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Nintendo’s Remastered Classic Launches Digitally with HD Graphics, Limited-Edition Bundle

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Renews an All-Time Great

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sept. 20 marks a day of new adventures for fans of The Legend of Zelda franchise with the digital launch of the remastered version of one of the greatest video games of all time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, for the Wii U home console. Fans who do not own a Wii U system can opt for the limited-edition bundle, which comes with a black Deluxe Wii U console; a GamePad controller adorned with the gold Hyrule crest and symbols from the game; a download code for the digital version of Hyrule Historia, a book that details the chronology, history and artwork of The Legend of Zelda series; and a code to download The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD from the Nintendo eShop. The bundle is available at a suggested retail price of $299.99. Current Wii U owners can also download the game on Sept. 20 from the Nintendo eShop for $49.99.

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Square Enix announced an official release date and price for Dragon Quest X version 2.0 at the Tokyo Game Show today. The expansion will be available on December 5. Pricing is set at 3,990 yen.

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While creating the original Zelda: Wind Waker for GameCube, Nintendo considered giving Link a certain ability. Amazingly, this was eye-beams of all things.

According to developer Satoru Takizawa, legendary designer Takashi Tezuka “said we needed to supply a reason for the eyes being so big.” But at the end of the day, Takizawa doesn’t believe that giving Link eye beams would have been realistic.

From the latest Iwata Asks:

Takizawa: Now that the eyes had gotten much larger, we wanted to make their facial expressions richer by increasing the number of patterns for the eyes and mouth. Partway through, we even talked about having beams come out of those eyes! (laughs)

Iwata: Huh? Eye-beams?!

Takizawa: (Shigeru) Miyamoto-san and (Takashi) Tezuka-san said we needed to supply a reason for the eyes being so big. I don’t think beams were really an option, though.

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DuckTales Remastered will be seeing a retail release. Originally launched as a download last month, the disc version will hit store shelves on November 12. Pricing is set at $19.99.

You can find the full announcement below. DuckTales Remastered’s boxart is posted above.

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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. There aren’t too many highlights, but you can grab Assassin’s Creed III for $19.99. Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff is also on sale, if that’s your kind of thing.

Here’s the ad in full:

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 236,700
3DS – 40,092
PS3 – 12,146
Vita – 6,020
PSP – 5,449
Wii U – 5,003
Wii – 962
Xbox 360 – 244

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 60,077
3DS – 19,114
PS3 – 13,790
Vita – 7,314
Wii U – 5,702
PSP – 5,493
Wii – 978
Xbox 360 – 201

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The latest addition to the Iwata Asks series is none other than The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD. You can read the discussion here. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, and other staffers chat about the upcoming Zelda title in today’s interview.