Wind Waker Wii U “press release” was not official, not from Nintendo

Yesterday was a whirlwind of excitement and confusion over the Wind Waker remake for the Wii U and a supposed press release coming from Nintendo UK. The supposed press release claimed that Nintendo UK was aware of some of the changes fans would like to see made in this upcoming remake, and while they could not say that these changes were going to be made, they listed some of the most common requests. The supposed press release went on to pose the question “What changes would you like to see?” Even if this press release had been legit (it wasn’t, as it turns out) at no point was it stating that Nintendo was soliciting fan suggestions, yet somehow that’s the “news” that got spread around by several sites. It was just saying that Nintendo UK was supposedly aware of these more common request.

However, as it turns out, the press release wasn’t even real. So what’s the deal? Jump inside to find out!

The “press release” was not a press release at all, and it was not from Nintendo UK. This originated via discussion question by MEC Global, a marketing company. While it is true that they are often the company Nintendo employs for marketing, they were not acting on Nintendo’s behalf on this matter. They were simply commenting on their own behalf, stating that they (MEC Global) was aware of those common change requests. GoNintendo, having also published this “press release” story yesterday, did some sleuthing and got to the bottom of the matter when things just weren’t adding up. The original source for the “press release” was Operation Rainfall, who seems to have acquired the “discussion question” from MEC Global themselves and mistook it for a press release. They’ve since edited their title and updated their post to make the situation more clear.

We apologize if our earlier reporting added to any of this confusion, but hope this has cleared the matter up.

Source: GoNintendo