Miyamoto talks about the next-generation of Zelda. You may want to sit down.

In an interview with Swedish gaming magazine Super PLAY, Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto talked extensively about the firm's next-generation console and its games. Among the most notable items discussed was a new Zelda title -- the true follow-up to Ocarina of Time, which Miyamoto states is already underway. But don't expect it anytime soon.

"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."

The Nintendo 64 Zelda sequel of which Miyamoto speaks of is, of course, Legend of Zelda: Gaiden, scheduled for release in the US late next year - and hopefully therefore in the UK soon too. We'll keep you posted.


Courtesy of IGN.com