Rumour: Legend of Zelda Wii Release Month Leaked?

Rumour hats on, folks. Once again a leak of retailer listings has bestowed upon us a golden nugget of information, this time relating to the game making many Wii owners' pants wet with anticipation, The Legend of Zelda Wii.

A sneaky picture taken of a monitor in USA retailer GameStop appears to reveal that Zelda Wii will be swiping swords in Wii systems across the land in November of this year, which correlates with word from Nintendo that the game will be released before 2011. In the same snap you can also see the confirmed USA release dates of Metroid: Other M and Monster Hunter 3, which both have an SD stamp next to them to confirm that this is their street date.

The lack of such a stamp next to Zelda Wii probably indicates that the date listed, 01/11/10, is not the firm release date and more of a placeholder. Still, retailers use these sorts of thing regularly and this is a decent indication that Zelda Wii will release in November 2010. Nevertheless, we will surely hear more firm information during or around E3, and so this should be treated as a rumour for now.

Many thanks to GamersMint for the information.

Until we have more solid information, please feel free to cake yourself in hype by reviewing our past Zelda Wii coverage, and keep your eyes peeled for updates.

A likely release date or not? What do you think of this rumour?