ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER ZELDA
December 14, 1999

Recently, the Swedish gaming magazine "Super PLAY" sat down with Shigeru Miyamoto to discuss different topics related to Project Dolphin. Some time in the midst of the interview, the topic of a Legend of Zelda game on the Dolphin came up. According to Mr. Miyamoto, a Dolphin sequel to Ocarina of Time is in the works.

"The Zelda which will be based on a new system compared to Ocarina of Time, you have to wait five years for," said Miyamoto. "We are developing it for the Dolphin right now. But when we discussed it, we concluded that five years is an awfully long time. Those who played Ocarina of Time in college will have graduated when the Dolphin game is released! We think that's a long time. So we wanted to use the existing Ocarina of Time engine and the Expansion Pak to make a sequel to Nintendo 64 in the meanwhile."

Two key issues were raised here. 1) Zelda Dolphin can be expected to be released somewhere around 2003-2005 (or later if Zelda 64's delays are any indication), which is further into the life of the system than most of us were hoping. 2) Nintendo's biggest games are going to be pushing the Expansion Pak heavily. If you haven't gotten one already, you're going to need one eventually to play the N64's last great hurrahs.

Source: Zlda.com