Lol you know it
Why bundle TP/WW HD when they can throw out WW now and save TP for like the 2022 Zelda game or something
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Arlo: I Am Now 98.76% Sure That Zelda Is Coming This Holiday
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Why bundle TP/WW HD when they can throw out WW now and save TP for like the 2022 Zelda game or something
This holidays it will be almost 4 years after BotW released. Plenty of time for a new game on the same engine and most of the same assets...
Plus, they didn't do a name drop and "soon". They showed actual ingame story cinematics. That usually for Nintendo means the game is going nicely.
Plus, they didn't do a name drop and "soon". They showed actual ingame story cinematics. That usually for Nintendo means the game is going nicely.
What are the big games this fall on Switch? Even if I really like Bravely Default, I can't say it's the biggest hitter this fall.
None so far, people hoped they would do a Direct about that but we got a mini indeed, suggesting there'll be a lot of delays.
It's better to expect nothing IMO. It's a fools errand trying to predict Nintendo eitherway.
Also there's, you know, a freaking global pandemic right now. Things are not gonna go as planned.
Also there's, you know, a freaking global pandemic right now. Things are not gonna go as planned.
Just speaking in a general sense as someone in game dev, the transition to WFH didn't cause anywhere near the loss in productivity that I initially thought it might. Some, for sure, but I'm certain that our IT team isn't the only team that did an amazing job getting everything set up for this.
It makes sense, but with pandemic and other stuff, it may be delayed to 2021. If they do release Breath of the Wild 2, this years GOTYs could be crazy. I'm not sure we ever had a year where developers behind so many critically acclaimed past GOTY's (Naughty Dog, Nintendo and CD Projekt Red) released their games in a single year. And beside that there is also few more potential contenders as well like DOOM Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake or launch titles for next-gen.
Was playing the WiiU version with my daughter a few days ago, still holds up super well
There's enough evidence to suggest that Zelda was definitely planned for this year originally. I'm fairly doubtful that it will make it though.
I was on this train for a long time (and think it was intended to be the case), but I think 2021 might be more realistic at this point. March 2021 makes a lot of sense to me.
I'd love to be wrong, though!
I'd love to be wrong, though!
Yeah, I'm not in the game industry but my entire site got moved to WFH this past week. It has been surprisingly smooth. Hopefully everyone else is having the same success.
Nah. 3+ years in development. That's plenty for a same gen Zelda using the same engine. Prior to Covid, I would've been incredibly surprised if it missed 2020.
Now, it's anyone's guess, and I suspect that even Nintendo does not know if it'll make it.
Even if this worldwide pandemic weren't a thing, there was very little chance BotW 2 would make this year. It's undoubtedly going to be a massive game, and its predecessor set the bar at a height only a handful of games in all of history were able to. Expect it early 2021 at the very least, and don't be surprised if it takes even longer.
Last I heard, Nintendo's employees are still coming in, but their hours are shifted so that they're not traveling at rush hours.
I'm not sure how solid their work from home infrastructure is, but Sakurai implied that in his team's case (notably from a different company, though still in Japan) development would completely halt if someone in the office was infected.
He has a fair point. Nintendo obviously wants to release something big in holiday 2020. I think we can take that as a given. Either that game has already been announced, or it hasn't been. If it has, Zelda does seem to be the most likely candidate. If it hasn't been announced yet, then it likely will be soon, since Nintendo doesn't tend to keep us in the dark about their big holiday release until the last minute. Those games are generally announced early in the year, at the latest.
Is this logic foolproof? Not even remotely. There are a lot of ways that could go wrong, both in terms of Nintendo being unpredictable and in terms of plans changing due to the virus. But at least in a world without Covid, I would say Arlo has a better than even chance of being correct here.
Is this logic foolproof? Not even remotely. There are a lot of ways that could go wrong, both in terms of Nintendo being unpredictable and in terms of plans changing due to the virus. But at least in a world without Covid, I would say Arlo has a better than even chance of being correct here.
Honestly the main reason I think they were at least initially targeting 2020 (outside of Zell) before COVID happened is because they showed a full story trailer as the first teaser for this game, and Nintendo never does story stuff early on in production.
Especially for Zelda. Think about how every other 3D Zelda was revealed or teased, they never had anything nearly as in depth as this trailer.
But yeah with COVID going on I have my doubts now.
Especially for Zelda. Think about how every other 3D Zelda was revealed or teased, they never had anything nearly as in depth as this trailer.
But yeah with COVID going on I have my doubts now.
Yup. It was always a March-May 2021 game in my mind. Maybe a Holiday 2021 game now with delays.
Japan isn't quarantined at all. There hasn't been any lockdown there and Abe has even pushed back against the idea of locking down Tokyo because he feels it'd hurt their economy.
Holiday 2020 just seems like a good time for it, 3.5+ years after the original is more than enough dev time. Odyssey 2 could pop up, but it would be weird to have announced BotW 2 like they did only to have Odyssey 2 get announced a year later and come out before it. But Nintendo gonna Nintendo, anything could happen.
I also think Zelda is a better game to have release in contrast to the next gen systems than Mario would be. They're comparable sales wise, at least on the Switch, but Zelda resonates more with the hardcore crowd and would be a good way to keep Nintendo in their mindshare despite the release of new systems.
Maybe with Covid-19 those next gen systems will be delayed and Nintendo will push out Zelda too, but who knows. I'm still betting it's their big Holiday game. It's what we know exists. Everything else is just speculation.
I also think Zelda is a better game to have release in contrast to the next gen systems than Mario would be. They're comparable sales wise, at least on the Switch, but Zelda resonates more with the hardcore crowd and would be a good way to keep Nintendo in their mindshare despite the release of new systems.
Maybe with Covid-19 those next gen systems will be delayed and Nintendo will push out Zelda too, but who knows. I'm still betting it's their big Holiday game. It's what we know exists. Everything else is just speculation.
I think Emily strongly hinted the holiday game is Mario with her "good year to be a plumber" comment, and I'm more inclined to believe her.
It wouldn't be weird to reveal it in the June/E3-ish Direct and release in November. I'm sure we'll see more BOTW 2 then as well.
It wouldn't be weird to reveal it in the June/E3-ish Direct and release in November. I'm sure we'll see more BOTW 2 then as well.
He feared they would cancel the Olympics if he did anything or disclosed the infected actual numbers. Now that the olympics have properly been delayed, Abe is starting to do things to control the virus.
Odyssey 2.
They were probably planning to have BotW2 ready this year but had Odyssey 2 as a backup in case it didn't make it. Which it probably won't.
People have been questioning their real numbers for some time. As it stands Japan has fewer confirmed cases than Luxembourg, a country with just over 600k people. But regardless of whether it's true, locking down seems like the best option since their numbers are starting to rise.
I would rather have Odyssey.
BoTW is a huge time sink. Odyssey can be finished pretty quickly.
I thought so before, but now with Emily saying it will be a "good year for the plumber" I'm starting to think Odyssey 2 will be this year's holiday title.
That's cool to hear!