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Nintendo will be toasting to its success at making quality handheld titles as it has brought home the top honor in the “Best Handheld/Mobile Game” Category at the 2014 Game Developer Choice Awards. The exciting news for Zelda fans is that A Link Between Worlds was picked out as the winner among a list of Playstation Vita, IOS, Android, and even other 3DS titles to claim the crown. A Link Between Worlds was also nominated for another award as well…

The entire list of nominees and honorable mentions for this year’s Game Developer’s Choice Awards have been released and our favorite A Link Between Worlds made an appearance in more than one area. There were arguably a lot of fantastic games in the past 12 months, so it’ll be interesting to see whether the Zelda game takes home any awards; most of us would certainly hope so. Think you can guess the other nominees? Hit the jump to see!

In an official press release, Nintendo announced today that the re-imagining of Ocarina of Time for the 3DS will release on June 19. A June 19 launch date has been set for The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D, a re-mastered edition of one of the most acclaimed installments in The Legend of Zelda series, created exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS system. While we already knew that Master Quest would make it into the portable release, the release date…

The GDC 2011 trailer for Skyward Sword showed us many interesting things. We saw more areas and enemies, more examples of what the gameplay will be like, and we also saw the game’s unusual focus on technology. But it seems that among all the news, the “new” character of Skyward Sword is the most talked about. And rightfully so. Other than developer statements about the titular Skyward Sword and Skyloft, this character is the first thing we’ve seen of the…

What? How could that old trailer be more important than the new GDC 2011 one? Well, I certainly wouldn’t say it’s more important, and this article will focus primarily on the more recent one. Discussions with other theorists during and shortly after the first trailer’s release brought up a very wide range of topics and theories. I realized that it all relates to the short introduction to the first Skyward Sword footage we ever saw, and I thought that would…

A new Skyward Sword trailer is here! In it we see lots of new enemies, bosses, mini bosses, some new puzzle mechanics and more! More info after the jump. Updated: A Higher Quality version is now available.