I'm going with December. I think Nintendo will push it as close to the end of the year as possible to squeeze every last drop of development time into it as possible.

I think Andrew Brown is the closest. They will want to sell as many copies as possible BEFORE NX comes out which means it needs a couple of months. I would have guessed early August, but the last day of June is only a month earlier and might be right.

"The game takes place after Skyward Sword"


That's a bold statement, considering every game in the series does, as well.


Anyway, the game isn't coming out until holiday 2016 or potentially even later. So the large group hovering around November has it spot-on.

My prediction is based on a separate prediction that NX will include both handheld and console SKUs, with the handheld model launching this holiday and the console in early 2017.

I firmly believe that Zelda is being moved to NX and that the two will launch November 24 of 2017. But I'm just a jaded pessimist. Prove me wrong, Nintendo. It would be pretty cool if you did, but I don't expect that you will.

November 22nd

I would have said 24th, but games are usually released on Tuesdays.

WHOA.

I thought this was a quote from me.

December 9, 2016 on Wii U because it's launching with NX on November 18, 2016 first.

Nintendo (and others now) love Friday, and I don't think they'd be crazy enough to release a new Zelda on Black Friday.

Probably the Friday before Black Friday.

But it's actually getting Star Fox'd. April 7, 2017.

I'm betting on an October date, given an NX launch in November.  It will launch within a couple weeks of Pokémon Z, either before or after (likely after).  If I had to pick a date, I'm going with October 27th (my rupees are on a Thursday).  I guess that makes my Pokémon guess October 13.  Zelda will have a 2-word subtitle (not counting "the").

My follow-up guess for half-credit is September 22.  This would give Zelda another month ahead of the NX.

November 20th. Same as Skyward Sword.

March 24th, 2017. The same day Wind Waker came out in 2003.

I'm surprised that more people didn't say November 20. Nintendo liked that sunday for Wii, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword and Wii U.

I will say September 29. This year. On NX. The console.

Sunday was Nintendo's go-to release day for a long time, but they've moved more to Fridays in the last couple years.

Have Nintendo stopped releasing their "big" games on a Sunday? I'd have thought November 20th since it's a Sunday, but no one chose that and everyone chose the 18th. I know that systems like GameCube and Wii released on the 18th, but I'm pretty sure those were Sundays.

NX version first and then the Wii U version like 2 weeks later. So Zelda U and NX November 32nd. .

So how did The Younger Plumber know?

Close, but no cigar. Bested by The Younger Plumber.