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Obtaining the Swift Sail in Zelda: Wind Waker HD isn’t difficult, but it isn’t straightforward either. Here’s a quick video showing how players can receive the item:



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“In my mind we are all human beings first, whether we are gamers or not. I believe that we all respond positively to emotions that are true. If you make something true and original, people from different backgrounds and with different interests can and will want to experience it.”

“Miyazaki movies are a great reference for me because they primarily have female main characters, and at the same time, I feel they are loved by gamers. You can watch Iron Man and My Neighbor Totoro in the same weekend and it’s not considered weird. In fact, you would be considered a film aficionado. So why wouldn’t a gamer, somebody that likes games, be interested in playing different experiences? One type of experience doesn’t replace another, they complete each other.”

“We will see if Child of Light will be well received, and I hope it will be, but in the end its success will be riding on the quality of the experience and not its subject matter.”

– Child of Light creative director Patrick Plourde


Via OXM



It’s obviously almost identical to the book, but it still seems like a neat thing to have!


Shin’en has already put out one visually-impressive game on Wii U, Nano Assault Neo. The studio always has a knack of producing titles with high-quality graphics on Nintendo hardware even though some may claim that the Big N’s platforms are underpowered.

Wii U is Nintendo’s latest system to have been blasted by some as lacking in the specs department. But according to Shin’en’s Manfred Linzner, those who have trouble making “great looking” titles on the console only have themselves to blame – “it’s not a problem of the hardware,” he believes.



We’ll keep you posted. Hopefully they can share more on it soon!



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