No Legend of Zelda for Wii at E3 2009? Big Surprise
Split-screen: "Amidst much fanfare and excitement for Nintendo's biggest announcements, one was conspicuously absent up till the end of the show: a new Legend of Zelda for the Wii. Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Other M are both interesting sequelsthe first Mario Galaxy helped redeem the franchise after the debacle of Sunshine, while Team Ninja devs are teaming up with Nintendo to create a third person/first person hybrid of Metroid. However, the show stopper has always been a Legend of Zelda. The universally loved, respected and played franchise, no matter who the system fan, has always been Zelda. Yet Nintendo chose to omit it. Is it really that big a surprise, though?"