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Nintendo has previously spoken about making Zelda accessible. This is something that was discussed even prior to the reveal of Skyward Sword. And it’s something that Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma is striving for, though he’s not looking to lessen the experience.

Speaking with IGN, Aonuma said the following when asked if he’s trying to reintroduce any themes given how long the 3D Zeldas have been around:

“That’s a tough one. Well, for us, when we’re developing a new Zelda, we’re not necessarily focused on which target audience we’re aimed at. We definitely think about who the target audience is, but we’re not focused on a specific age range or specific gender. What we want is a wide audience, so that this game is open and accessible to as wide an audience as possible and everyone enjoys it.”

“I think there’s been a tendency lately to see games as more focused in on a specific audience or a specific age. We’re seeing that range of interest in a game become narrower as we feel like we’re forced to make a game that appeals to a certain group. If we don’t make it appeal to a teenager, then it’s not a game that they’re going to mark off on their calendar.”

“What I want to do going forward is to find that balance, where the game appeals to a wide audience, but is still true to what we’re trying to create. That’s the challenge for us, trying to find that balance. Going forward, I want to make Zelda accessible to a wide audience. It’s trying to find that direction and the vehicle through which we can accomplish that goal that’s the challenge we face every day in development.”

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Another interview with Eiji Aonuma has gone live. USGamer has spoken with the Zelda producer about Wind Waker HD, A Link Between Worlds, and a few general topics such as previous comments he made about capturing the feeling of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

You can find a few excerpts below. There’s even more over at USGamer.

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Polygon has published a new interview with Eiji Aonuma which focuses mostly on the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD. Still, a couple of questions regarding A Link Between Worlds and Zelda Wii U were also asked. You can find the full Q&A roundup below.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
2. Disney Infinity – Disney Interactive
3. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
4. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
5. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
7. The Wonderful 101 – Nintendo
8. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
9. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
10. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
5. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Nintendo
9. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
10. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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With the next NPD report releasing on Thursday, analysts are starting to share their own estimates about the results.

Cowen & Co. has provided its own predictions regarding software sales for a number of titles. Among them include Disney Infinity at 225,000 units, Splinter Cell: Blacklist at 209,000 units, and Pikmin 3 at 185,000 units.

Console and handheld software, according to Cowen & Co., will see an increase of 21 percent year-over year. Total packaged goods sales is estimated to have risen by 18 percent. This would be the first time in two years that the US console and handheld games market would record year-on-year double-digit growth in August.

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Individual formats

LW		TW			Title	Format	Label	Publisher
–		1			ROME: TOTAL WAR II	PC	SEGA	SEGA
1		2			SAINTS ROW IV	XB360	DEEP SILVER	KOCH MEDIA
–		3			DIABLO III	XB360	BLIZZARD	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
–		4			DIABLO III	PS3	BLIZZARD	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2		5			SAINTS ROW IV	PS3	DEEP SILVER	KOCH MEDIA
5		6			MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
3		7			TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST	XB360	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
–		8			KILLZONE: MERCENARY	VITA	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
9		9			PAYDAY 2	XB360	505 GAMES	505 GAMES
6		10			TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST	PS3	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
8		11			DISNEY INFINITY	XB360	DISNEY INFINITY	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
–		12			FARMING SIMULATOR 2013	XB360	FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE	KOCH MEDIA
10		13			ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
13		14			DISNEY INFINITY	WII	DISNEY INFINITY	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
11		15			THE LAST OF US	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
4		16			FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN	PS3	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
15		17			DISNEY INFINITY	PS3	DISNEY INFINITY	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
18		18			RAYMAN LEGENDS	XB360	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
30		19			LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS	XB360	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
14		20			RAYMAN LEGENDS	WII U	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
12		21			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7		22			FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN	PC	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
–		23			FARMING SIMULATOR 2013	PS3	FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE	KOCH MEDIA
20		24			RAYMAN LEGENDS	PS3	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
19		25			FIFA 13	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
16		26			MADDEN NFL 25	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
31		27			LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES	XB360	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
29		28			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	UBISOFT
26		29			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	TAKE 2
23		30			MAX PAYNE 3	PS3	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
21		31			MAX PAYNE 3	XB360	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
40		32			FAR CRY 3	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	UBISOFT
27		33			LUIGI’S MANSION 2	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
24		34			TOMB RAIDER	PS3	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
28		35			TOMB RAIDER	XB360	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
–		36			PAYDAY 2	PS3	505 GAMES	505 GAMES
17		37			MADDEN NFL 25	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
34		38			GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY	XB360	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
–		39			NI NO KUNI: WRATH OF THE WHITE WITCH	PS3	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
22		40			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	PS3	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

All formats

LW		TW			Title	Developer	Label	Publisher
1		1			SAINTS ROW IV	VOLITION	DEEP SILVER	KOCH MEDIA
–		2			ROME: TOTAL WAR II	CREATIVE ASSEMBLY	SEGA	SEGA
–		3			DIABLO III	BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT	BLIZZARD	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2		4			TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST	UBISOFT (TORONTO)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
4		5			DISNEY INFINITY	AVALANCHE SOFTWARE	DISNEY INFINITY	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
5		6			MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION	4J STUDIOS	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
9		7			PAYDAY 2	OVERKILL SOFTWARE	505 GAMES	505 GAMES
–		8			KILLZONE: MERCENARY	GUERRILLA CAMBRIDGE	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
6		9			RAYMAN LEGENDS	UBISOFT (FRANCE)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
–		10			FARMING SIMULATOR 2013	GIANTS SOFTWARE	FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE	KOCH MEDIA
3		11			FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
15		12			LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
12		13			LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
10		14			FIFA 13	EA CANADA	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
8		15			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	TREYARCH	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
11		16			ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
14		17			MAX PAYNE 3	ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
13		18			THE LAST OF US	NAUGHTY DOG	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
7		19			MADDEN NFL 25	EA TIBURON	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
16		20			TOMB RAIDER	CRYSTAL DYNAMICS	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
18		21			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	UBISOFT (MONTREAL)	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	UBISOFT
22		22			FAR CRY 3	UBISOFT (MONTREAL)	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	UBISOFT
19		23			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	ROCKSTAR NORTH	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	TAKE 2
20		24			NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED	CRITERION GAMES	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
21		25			THE SMURFS 2	UBISOFT SF/WAYFORWARD	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
25		26			GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY	ROCKSTAR NORTH	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
24		27			THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – LEGENDARY	BETHESDA	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
29		28			RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY	ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
27		29			BATTLEFIELD 3	DIGITAL ILLUSIONS	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
17		30			SKYLANDERS GIANTS	TOYS FOR BOB	SKYLANDERS	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
31		31			BIOSHOCK INFINITE	IRRATIONAL GAMES	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
36		32			THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM	BETHESDA	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
32		33			HITMAN ABSOLUTION	IO INTERACTIVE	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
33		34			LUIGI’S MANSION 2	NEXT LEVEL GAMES	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
–		35			DEAD OR ALIVE 5 ULTIMATE	TEAM NINJA	TECMO	TECMO KOEI EUROPE
–		36			NI NO KUNI: WRATH OF THE WHITE WITCH	LEVEL 5	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
30		37			MARIO KART 7	RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
26		38			LOST PLANET 3	SPARK UNLIMITED	CAPCOM	CAPCOM
40		39			FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013	SPORTS INTERACTIVE	SEGA	SEGA
39		40			GRID 2	CODEMASTERS	CODEMASTERS	CODEMASTERS

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