In a recent interview with Eiji Aonuma, he reveals to the official Nintendo magazine that future installments of the Legend of Zelda will use motion controls like in Skyward Sword. After the success of Skyward Sword’s motion controls, Aonuma can’t see Zelda going back to the traditional button controls, even though he had doubts about motion controls during Skyward Sword’s development. Miyamoto also stated back in September that going back to button controls will be difficult.
Eiji Aonuma:I honestly think we cannot go back to button controls now, so I think that these controls will be used in future Zelda titles, too.
Skyward Sword has nearly been out for two weeks, and already we may have some useful information regarding future installments. According to Sam Claiborn from IGN, Nintendo is already working on two Zelda games, presumably Zelda Wii-U and Zelda 3DS. I would have thought the Zelda team would have taken a long and well-deserved break after 5 years of making Skyward Sword, but it looks like they need to keep the ball rolling.
Nintendo is working on at least two other Zelda games right now, and I can’t wait to see them.
There is so much fuss about all the newest mobile devices nowadays. Everything is going mobile so it just makes sense that console games would eventually end up on our mobile devices as well. Now, if you own a Kindle Fire, you are able to play at least two Nintendo 64 games on it.
Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time can be played on the Kindle Fire so you can play while you are out and about somewhere. Take it to the grocery store and play while you are shopping, take it to the doctor’s office and play in the waiting room. The point is that you no longer have to wait to play the games that you love. Gone are the days of longing to be home so you can play Ocarina of Time or Super Mario 64 because now you can take them with you. Take the jump to read more about it!
Remember back in the day when we had to just push the A button to use our sword in Zelda? Seems like it was just yesterday and now we can actually really get into our swordplay and move with the game! What better way to make that change even better than to have someone who uses a sword on a regular basis. Claire Bennett, a professional fencer, was hired by Nintendo to do a photo shoot, a bit of fencing, to show off her swordplay and even teach some people how to fence at the Nintendo Skyward Sword Launch Party.
The event was held in a victorian building in South Kensington with decorations of fairy lights and greens plants and vines winding up the stairwells along with green lights to make it seem more mystical and forestlike. Take the jump to read more about the fencing adventures.
A few days back we posted about a Time Lapse Video of Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda Room. The room was designed by I-am-8-bit for the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series. Today we have 8 new pictures courtesy of Nintendo World Report. These showcase many of the areas seen within the Time Lapse, but since they are higher resolution and they are images, we can see the Legend of Zelda room in all its glory. You can see a thumbnail gallery of all 8 images after the jump. I’ve also gone ahead and embedded the Time Lapse Video that we had posted a few days back in case you missed it.
School bullying is a problem in highschools all across the country and all across the world really. Often times this happens because of somebody’s pure appearance, sexual orientation, religion or if there is something about them that is different. For Zelda Williams, it was her name, Zelda. Being named after the Princess of Hyrule was no easy way to go through school, as Zelda was constantly teased because of it. Zelda recently spoke about her name and what it was like growing up.
“When I was in grade school and girls made fun of me for it, I was like, ‘Mom, I’m gonna change my name when I am 18.’ But then I ended up loving it again. Constantly people are like, ‘That’s the coolest name ever.’ So I actually really enjoy it.”
Over at Den of Geek, an article has been published talking about how Link is one of the most enduring characters in video games. They list the reasons behind their statement during the article and also talk about the differences between Link and certain main characters in other game series.
Aside from owning the coolest hat in gaming, Link’s also one of the few left-handed protagonists in the medium (though this was sadly altered in Twilight Princess in order to accommodate the Wiimote-waving, right-handed majority, and it’s still the case in Skyward Sword), and the occasional utterances he does make immediately inform the player of his youth and inexperience.
Another Zelda Williams interview has surfaced and in this one it has her talking about how she has always been close to video games. She says it was a way that her and her family bonded with each other. Video games also gave her parents the inspiration to call her Zelda after the Princess Zelda and call her younger brother Cody after a character in Final Fight. Here is an excerpt of those particular parts of the interview.
“Yes, my brother, mother and father named me after the game, and my little brother (Cody) is named after a character in Final Fight I believe,” Zelda tells mX.
“I consider us lucky though: we both love our names and, thankfully, neither of us ended up as Chun-Li or Captain Falcon.”
With an avid gamer for a father, the Nintendo was never too far from the hands of the Williams’ children. While other families played Scrabble or snakes and ladders, the Williams clan bonded by playing the Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye 007 together.
