Star Fox Zero Delayed Into Early 2016

<p><em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;e3-2015-full-star-fox-zero-demo&sol;">Star Fox Zero<&sol;a><&sol;em> won&&num;8217&semi;t be soaring into the wild blue yonder as early as fans would like&period; The Wii U exclusive has been delayed to &&num;8220&semi;Q1 2016&&num;8221&semi; from its original Nov&period; 20th&comma; 2015 release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Developer Shigeru Miyamoto provided the following statement concerning the delay&comma; explaining what he believed to be a decision that was made in the game&&num;8217&semi;s best interests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can read all of Miyamoto’s message below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I made a big decision last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We have been developing Star Fox Zero for Wii U with the aim of releasing it this year&period; Although we felt that the development had been progressing well&comma; 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&comma; and further polishing the level designs and perfecting the tone of the cut scenes&period; 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&comma; 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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To the people looking forward to the launch of the game this holiday season&comma; I am very sorry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Star Fox Zero is going to bring new game play and experiences that take it far beyond the framework established by Star Fox 64&period; All the members of the development team are doing our best so that the final product will not betray your expectations&period; And the game will not be delayed for a very long time – we’re aiming to launch the game in Q1 2016&period; Please stay tuned for further announcements&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The delay accompanies the stalled release of 2016&&num;8217&semi;s yet untitled The Legend of Zelda Wii U entry&comma; which releases some time in the next calendar year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We had a chance to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;e3-215-star-fox-zero-hands-on-impressions&sol;">try our hand at<em> Star Fox Zero<&sol;em><&sol;a> at this past E3 and we enjoyed it quite a bit&period; Evidently&comma; Nintendo would agree that it needs a bit more work still&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What few titles remain slated for a Wii U release this holiday season are as follows&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Skylanders Superchargers <&sol;em>– <strong>Sep&period; 20th<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Lego Dimensions <&sol;em>– <strong>Sep&period; 27th<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Yoshi’s Woolly World <&sol;em>– <strong>Oct&period; 16th<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Guitar Hero Live – <&sol;em><strong>Oct&period; 20th<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Fatal Frame&colon; Maiden of Black Water <&sol;em>– <strong>Oct&period; 22nd<&sol;strong> &lpar;North America&comma; eShop&rpar;&comma; <strong>Oct&period; 30th<&sol;strong> &lpar;Europe&rpar;&comma; <strong>Oct&period; 31st<&sol;strong> &lpar;Australia&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Rodea&colon; The Sky Soldier <&sol;em>– <strong>Nov&period; 2015 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Xenoblade Chronicles X – <&sol;em><strong>Dec&period; 4th&comma; 2015<&sol;strong> &lpar;North America&comma; Europe&comma; Australia&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Devil’s Third <&sol;em>– <strong>Dec&period; 11th <&sol;strong>&lpar;North America&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;NintendoConsoleGaming&sol;posts&sol;897445373656670">Nintendo<&sol;a> on Facebook<&sol;p>&NewLine;