Timeshift Thursday: Looking back at E3 2004

Hello Zelda Dungeoners and welcome to a new edition of Timeshift Thursday for this week! E3 2013 is just around the last corner and the hunger for new announcements, demos, and game trailers is at an all-time high. The lack of Zelda games at last year’s E3 makes way for a blockbuster showfloor this time with both The Wind Waker HD and A Link to the Past 2 scheduled to be shown. A new Zelda Wii U title could also be revealed at E3 2013 although, if anything, a trailer would just be shown.

Today, I’d like us to take a glance back at a special Nintendo E3 presentation which took place nine years ago. E3 2004 was a much anticipated year for new Zelda announcements and Nintendo dropped a stunning bomb right at the end of its presentation wowing the audience it had been preaching for. A stunning trailer for Nintendo’s next console Zelda title was officially unveiled featuring superb visuals and an all new environment unlike anything seen since Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask graced the N64. It was an E3 presentation which has not been topped in audience applause to this present day. But if Nintendo have created a really special Nintendo Direct for streaming live next week then favor could win them back targeted crowds and Wii U will shift momentum in a similar way to the 3DS.

Nintendo legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto also made a sensational appearance after the Zelda trailer played and gained a standing ovation for his work in the gaming industry! If you’d like to take a look at just how the media reacted towards the Zelda trailer which ended up becoming Twilight Princess then click the jump for the video!

That guy shouting closest to the microphone of the video recorder surely must have felt like a heart attack was coming along after all that excitement for the Zelda trailer. When have the media’s reactions been so positive towards Nintendo as of recent times? Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime certainly set the tone by proclaiming that “a new world of Nintendo GameCube was opening”. And wasn’t it fantastic seeing Mr. Miyamoto come out equipped with a Master Sword and Hylian Shield; surely a once in a lifetime show! This as well as other gaming announcements provided Nintendo with a fantastic reception for their finest E3 and hopefully this year can at least equivalate to that. With new Smash Bros, 3D Mario, and Mario Kart titles also planned for the show the excitement couldn’t be more electrifying!

Do you remember E3 2004? Are you glad with the way Nintendo laid out its presentation and saving the Zelda trailer for the end of the show? Do you think E3 2013 will be just as big as 2004? Please let me know what you think in the comments section below!