As beautiful and expansive as the upcoming game in the 'The Legend of Zelda' series may look, very few doubted that it would be delayed. Well, it seems like Eiji Aonuma (the man in charge of the Zelda franchise since 2000) has decided put those doubts to rest!
"In these last three months, as the team has experienced first-hand the freedom of exploration that hasn't existed in any Zelda game to date, we have discovered several new possibilities for this game", says Aonuma, "As we have worked to turn these possibilities into reality, new ideas have continued to spring forth, and it now feels like we have the potential to create something that exceeds my own expectations."
Considering this is the same person behind games like Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess, commonly considered as two of the best games of all time, that's saying something! He then continues, "As I have watched our development progress, I have come to think that rather than work with meeting a specific schedule as our main objective, and releasing a game that reflects only what we can create within that scheduled time, I feel strongly that our focus should be to bring all these ideas to life in a way that will make Zelda on Wii U the best game it can possibly be. I must apologize to all of you who were expecting the game by year's end, but we are no longer making a 2015 release our number one priority, instead, our number one priority is to make it the ultimate and most complete Zelda game. I hope to use the added time to make a Zelda on Wii U that will reward you for your patience, so thank you for your continued support."
This is not the first Zelda game to be delayed in the history of the franchise, as 'The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess' experienced multiple delays. They are not exclusive to the Zelda series, either, as 'Xenoblade Chronicles X', another Nintendo game, recently demonstrated.
Rest assured, we won't have to deal with game-breaking bugs or major glitches when the game launches, in contrast with another major fantasy series.