Exclusive: Zelda Twilight Princess to miss 2005

New it would be something like this. We are so used to Nintendo disappointing us it's almost become a national gaming hobby.

Mind you there's plenty of other stuff to bag on DS and GC, import or official. It's gonna be another xmas gaming blow out for me but my DS is gonna feel the most of it.

Shold be interesting to see if this Zelda delay effects it's high sales potential after 360 is out. That £300 price doesn't looks too bad for what you are getting and once some hook up to Xbox Live they might not return for Zelda TP. I'll still bag a Zelda though.

One weird question though, we don't mind games being held back for improvements, so why is it Nintendo have this for attitude GC Zelda, but DS Metroid Hunters gets pushed out without the online functions that we wanted and would have waited extra time for so badly? What are you playing at Nintendo?

It's a totally valid question. I think Zelda is true top level IP developed in house in Kyoto. Remember that Metroid is made by white devils in the US and was all but dead until Prime...

Well... now it's for sure... this will turn out to be the best game for this generation (and probably another contender from Nintendo for the title Best Game Ever), partly because it's frikkin Zelda (and their working so long on it) and partly because MS is jumping the gun with their X360 (giving developers not the chance to push both GC and Xbox to the very limit).

Or....Aonuma and Shigsy have been smoking to much crack for their own good.

I knew this would happen. always does.
I'm wondering what the real reason for holding Zelda back is. I read a comment from Perrin Kaplin of nintento of america where she says about the delay "it will absolutely enrich the game and make it a multi-million seller."
Well I don't believe that. The fact that it's Zelda and a proper Zelda at that, means it would be a multi million seller and as for enriching the game, I don't think that amount of time is going to be enough if you want to add something that is going to make it THAT much better a game.
Of course the Euro release of most big GC games has always been in March which is always a pretty quiet time for games. It also means that your game won't get lost in the christmas rush, which maybe is the real reason to delay Zelda. Maybe they are scared of being in the middle of an XBOX360/PSP sandwich.
It's a shame, they might have picked up some more sales due to the SHORTAGE of other consoles. (come on there always is a shortage)

If it's delayed till next year, I'll be surprised if we see it before the summer, in which case to release it now on GC would be foolish.

I was doubtful about the timing of this release before, but after this delay, forget it.
Unless they're planning to delay Revolution to late 06/early 07, which I wouldnt put past them, the best thing for Nintendo would be to make Twilight Princess a Revolution launch title. They're really gonna need some killer apps for the launch to compete with 360 and PS3, so Zelda TP side-by-side with Mario 128 (if it exists), would be a good start.

Dont get me wrong, I'd much rather have had it on my 'cube. It's probably the last game I'm going to play on GC, but with this delay now, it would be foolish to release it so late in the console's life, and so close to Revolution launch.

LOZ:TP as a Revo launch game is something I've been championing for a while. There aren't many other games that'd have the same impact.

Or would cause a serious loss of consumer confidence in Nintendo.

They won't put it back to Rev. Too many of the Rev's other launch titles (Mario 128), and after commiting to Gamecube, Nintendo would be foolish to release it on Rev.