Comedy Central was present at the Nintendo World launch event for Skyward Sword. (Our video will be released soon–don’t worry!) Originally, I thought they were there to make fun of Zelda fans, but after seeing this giveaway, it’s obvious why they were present. The grand prize is quite extensive, and the daily prize is nothing to shake a turkey leg at. I had the opportunity to be interviewed for one of the TV spots that will air this weekend, So if you want to see ZD’s first TV appearance check out Comedy Central this weekend. Check beyond the break to see the full list of prizes that you could win!
It has officially begun! The limited edition Zelda 3DS and OoT 3D bundle has been sold out online at BestBuy.com. A lot of Zelda fans as well as those buying for Zelda fans have obviously started to get their hands on this bundle before the holiday season gets into full swing. Also according to a post made on GoNintendo about it, the bundle had just been put on their website just a few hours before and now they have no more left.
Please take the jump to see my thoughts on the matter.
The Skyward Sword Walkthrough here at Zelda Dungeon has officially launched. Currently we have the complete text walkthrough for the entire main quest of the game.
At this point however, the walkthrough includes only the main quest and very selective side quest material. If you are progressing through the main game than this guide will work for you from right when you start your journey, all the way until you slash the final boss. Additionally, we have screenshots completed for a majority of the walkthrough, with pictures available for the first 14 of the 18 chapters. We are working around the clock to finish this up as soon as possible. Our upcoming projects related to Skyward Sword can be seen below.
Completing all screenshots of the main quest.
Updating all side quest and information pages with completed data.
Improving the walkthrough making it a 100% guide covering all side quests.
Launching the complete bullet-point quick guide for easy non-spoiler access.
Creating and audio dubbing a video walkthrough.
Finalizing all Skyward Sword content pages so they are near perfect.
All of this is a LOT of work and Caleb, Josh, Locke, and I are all working hard at bringing this to you as soon as possible. Up until now I’ve been the only person at the website who has been able to play the game. After putting 11 straight days in of 15+ hours of work per day on playing the game and working on the walkthrough alone, I’m happy where it is at the moment. I’d like to give a special thanks to all websites that have promoted our walkthrough at this point including ZeldaPower, Hyrule.net, Zelda Universe, LegendZelda.net, The Hylia, Zelda Chronicles, 3DS Focus, Nintendo Nebula, and many more.
Earlier today we had posted on a video which debunks Gamespot’s claim of Skyward Sword having faulty controls. Well that same guy, Josh Thomas, from TheBitBlock has another video up which showcases the controls for Skyward Sword He shows how to control the various items you obtain in the game as well as how to perform certain moves. For those of you who are trying avoid last minute spoilers, please note that are a few minor spoilers in here. So do not watch the video if you are wanting to avoid spoilers of any kind.
And without further ado, please take the jump to see the video for yourself.
An article was posted up on Destructoid talking about the ten most difficult dungeons in the Zelda series. In it the author talks about why these particular ten make the list, one of which happens to be the infamous Water Dungeon from Ocarina of Time. But unlike most others who would put this particular dungeon at the very top of their list he gives it the number nine slot in the listing. Here’s what he had to say about it.
No, you are not reading this list backwards. As much as everyone complains about the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time, it actually isn’t that challenging of a dungeon. Annoying? Oh yeah. Switching your boots and constantly adjusting the water level is unbelievably annoying. But difficult? Not as bad as you may remember.
F*ck that sh*t moment!: Every time I play the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time there is one key that I always miss. You would think that I would learn after all these playthroughs, but, no. Somehow I miss the same key every single time and have to go back and find it. That key is the bane of my existence.
Nintendo has circulated another email and this time it features Robin and Zelda Williams in an advertisement for Skyward Sword. It also has advertisements for Four Swords Adventures for DSiWare, Ocarina of Time 3D, and the winners of the Zelda Flipnote contest that was held a few months back. It also contains links to for the trailer for Skyward Sword and to the official site of the game.
Please take the jump to see the entire picture for yourself.
An article over at Spike.com says The Legend of Zelda series will be the first franchise to enter the Video Game Hall of Fame. This is an extreme honor and it gives Zelda the praise it deserves as it is a video game series that has touched the hearts of many gamers as well as having been a game series that has been around for 25 years! Here’s an excerpt from the article talking about the series’ induction into the Video Game Hall of Fame.
“It is only natural to start with Zelda,” said Geoff Keighley, executive in charge, publisher relations, Spike. “‘The Legend of Zelda’ is a franchise that inspired many of us to see the potential of games when it debuted 25 years ago, and one that has successfully transitioned from one game console generation to the next and continually shown the narrative and artistic potential of the medium.”
