolution.