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Zelda in November?

I think Nintendo have told us for the last year that it is for the Revolution.
It will be the ultimate example of how easy it is to switch from GC to Rev development.
They harp on about how people can start developing for the Revolution on the GC development kits and just switch it over when they get their final kits, and it will be that simple.
Either that or we will get a Rev version 1.5 showing the difference and the ease of porting time?
 
I would love Zelda:TP to be a visually enhanced/extra featured rev-only title, but if that is Nintendo's plan, why would practically every nintendo manager known to us (the public), continually tell us its going to be a GC game?

Would they not think that would make the matter even worse ? lying to us over and over again, telling us the game is for the GC, and then suprising us with making it a rev launch title?
 
Jasper said:
I would love Zelda:TP to be a visually enhanced/extra featured rev-only title, but if that is Nintendo's plan, why would practically every nintendo manager known to us (the public), continually tell us its going to be a GC game?

Would they not think that would make the matter even worse ? lying to us over and over again, telling us the game is for the GC, and then suprising us with making it a rev launch title?
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Mario was always going to be a GC game, then it was an experiment.
Nintendo lie everyday.
The fella at Nintendo UK saying that he knew not of a new DS then the next day the DSlite was announced and his staff announced they'd been playing with it the few days before it was announced.
Nintendo lie ALL THE TIME!!
 
Please, let Zelda:TP be people! Shit is supposed to be like the last hurrah for the 'traditional' Zelda games anyway, it don't need to be bogged down by Rev enhancements or whatever additional features a Rev release would mean.

Gamecube last bang, gonna be awesome.
 
DefectiveReject said:
Mario was always going to be a GC game, then it was an experiment.
Nintendo lie everyday.
The fella as Nintendo UK sdaying that he knew not aof a new DS then the next day it was announced and his staff announced they'd been playing with it the few days before it was announced.
Nintendo lie ALL THE TIME!!
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But imho that is absolutely different to what they have done with Zelda. They had to lie about the DS Lite, otherwise they would have destroyed the unveiling.
Mario 128 never got a release date, we never got any screenshots, we (afaik) never got any concrete information, nothing.
On the other hand we already had a release date for Zelda, we had in on TWO E3's and on E3 2005 it was clearly the main Gamecube game.
I would be surprised if Nintendo would throw ~3 years of development out of the window just to give us a "Nintendo Revolution" game - and "Nintendo Revolution" in this case would mean that you either wouldn't use the wand at all or that it would probably be poorly implemented (or they would have to delay it even more).
This is a game designed from the ground up for Gamecube and imho there is no reason at all to put it on NRev.
 
fly high ~ayunite~ said:
Hopefully if it is on the Rev then it means more grass.
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I mean't it will work on the Rev and WTF is it with people that the first thing they want with an upgraded zelda is f*cking grass.
 
Xellotah said:
I mean't it will work on the Rev and WTF is it with people that the first thing they want with an upgraded zelda is f*cking grass.
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hello, Xellotah, it's an ongoing gag making fun of olimario.
 
I am discussing a rev-only game though. A game that will take full advantage of the Rev's graphic capabilties, controller and possible wi-fi connection.

Not a middle-ground version, were you stick the game disc into a rev, and it still looks like a GC version, only with different controls. That is not worthy enough to be marketed or released as a revolution flagship title.


Would that not look bad? The Rev's possible must own game (Zelda:TP) being nothing more then a GC title with GC graphics, but with fancy controls?


To buy a brand new Revolution, we deserve better then that, and the only way i believe Nintendo can pull this off, is to make it a Rev-only game, and the systems' killer launch title.
 
Sounds pretty much like the same thing Microsoft did with Halo 2. The game was probably ready months before Thanksgiving 2004, they just delayed it to make it a holiday release. If we don't see anything next month, I would say it's safe to assume it's being delayed. Nintendo said it would come out by the middle of April and they typically start their marketing a month before a game is released.
 
Frankfurter said:
But imho that is absolutely different to what they have done with Zelda. They had to lie about the DS Lite, otherwise they would have destroyed the unveiling.
Mario 128 never got a release date, we never got any screenshots, we (afaik) never got any concrete information, nothing.
On the other hand we already had a release date for Zelda, we had in on TWO E3's and on E3 2005 it was clearly the main Gamecube game.
I would be surprised if Nintendo would throw ~3 years of development out of the window just to give us a "Nintendo Revolution" game - and "Nintendo Revolution" in this case would mean that you either wouldn't use the wand at all or that it would probably be poorly implemented (or they would have to delay it even more).
This is a game designed from the ground up for Gamecube and imho there is no reason at all to put it on NRev.
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It was an idea man, i'm not stating a fact.
What if theyÂ’d only shown you what they have running on a GC engine to keep you all quiet and off their back until the Rev launches?
What if they’d said: “Zelda TP is on Revolution, GC is dead”. That would have been it; the GC would be deader than it is now. But with everyone believing it is a GC title, they hold onto their GC’s and keep buying the odd title to tide them over??
Its business, and you tell people what they wanna hear.
TheyÂ’ve told us that developers can develop on the GC and switch over to the Rev when they have final kits. Well if the Hollywood and Broadway chips have only just finished being developed then NintendoÂ’s own studios surely would have been developing on GCÂ’s up to now?
We havenÂ’t seen hide nor hair of Zelda in a long time now!
Jasper said:
I am discussing a rev-only game though. A game that will take full advantage of the Rev's graphic capabilties, controller and possible wi-fi connection.
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which is what i am. This thing has disappeared right around the time near final dev kits have started to go out? I know Nintendo internally will have had them longer than everyone, but it hasn't been seen in a loooooong time now for a game so near to release (supposedly!!)
 
i think it's going launch near revolution now, around nov this year. too many hints and virtually no sign of the game since e3 05.

i think there's even a slight possibility for there to be two versions of the game. one for gc only and then a premium edition for $60 on a dvd disc, that not only uses rev's features but also has improved graphics and higher res textures etc, and also included a soundtrack cd and a few other bits.

if it is released around revolution it's going to be one of the most anticipated launch titles in videogame history.
 
1) TP is releasing on GameCube.

2) TP is releasing for Revolution launch (backwards compatibility).

3) TP will have extra features when played on Revolution.

4) Nintendo's biggest game in its history will give Rev a kick-start.

5) It's that simple.
 
Zelda in November?!? Phoenix am cry.

Iwata has said that the Revolution will be released shortly before Thanksgiving. If Zelda does indeed come out in November, I'm thinking it'll be released eary in the first week of the month. The Revolution will come out on the 16th perhaps.

November 1: Zelda TP
November 16: Revolution

?

I pray Nintendo didn't just delay the game to add Revolution functions. That would make me cry.
 
bumpkin said:
I think we'll see it out before May.
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LOL no. If Zelda was coming out before August, we'd have seen more information on it by now. August at the earliest. I do think it'll launch at least a month before Revolution, unless they are really, really trying to hype up any extra compatibility.
 
PhoenixDark said:
I pray Nintendo didn't just delay the game to add Revolution functions. That would make me cry.
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Looking at The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendo could've really used another year to polish the game. Adding Revolution functions wouldn't require an entire team to work for another year at full capacity... I highly doub they pushed back Twilight Princess just because they wanted to add Revolution functions, or wait for Revolution's launch. This is the most ambitious Zelda title yet.
 
1. The game will] launch on the Nintendo GameCube hardware.
2. The game won't be released after the launch of Nintendo Revolution platform.
3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess features an alternative control option for the Nintendo Revolution controller.
4. There will be a special edition (as already announced), but no different versios for the Nintendo GameCube and the Nintendo Revolution.


The question is: Will we see visual enhancements on the Nintendo Revolution? I'm not thinking about something like the Kameo improvements, I mean a different improvement.
 
We'd have seen more of the game by now if it was actually coming out in April. November sounds reasonable to me, for the reasons listed above. Even if somebody buys a Revolution and mostly picks up Gamecube titles, it is still money in Nintendo's pocket.
 
TheJollyCorner said:
no man.... just admit it- you were pwned.
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I thought he might be a fanboy. >_> I have a bad habit of thinking everyone is a Nintendo fanboy because all the other forums I go to are full of them. And Nintendo fanboys say some really unreasonable shit.
 
It will come out on April 2nd. It will come out on April 2nd. It will come out on April 2nd. It will come out on April 2nd. It will come out on April 2nd. It will come out on April 2nd.

I don't believe :(
 
Zelda Twilight Princess is for Gamecube. but will play on Revolution with some special control features.


Revolution is already getting its own Zelda game. it's in development, even if we don't see it for 2-3 years.
 
