Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

How about Uncharted, tho? It's the closest to Zelda-quality we're going to get until, well, Zelda.

I love it how some people are trying to moderate their expectations by being pessimistic about the game.

I'm pretty hyped, I admit. My imaginations, along with a plethora of fan theories, fueled my Aonuma's promises, are telling me that this could be a game to truly surprise me and fill me with the awe of discovery and glee of playing, just like Ocarina of Time did when I was 11 years old.

I'm trying to be moderate with the hype.
But I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it!

Nice find about the calendar. But I have hard time believing that's the whole story.

The original PR release said "a day of live-streamed gameplay". Besides, can they fit dev talk, background info and gameplay into an hour? I guess they could.

We'll see soon enough. At least an hour stream wouldn't spoil too much. ;---)

The technologic stuff was clearly done by ancient Sheikah aliens.

If there's fanservice in Zelda U then the hype will be real. Link walking in on Zelda spilling Lon Lon Milk on herself.... The Great Fairy in a bikini....

Isn't the great fairy usually wearing less?

I used to think 'fanservice' meant anything the creators put in a product as a deliberate acknowledgement of an established feature that uberfans will identify and enjoy. Now I realise it just means boobs.

You had the right idea. Sadly the word has long lost its better meaning for most.

With anime/manga it almost always means panty shots or clevage but comic and sci-fi fans use it to describe stuff like easter eggs and cameos still.

I too have come to this same realisation.

And the thread's dead again in 3, 2, 1...

Does anyone know if this is Nintendo's biggest game ever? In terms of budget and development time?
It's gotta be close.

What's the biggest thing they'd done up until now? Mario Galaxy 2, Xenoblade X or Skyward Sword maybe?

I don't think Skyward Sword started development in 2007 and remember it having development upheavals (changing the art style), so I don't think it's that. Depending on how it pans out, ZU could be the biggest game. It's hard to measure in time, though; ambition and scope are more useful. Twilight Princess will prove a good measuring stick in that regard.

You wont find anything about Ninty's game budgets as they have never revealed them, Galaxy 2 would probably cost less than Galaxy one as it was built from the ground up unlike 2.

I wouldn't rule out Mother 3 having a surprisingly high cost, it was started in 1994 for the SNES then moved to the 64DD then the 64 till finally onto the GBA and released in 2006.

Well we had this rumor a while ago from someone who supposedly predicted "miiverse". And he/she said the following;

"It’s a 4-year development cycle with a new console, new technology, new engine etc. It’ll end up being the most expensive game they’ve made to date. It’s a huge investment for them [Nintendo] in money and manpower, this is Rockstar/GTA territory”.

Less than a month now, boys. The last time we saw the game in action was December 2014 at VGA, crazy. (The 15 seconds from last year's direct don't count).

@Vinny And it'll be at least another year until we get to play the game...

@Octane

What you on about "at least"? They said March.

@Dezzy Where did they say that? I'm pretty sure they only said 2017.

@Dezzy The March 2017 date on the press site was an error, the real date is generic 2017.