Tag: Japanese

The Japanese Skyward Sword website has updated the world map with two new sections of the first area of the overworld and some new information about the sky. These two new areas include many things that we’ve seen in older trailers but haven’t gotten much attention recently. This update includes screenshots, artwork, videos, and (Japanese) descriptions. First, there were two minor additions to the Skyloft section. A description of the bug-catching and potion-upgrading system was added, along with a closer…

A user on Youtube has uploaded a video of two Skyward Sword commercials that have aired in Japan. These commercials are just a collaboration of all the footage we’ve seen since thus far. However, this is a great opportunity for those who haven’t been keeping up to date with the new Skyward Sword content. As November draws near, more and more goodies will appear, and so will adverts and promotional merchandise across the globe. Make the jump to check out…

Retailers in Japan are now distributing promo books in anticipation of Ocarina of Time 3D. The small booklets include many different screenshots of the game as well as descriptions of gameplay mechanics and a mention of the soundtrack for Club Nintendo members. More pics after the Jump.  

This time around we are looking at two strategy guides for the original Legend of Zelda. What’s strange is that both of these guides were made by the same company. Why would a company want to make two guides for the same game? After diving in further, we can see that one of the guides is sort of a ‘preview’ guide, only covering the first 3 dungeons of the game. The second guide is a bit more elaborate in which…

The official Japanese Website for Ocarina of Time 3D has been updated and there are several short videos now available. Thankfully, a fan over at GoNintendo has compiled all of these short clips into one 5minute long video and you can see it embedded above. Additionally, the same user has embedded all of the various Japanese Ocarina of Time 3D commercials that have released thus far and you can see that 6minute video after the jump.

As with most Zelda titles, when Majora’s Mask was released, it was accompanied by an ad campaign in both Japan and various places across the world. There were multiple Japanese commercials that came out and two of them are embedded right here in this post. The first one actually makes Majora’s Mask out to be quite a creepy game. It shows the actual Majora’s Mask tormenting a young man while he is playing the game in his apartment complex. The…

One of our resident forum members, Crazyfreak, recently fully translated and posted a full interview from back in October 2004 concerning the The Legend of Zelda Manga. In particular the interview discusses some interesting topics concerning the connection between the Zelda Manga and the actual Zelda Games. Here is a quick tid-bit, but be sure to click read more to see the whole thing. Honda: “We also thought that making an exact replica of the game is not finally sighted….