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Shiggy · Nov 23, 2016

Nintendo are internally aiming for a June 16 2017 UK Breath of the Wild Switch release. Aiming Wii U for June 23 2017 UK.

https://mobile.twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/801370512379224065

Laura Kate Dale in action again. She's also apparently been blacklisted by Nintendo UK now.

Persona7 · Nov 23, 2016

Wii U's final L

LordKano · Nov 23, 2016

Worth mentioning the other info too : the Xenoblade X port is handled externally, while Monolith Soft is working on his own project.

Dryk · Nov 23, 2016

Shiggy said:
Laura Kate Dale in action again. She's also apparently been blacklisted by Nintendo UK now.

She has sources inside Nintendo so all this does is increase her credibility.

Yoshi88 · Nov 23, 2016

LordKano said:
Worth mentioning the other info too : the Xenoblade X port is handled externally, while Monolith Soft is working on his own project.

Best news this week

Can't wait for their new project.

Jb · Nov 23, 2016

June's not too bad. I was afraid they pushed it to the second half of 2017.

KingSnake · Nov 23, 2016

I hope this is true. It's the ideal way to keep the Switch sales momentum post-launch up until holidays. And even if it misses the launch, there is not that much longer to wait in the end.

dancrane212 · Nov 23, 2016

That's earlier than I thought when the last rumor said the game was going to be released after the switch launch. Figured it would be closer to the holidays.

FrontalMonk · Nov 23, 2016

Ah, the ol Twilight Princess switcharoo, only worse.

frankie_baby · Nov 23, 2016

Oh wow birthday release for me (uk) think i know what I'll getting as a present although I'm going to a festival so wont be able to play it all weekend

Edit - I've not had enough coffee this morning, its the wii u release not the uk release on my birthday lol

maxcriden · Nov 23, 2016

June is reassuringly soon. Yay. #Skittzowasright.

KingSnake · Nov 23, 2016

FrontalMonk said:
Ah, the ol Twilight Princess switcharoo, only worse.

How it's worse when it's just a week?

The Hermit · Nov 23, 2016

I am not holding my breath for a WiiU version anymore

The Switch version launches a day before my birthday... I swore I would never buy a system at launch since the 3DS. Goddammit Nintendo

ggx2ac · Nov 23, 2016

E3 and then Zelda in the same week.

@MUWANdo · Nov 23, 2016

KingSnake said:
I hope this is true. It's the ideal way to keep the Switch sales momentum post-launch up until holidays. And even if it misses the launch, there is not that much longer to wait in the end.

They did exactly the same thing with 3DS--release in March, hold OOT3D (and Starfox 64 3D) back until June to "give third-party publishers some breathing room"--and it backfired hard.

Then again, I'm sure they have better first-party launch titles lined up for Switch than Pilotwings and Nintendogs, which would obviously help just a little.

Aaron Strife · Nov 23, 2016

KingSnake said:
How it's worse when it's just a week?

Yeah, TP was about a month's difference.

Or maybe because TP was a launch title vs having to wait three months after the Switch launch.

MomoQca · Nov 23, 2016

LordKano said:
Worth mentioning the other info too : the Xenoblade X port is handled externally, while Monolith Soft is working on his own project.

In addition to that, the game is coming in 2018 at the earliest.

tolkir · Nov 23, 2016

LordKano said:
Worth mentioning the other info too : the Xenoblade X port is handled externally, while Monolith Soft is working on his own project.

I thought that Monolith Soft was working on Zelda.

Lilalaunebaer · Nov 23, 2016

That´s E3 week, which is when i take time off from work so that´s neat for me. E3 + Zelda.

kraspkibble · Nov 23, 2016

i'm fine with that.

maxcriden · Nov 23, 2016

KingSnake said:
I hope this is true. It's the ideal way to keep the Switch sales momentum post-launch up until holidays. And even if it misses the launch, there is not that much longer to wait in the end.

Totally agreed. This is probably the smartest and most ideal way to delay. Plenty of time to play through Mario first, at the least.

BocoDragon · Nov 23, 2016

They need to stop announcing Zelda release dates.

Have they even made a single one? Thinking back 20 years, this is the norm.

dex3108 · Nov 23, 2016

"Thank you for supporting us Wii U owners but now go and buy Switch if you want to play it early"

DNAbro · Nov 23, 2016

Man I'm really going to need a Switch.

oti · Nov 23, 2016

ggx2ac said:
E3 and then Zelda in the same week.

Second Christmas just got Christmas-ier.

heringer · Nov 23, 2016

Just one month away from when I'm planning to buy a Switch. Not too bad.

Ridley327 · Nov 23, 2016

tolkir said:
I thought that Monolith Soft was working on Zelda.

