I'm not sure if I like this direction
Launching the game in the last year of the Wii (new console announced every 5 years) could mean another layover to the next console and then the newest console gets a watered down version that never takes advantage of the hardware like Twilight Princess never did on the Wii.
If it goes into 2011 you may not see a Wii version at all, just have it for the newest console.
I think Nintendo learned it's lesson porting Twilight Princess to the Wii from the Gamecube but who knows?
Jaysonguy
sometimes, I'm really wondering if this might be the case as well. Who knows with their new strategies... but what I really think is below
In all honesty... if they can keep their software releases in "soft" spirts like they have been (keeping the Wii afloat) and the console keeps selling... I don't see them releasing a console in the next year or two. I think they're going to sit on the Wii/DS/DSi as long as they can until they're absolutely forced to do so by Nintendo shareholders.
Remember what Iwata just said about the DS' successor... "it will be more advanced (graphically) and have motion sensors, but don't expect it any time soon." I believe they're going to try to make the Wii last at least 7 years at the minimum. That's why... this game will not release in 2010 and follows my "too much software in a year" theory. All of their aces would be used up once again... so what would be next? Another Brawl? (I doubt it). They're going to save Zelda for 2011, along with Retro's project, and another industry known ip (Kirby/StarFox/etc). They already have enough 1st/2nd party software to fill 2010 up, as well as 3rd party material that could potentially be competition.
The only way that I forsee them releasing it any earlier than 2013 is if Sony/MS' new tech start tearing into Wii sales big time. Depending on their price points, bundles, and user friendliness (Unique Selling Points).... We'll see how it works out.
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