Reginald Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, recently shared a very unreassuring tidbit with the press. When asked in a GameTrailers interview if Link’s long-anticipated second Wii outing (or one-and-a-half’d Wii outing, depending on whether you consider the Gamecube or Wii version of Twilight Princess the “proper” version) would be out next year. He bluntly replied,
“We haven’t committed to Zelda in 2010″
Which in marketing speak generally means “Not a chance”, but who knows. Shigeru Miyamoto did say that he would unveil the game next year (probably at E3), but those hoping for a very quick hype-to-release period are probably going to be disappointed. While there’s nothing like a big-budget Zelda game, we’ll still have Spirit Tracks to keep us happy for a while.
See the interview here.
P.S. I strongly resisted the urge to use a very goofy picture of Reggie in this post.