Nintendo has circulated an email informing people about a celebration of the launch of Skyward Sword. It is set to take place at Nintendo World in New York City from 9am to 1pm. They have many different things planned for the celebration such as: completing a Zelda Trivia challenge, taking a picture with the Master Sword, and getting a gift with the purchase of Skyward Sword.
To see a picture of the email and my thoughts please take the jump.
According to Walmart.com, the pre-orders for the Skyward Sword Bundle have been completely sold out. It also mentions to check back on 11/20/11 or on a date afterwords to see if they have any more in stock after Skyward Sword’s release. With only a few more days left until it’s release date, it’s unsurprising really to see that this has occurred since there are a lot of people trying to get their hands on a copy before time runs out.
Please take the jump to see the rest of my thoughts on the matter.
An article was posted up on GameInformer by Dan Ryckert and in the article he talks about Four Swords Adventures, the Zelda game on the Gamecube where you could play with three other friends while adventuring around Hyrule. It had a single player mode, but it wasn’t as fun to play when compared to the multiplayer aspect. But in order to play the multiplayer mode, you had to have a Gameboy Advance for each player as well as a Gameboy to Gamecube cord for each GBA to use to connect the two machines to each other. He mentions this during the article and describes how annoying it was just to have to get those things to play with friends.
Jump inside to see the quote and my comments on the article.
On the 19th of November, the day before the American launch of Skyward Sword, Nintendo invites you to a festive launch over at Nintendo World in New York City. For those who attend, you will be givern the chance to take home with you a copy of Skyward Sword. Additionally, if you buy Skyward Sword during event hours, you will also receive a free limited edition poster while supplies last. The event starts at 9:00am, so get there nice and early so you can purchase your copy of Skyward Sword and that limited edition poster. Also during the event, at 10:00am, you will get the chance to see the unveiling of a Master Sword replica and loads more activities.
Most people know already that games like Halo, Assassin’s Creed and a few others are having midnight launches at Gamestop. They are popular game series and due to their popularity they get to have one. But what about Skyward Sword? Doesn’t it get one? According to this video posted by a youtube user called zerox17, Skyward Sword isn’t going to have a midnight launch or at least in his area it isn’t.
An article was posted on GameInformer talking about the infamous CD-i games and the popular Oracle games. It talks about how the two types of games are similar in that they were both developed by people outside of Nintendo and that they differed by how at the end of their development they both became known for different reasons. The writer first talks about the Oracle games and that Capcom was able to develop the games wonderfully.
Most gamers willingly acknowledge Capcom’s skill at working with the Zelda formula as proven by the Oracle games and Minish Cap, but I think it deserves even greater recognition. On the same day, Capcom released two fully fleshed out Zelda titles of such quality that most fans would have no trouble believing they came from Nintendo itself. It was an incredible, expectation-defying feat by any measurement.
New Skyward Sword gameplay video from Gamespot is out, and this one is pretty long. I haven’t watched through the whole thing as a result, but from what I saw it looked pretty interesting. It seems as if the guys there played through a variety of segments each highlighting slightly different aspects of the game. Also helpful, they will occasionally explain a game action is performed using the Wiimote and WiiMotionPlus alongside a shot of the one using the controller so the viewer can see how the move is physically carried out. Read more…
According to an article posted by Punch Jump, the pre-orders for the Skyward Sword bundle has been ranked in the Top Three Pre-order Sales this week at Best Buy.com.
Pre-order sales for Nintendo Co.’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Gold Remote Bundle for the Wii ranked in the top three pre-order sales this week at Best Buy Co. Inc.’s online division due to strong demand.
This week, the The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Gold Remote Bundle ranked as the No. 2 best-selling pre-order product at Bestbuy.com.
Oh goodie! Now we can decorate our computers with an official Nintendo Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Screensaver. They have both Mac and PC covered so nobody is left out. It displays artwork specially made for Zelda’s 25th Anniversary. The artwork represents The Legend of Zelda spanning from the first The Legend of Zelda NES game back in 1986 all the way to the brand new, anxiously awaited The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. This includes handheld games such as Minish Cap and Spirit Tracks as well. Go grab your The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Screensaver now!
