It didn’t take Nintendo very long at all to develop The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD. Series producer Eiji Aonuma revealed in a 4Gamer interview that it took just six months to create, give or take.

Aonuma also pointed out that he “thought it would be a waste to for this to simply be a test of the hardware,” which is one explanation as to how the Wii U release came to be. Wind Waker’s look, as well as other Zelda art styles, had been tested in HD.

Aonuma’s comments in full:

Japanese Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games boxart

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North American Nintendo site gets Zelda: Wind Waker HD makeover

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Nintendo’s main North American website has received an overhaul for the release of Zelda: Wind Waker HD. The entire page carries a design featuring the Wii U release – you can check it out here.

Thanks to Tytygh for the tip.

North American Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze teaser site open

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Nintendo’s North American Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze teaser site is now open. Access it here. The full site is apparently coming soon, though the wait could be awhile given how Tropical Freeze was recently pushed back to February 2014.

The site houses Donkey Kong’s debut trailer as well as a first screenshot. There’s also a very brief overview with a confirmation that six islands are included, featuring Mangrove swamps, Savannah storms, ocean depths, and the frozen landscape of DK Island.

Thanks to Tytygh for the tip.

Ubisoft bringing Watch_Dogs to NYCC 2013

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Ubisoft is bringing a pair of games to this year’s New York Comic-Con. Watch_Dogs as well as South Park: The Stick of Truth will have a presence at the expo next weekend.

Attendees can expect the following from Watch_Dogs’ appearance:

At the Watch Dogs theater, the adversarial mode of the companion app, Watch Dogs – ctOS Mobile, will be highlighting some of the ways players can invade other players’ games within the world of Watch Dogs. Watch Dogs – ctOS Mobile delivers revolutionary dual-screen gameplay and takes the player’s experience beyond the console. A real-time companion game, Watch Dogs – ctOS Mobile allows users to connect and compete with each other from anywhere, at any time. In Watch Dogs, players will take on the role of Aiden Pearce, a new type of vigilante who, with the help of his smartphone, will use his ability to hack into Chicago’s central operating system (ctOS) and control almost every element of the city. Fans who pre-order Watch Dogs from Amazon.com will receive an exclusive free t-shirt (while supplies last).

Ubisoft will also be running a competition, which initially began at PAX Prime:

Super Mario 3D World art shows a bunch of stuff

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ONM has come across another piece of art for Super Mario 3D World, and it shows a whole bunch of things (including what looks like a vague look at the Comet Observatory from Super Mario Galaxy – see image nine). You can find the full art above as well as closeups of individual sections. ONM also has some analysis here.