Sad news for Nintendo fans.
One of this years most anticipated releases, Star Fox Zero has officially been delayed until sometime in 2016. Star Fox Zero was part of this years big push from the house that Mario built, and would have book-ended what otherwise was a pretty spectacular comeback for the company.
Series designer Shigeru Miyamoto commented that,
Although we felt that the development had been progressing well, we now believe that we will need a little more time to work on areas such as the unprecedented discovery that we want players to experience in the game by using two screens, and further polishing the level designs and perfecting the tone of the cut scenes.
He went on to note that,
While we have already reached the stage where it would be technically possible to release the title in time for the year-end holiday season, we want to polish the game a bit more so that players will be able to more smoothly grasp the new style of play that we are proposing.
No hard date was given, and all we know is that Star Fox Zero will be a Q1 release. While I’m sure this is great news for the game –nobody likes rushed releases– it does leave Nintendo without a major end of year title for the holiday buying season.
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