Discussion on Breath of the Wild's Development Cycle - A Good Submission?

[CuriousUserX90]

Nothing yet has been confirmed on how long Breath of the Wild had been in development for, but I'll guess it was probably after Skyward Sword was completed, but I know it was being done for a Majority of the Wii U's Life Cycle.

Since the Wii U's reveal at E3 2011, Zelda games were considered, including HD Remakes. As for a new one that's been due to have so much great features, Aonuma spoke about in the Nintendo Direct in January 2013 during about the last 7 minutes of it, stating it would be a while before the game releases:

First Screens at E3 2014, announcing a 2015 Release Date, which remained the goal for nearly a year, even at the 2014 Game Awards:


Aonuma announces that they wish to Expand the World as possible with more Ideas coming into mind, with it no longer aiming for a 2015 Release, instead aiming for the year after:


It was then announced to be Delayed again to 2017 so it would release simultaneously on both the Wii U and the Switch: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2016/160427_4e.pdf



Indeed it did release as a Launch Game for the Switch, as strongly believed.



Does anyone think this about Breath of the Wild going through Development Hell might make a Good Trivia Submission someday?

[CuriousUserX90]

Nothing yet has been confirmed on how long Breath of the Wild had been in development for, but I'll guess it was probably after Skyward Sword was completed, but I know it was being done for a Majority of the Wii U's Life Cycle.
*First Reveal at E3 2014, announcing a 2015 Release Date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZmxvig1dXE
*Aonuma announces that they wish to Expand the World as possible with more Ideas coming into mind, with it no longer aiming for a 2015 Release: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=866...permPage=1
*It was then announced to be Delayed again to 2017 so it would release simultaneously on both the Wii U and the Switch: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2016/160427_4e.pdf
Does anyone think this about Breath of the Wild going through Development Hell might make a Good Trivia Submission someday?

I'm sure that sometime this year there'll be a DYKG Video on Breath of the Wild, of which they could talk about it's development cycle even before trivia about it gets posted to VGFacts.

[Psychospacecow]

The delayed release to coincide with a new console is probably worth submitting, yeah.
Not sure what we few randos on the forum can say about the development cycle without some interviews though.

[CuriousUserX90]

Recently Beta64 did a video discussing Breath of the Wild's Beta, along with it's development cycle, including it's delays. Seems like it started development sometime in 2011. Once Trivia Posting is no longer disabled, I bet lots of stuff from Beta64's Video will be posted to the Breath of the Wild page, I might even post one myself (like of it's massive development cycle, hope I'll be able to think of a good way to phrase a submission like that).

[CuriousUserX90]

The delayed release to coincide with a new console is probably worth submitting, yeah.
Not sure what we few randos on the forum can say about the development cycle without some interviews though.

Well Psychospacecow, I decided that I might post a Submission bout it's excessive development cycle after all: https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-3796.html

So, discussion approved.