More Mario and Zelda to come this console generation

“What I can say is that typically games like that take anywhere from two to three years to finish those up. We do have the teams together and the teams are all working. The other thing that I can say is that in the past we haven’t really had much opportunity to release two Mario titles or two Zelda titles on a single hardware system. Our plan is to try to do that with Wii. With that in mind, the teams are working hard at this point.” – Shigeru Miyamoto

So, how long will we have to wait? If previous comments have any validity, a new Zelda title should be well under way at this point. Hopefully Nintendo will debut a new Zelda or Mario title at next year’s E3.

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