They are, but it's a small chunk of the studio. They're assuredly hard at work on their next big RPG by now.

Stilton Disco · Nov 23, 2016

I know it makes sense financially, but Nintendo's willingness to toss WiiU owners under a bus for the sake Switch sales is really not treating their customers well.

I mean sure, they're mostly hardcore Nintendo fans and will somehow see the WiiU version's delay as a positive, but still, shifty behaviour by Nintendo.

In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if the WiiU version were actually already finished, and the delays are purely driven by the Switch port.

Persona7 · Nov 23, 2016

dex3108 said:
"Thank you for supporting us Wii U owners but now go and buy Switch if you want to play it early"

makes sense though.

LordKano · Nov 23, 2016

tolkir said:
I thought that Monolith Soft was working on Zelda.

It's only a part of Monolith Soft who helps on different Nintendo projects.

Skittzo0413 · Nov 23, 2016

maxcriden said:
June is reassuringly soon. Yay. #Skittzowasright.

We all win here!

Stilton Disco said:
In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if the WiiU version were actually already finished, and the delays are purely driven by the Switch port.

Rumore from the same source indicate that localization and testing is what is making Zelda miss March, which affects the Wii U version equally. So no, it's not finished.

13ruce · Nov 23, 2016

Just in time for the summer vacation!

NSESN · Nov 23, 2016

Now i feel bad for wii u owners

Jim_Cacher · Nov 23, 2016

Right after E3 2017? Interesting. E3 can help me weather the hype of a new Zelda game.

DKHF · Nov 23, 2016

If it hits that date it will be very nice to have Zelda and E3 in the same week.

maxcriden · Nov 23, 2016

Skittzo0413 said:
We all win here!

I meant it sincerely of course, I'm thrilled

Eolz · Nov 23, 2016

Dryk said:
She has sources inside Nintendo so all this does is increase her credibility.

Even if she wasn't credible, she'd be blacklisted. Surprised it took this long tbh.

Dreamwriter · Nov 23, 2016

This flies in the face of what Nintendo has been saying, that BotW is launching simultaneously on Switch and Wii U.

DrunkShogun · Nov 23, 2016

That's good for me. Persona takes April and that leaves me May to catch up on anybgames I skipped during the busy period.

Another slap to wii u I guess. Guess I will buy switch in June.

KingSnake · Nov 23, 2016

@MUWANdo said:
They did exactly the same thing with 3DS--release in March, hold OOT3D (and Starfox 64 3D) back until June to "give third-party publishers some breathing room"--and it backfired hard.

Then again, I'm sure they have better first-party launch titles lined up for Switch than Pilotwings and Nintendogs, which would obviously help just a little.

The difference being that now they will have at least Mario 3d at launch plus a bunch of enhanced ports. At least.

Matt · Nov 23, 2016

Dreamwriter said:
This flies in the face of what Nintendo has been saying, that BotW is launching simultaneously on Switch and Wii U.

It's a few days, not really a big deal.

13ruce · Nov 23, 2016

Well it's only a week later for Wii U, Twilight Princess was like a month later on gamecube right?

TheDinoman · Nov 23, 2016

Dreamwriter said:
This flies in the face of what Nintendo has been saying, that BotW is launching simultaneously on Switch and Wii U.

Nintendo says a lot of things. But to be fair, even if it's a week apart, these versions still do come out right around the same time, so...

hEist · Nov 23, 2016

wow, ninty showing Wii U Users the middlefinger.

Occam · Nov 23, 2016

Hahahaha, the game won't even be ready in time for Switch's launch?
Oh Nintendo, what are you doing.

(Presumably everyone else already knew this, but I wasn't keeping up to date regarding Zelda BotW.)

Yoshi · Nov 23, 2016

Shiggy said:
https://mobile.twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/801370512379224065

Laura Kate Dale in action again. She's also apparently been blacklisted by Nintendo UK now.

What does the blacklisting entail?

kulapik · Nov 23, 2016

Matches with the Target leak.

Yoshi said:
What does the blacklisting entail?

No review copies or invitation to press events.

KingSnake · Nov 23, 2016

Dreamwriter said:
This flies in the face of what Nintendo has been saying, that BotW is launching simultaneously on Switch and Wii U.

When did Nintendo say "simultaneously"?

Alienous · Nov 23, 2016

It wouldn't be enough enough that they supported the Wii U? Nintendo really want to push loyal supporters to the Switch that badly - they bought the Wii U, they're diehard, they're buying a Switch regardless.

I hope the rumour isn't true.

Persona7 · Nov 23, 2016

13ruce said:
Well it's only a week later for Wii U, Twilight Princess was like a month later on gamecube right?

It was a few weeks IIRC.

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