With the news of Nintendo NX’s launch window and yet another Zelda delay came this brand-new concept art from the upcoming Zelda game. So, that’s cool, at least. (credit: Nintendo of America)

Nintendo’s annual fiscal-year earnings release went live on Wednesday via an announcement from its Japanese arm, and with that release came a very modestly tucked bit of giant news: the firmest launch-window announcement yet for the company’s next, still-unnamed game system.

“For our dedicated video game platform business, Nintendo is currently developing a gaming platform codenamed ‘NX’ with a brand-new concept,” the report said in its “outlook” section. “NX will be launched in March 2017 globally.” The earnings release did not offer any explanation or clarification about what that “brand-new concept” will be, in spite of recent patent-related hints about twists such as a new controller.

Nintendo didn’t make a formal statement about the Legend of Zelda’s latest delay; instead, the company tucked that news into a game release-date list. (credit: Nintendo)

In even more surprising news, expectations that Nintendo would unveil the NX in time for June’s Electronic Entertainment Expo were dashed by a statement from acting Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima, who confirmed in a Wednesday investor phone call (as reported by The Wall Street Journal‘s Tokyo bureau correspondent Takashi Mochizuki) that the system will not appear at this year’s E3. In fact, various statements made on Wednesday, including an Australian announcement and a post on the company’s American Twitter feed, hint at the company bringing only the Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda to E3 2016—meaning, the company’s expo presence may include no other software.