Frankfurter said:
But imho that is absolutely different to what they have done with Zelda. They had to lie about the DS Lite, otherwise they would have destroyed the unveiling.
Mario 128 never got a release date, we never got any screenshots, we (afaik) never got any concrete information, nothing.
On the other hand we already had a release date for Zelda, we had in on TWO E3's and on E3 2005 it was clearly the main Gamecube game.
I would be surprised if Nintendo would throw ~3 years of development out of the window just to give us a "Nintendo Revolution" game - and "Nintendo Revolution" in this case would mean that you either wouldn't use the wand at all or that it would probably be poorly implemented (or they would have to delay it even more).
This is a game designed from the ground up for Gamecube and imho there is no reason at all to put it on NRev.
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But think about it. Didn't Kameo get shown at several E3s with them changing hardware 3 times? So, I could definitely see them moving it to the Rev. Not saying it "will" happen, though.

And my hopes of it being released any time in April are completely dashed. It's mid February already, and there's no way they would release it without any adverts so far. You need several months of hype to let the non-hardcore gamers know about this.

TP in November cel-shaded. Oblivion and xexex am suiciding.
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STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT
 
Sales of this will underwhelm on the GameCube ... I gauruntee it, and if you don't think so take a good hard look at Metroid Prime 2 Echoes and Pikmin 2 both which suffered large drop offs from their originals.

Even Resident Evil 4 didn't sell so well on the GCN.

They need to position this as a dual Rev-GCN title to really fufill its real sales potential.

Nintendo only promised that it would be playable on the GameCube ... but they never said that it would be only GameCube or they wouldn't offer an enhanced version for the Revolution.

I would expect the Rev version to have better graphics, Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, and some Revmote functionality, though not full-blown Revmote control.
 
soundwave05 said:
Sales of this will underwhelm on the GameCube ... I gauruntee it, and if you don't think so take a good hard look at Metroid Prime 2 Echoes and Pikmin 2 both which suffered large drop offs from their originals.

Even Resident Evil 4 didn't sell so well on the GCN.
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RE4 would have sold better if Capcom wasn't so fucking stupid.

As for MP2 and Pikmin 2, I really can't explain what the hell happened with their drop offs. But Zelda is in a whole other league compared to those two. I just can't fathom any Zelda fan not wanting to get this game, just because it's at the end of the console's life cycle. I mean, DQVII sold a shitload AFTER the PS2 launched in Japan.
 
Though PS1 was very much alive after PS2 launched than GC will be or hell even at this point in time.

Ah well, I have plenty of backlogged games to play before Zelda comes for one last GC hurrah, though I might have preferred it before the final onslaught of Sony and Nintendo going full gear into their next consoles.
 
HomerSimpson-Man said:
Though PS1 was very much alive after PS2 launched than GC will be or hell even at this point in time.
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Uh..good point, actually. But still, it's just hard to fathom all those millions who bought WW just suddenly losing interest in the next incarnation.
 
November is just too far... I mean this is the reason most people are keeping their Gamecubes... now if it launches alongside or close to Zelda with Rev-specific function (not confirmed but possible)...won't that be like a slap in the face to GC owners that were patiently waiting this game?

I would be really angry if Nintendo delayed this game last christmas just to make it 'help' the Revolution. But I'm still anticipating it with feverish excitement. :D

typhonsentra said:
RE4 sold better than either of the previous Resident Evil releases on Gamecube and was the top Gamecube game last year by a long shot.
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Super Mario Sunshine gave it a run for its money.
 
Magicpaint said:
November is just too far... I mean this is the reason most people are keeping their Gamecubes... now if it launches alongside or close to Zelda with Rev-specific function (not confirmed but possible)...won't that be like a slap in the face to GC owners that were patiently waiting this game?

I would be really angry if Nintendo delayed this game last christmas just to make it 'help' the Revolution. But I'm still anticipating it with feverish excitement. :D



Super Mario Sunshine gave it a run for its money.
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Nintendo could've just moved this game to the Revolution fully and been quite justified in doing so.

The fact that they're still willing to give GC owners a version at all is pretty amazing given how dead the platform is.
 
If memory serves me correctly didn't Ocarina release in June of 98'? I smell an "anniversary" release (no it wasnt gas).
 
sirris said:
If memory serves me correctly didn't Ocarina release in June of 98'? I smell an "anniversary" release (no it wasnt gas).
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What? I thought it was released (at least in the U.S.) in November-December?
 
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