If the new Wii Legend of Zelda doesn't come out this year, Nintendo's Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing Cammie Dunaway is going to owe Wired's Chris Kohler a steak dinner.
In an interview conducted earlier in the week, Dunaway hints strongly that we'll see the new Zelda this calendar year. She was so confident, she bet a steak dinner on it. Release dates for Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M were confirmed at Nintendo's media summit earlier this week, but Dunaway went out of her way to tell attending press that Nintendo was only showing titles for the first half of 2010. The second half, the exec told Wired, should be just as strong.
"One of the things that’s true for Nintendo is that we’re not driven by a calendar for our release dates," she explains, leaving the door open for Kohler to be on the receiving end of said dinner. "When the games are ready to go, when the quality is perfect, that’s when we release."
We may get to see the quality of the new Zelda this June -- Nintendo is expected to show off the title at E3 this year.
Q&A: Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway Says Wii May Have Peaked [Wired]
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10:00 AM on 02.26.2010
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THAT'S RIGHT
Sorry, red hair does that to me.
Fuck yeah! The snowboarding in LTOZ:TP was fuckwin!
@Xzyliac
E3 '08. Also, I think she mentioned (hard)core gamers and Animal Crossing in the same sentence once. Perrin Kaplan she ain't.
Considering the last console entry came out in 2006, no, actually, it's kind of rare.
I'm feeling something like... unhate for Cammie? What is this feeling?
...I need to take a cold shower and cry until E3, where hopefully she'll be pushing Women's Murder Club 2 and I can get back into my comfort zone.
Would not surprise me and would make this an awesome Nintendo year. DSi Fat People Edition, serious Metroid, Galaxy 2: Galaxy Harder, and new Zelda? And any other new stuff they want to spring on us? Yes please.
I think a new Wii Kirby game was listed, for Japan that is.
It's been listed since 2004
She really steaked a claim too.
(Metroid and Fragile Dreams, fyi)
I dislike Cammie, because she talks and talks and has NO gaming skills. It's not so much hate as it, I can't take her seriously. "You work at Nintendo, and your shit is free? How do you suck this bad?"
I know, I know, she's working. Well my boyfriend's brother works at Capcom as a developer and he still plays games, and is REALLY GOOD. The only person better is my boyfriend. So when the two of them get together, it the biggest dick waving contest ever. At that point, you're NEVER getting the controller back for a turn.