Back in September at the Nintendo 3DS Conferience in Japan Shigeru Miyamoto hinted at a second quest of sorts. However, after getting further translations of that conference, it seemed unclear what he actually was referring to. We never really got full confirmation that there was a second quest at all, but from a recent post over at NeoGAF, we might just have this. The poster refers to the new feature as the Hero Mode and it contains many of the same aspects as the Master Quest from Ocarina of Time. While we cannot 100% confirm the authenticity of this, we can give you the details. Make the jump to see what the Hero Mode entails.
YouTube user WiiFolderJosh of TheBitBlock.com has posted three new gameplay videos of the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. None of these contain too many spoilers and they are just short 30second clips. If you are trying to avoid spoilers, these aren’t too bad. One of the videos shows Link fighting a Moblin. Another shows the Pumpkin Patch in Skyloft. The third one has a conversation involving Link, Fi, and one of the new races in the game. Jump inside to check out all three videos.
The news just doesn’t stop! This time we have three more Japanese commercials for Skyward Sword and there are plenty of new clips. In fact, there seems to be several Spoilers to be found within these commercials so I would only watch it if you don’t mind seeing a few new spoilers. Jump inside to read my outlook on this recent news spike.
IGN has a new article up which has Koji Kondo talking about the music featured in Skyward Sword. He talks about how music as a whole affects the player’s experience as they play the game.
“What makes music special in a Zelda game is the idea that, that within those, as the games are changing and evolving and you have those new moments in every game, we’re continually trying to find sort of these new perspectives that will help deliver the excitement of those moments to the player.”
For most of the day today, a rumored text dump of Skyward Sword has been floating around. This text dump contained crucial details of how the game progresses, from beginning tutorials to final boss battle. However, some doubts still remained about the legitimacy of this dump and so we’ve refrained from posting it.
Now, though, we’ve gotten full confirmation that this is indeed legitimate. The entire plot summary of Skyward Sword can be found after the jump. BE WARNED: THESE ARE MASSIVE SPOILERS AND REVEAL DETAILS OF THE ENTIRE GAME.
The recording of the Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra CD is now available for your viewing pleasure. Actually, this has already been available for viewing on the Nintendo 3DS, but now we have a direct-feed version. We previously reported on this same exact video, but this time we can see it in much higher quality. Make the jump to check out this sweet video.
We reported a few days back about Game Informer giving Skyward Sword a perfect 10 out of 10, but today we have some more information. While we don’t have scans or a full transcript of the magazine, we do have some snippets from the review that we can report on. These come courtesy of a NeoGAF user who posted them in a Skyward Sword thread. Make the jump to read about the new goodies.
If you are an European who has just purchased a brand new 3DS, I’m sad to say you’ll probably be regretting that decision. Recently announced was a limited edition Legend of Zelda 3DS bundle that will be coming to Europe. This package includes a special black and gold 3DS, and a copy of Ocarina of Time 3D. The corners on the front of the 3DS are detailed with golden ocarinas and harps. The slider is even gold as well. There has not been word of an American release, however this special edition bundle can be purchased on November 25th, 2011 in Europe, just one week after their Skyward Sword launch.
You can view more pictures of the bundle after the jump.
So we have heard so much about the Harp in the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword but today we finally get to see the musical instrument in action. A new video releases showcases how Link plays the Harp. He just holds down the A button, while moving the Wiimote to strum the Harp. At this point in time we’re not sure if there is anything much more to it than this. We don’t know if there are distinct songs you can play by strumming in a certain fashion. Either way it’s nice to see his musical instrument in action for the first time. Make the jump to check out the Harp video, as well as a romantic clip between Link and Zelda.
The folks over at MCV have made a special edition magazine of the Legend of Zelda in order to celebrate 25 years. This magazine features what you expect in a normal MCV magazine, but with a Zelda twist. Inside features news, interviews, previews and many more goodies in store. If you would like to read the magazine then click here. I had a quick look inside and most of the content is about Skyward Sword, but there’s nothing in the realms of spoilers.
Today we have a brand new Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Commercial that will be appearing in North America. I personally have yet to see this commercial on TV, but I’m looking forward to doing so. It doesn’t really show much gameplay, and it really doesn’t even focus on the game too much at all. However, I think it is an effective commercial and it will get people to jump online and do some research on it.
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In a recent interview with Eiji Aonuma, he reveals to the official Nintendo magazine that future installments of the Legend of Zelda will use motion controls like in Skyward Sword. After the success of Skyward Sword’s motion controls, Aonuma can’t see Zelda going back to the traditional button controls, even though he had doubts about motion controls during Skyward Sword’s development. Miyamoto also stated back in September that going back to button controls will be difficult.
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