New The Legend of Zelda game coming to Wii U next year

Nintendo has finally lifted the curtain on its original Zelda game for Wii U. During its “Digital Event” held today, the company shared first details about the project. The title is due out next year.

Zelda’s new visual style is tough to describe – it’s not truly realistic like what we saw in the Zelda Wii U tech demo, though the game still looks fantastic. One could say that it evolves on the style we saw in Skyward Sword.

– Aonuma again states that they’re trying to break away from Zelda conventions
– New Zelda style revealed, art style somewhere between Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, appears to have an emphasis on large open worlds + exploration
– New Zelda style revealed, art style somewhere between Twilight Princess and Wind Waker, appears to have an emphasis on exploration
– Mech enemy appears to be shooting blue lasers at Link, brief look at the new bow which shone bright when charged