Nintendo held a 3DS press event yesterday, and one of the many games on-hand was Zelda: A Link to the Past’s 3DS sequel. You can find a few details about the game below.
– Brand new puzzles
– Goofy-looking Link of old makes a return
– Press demo takes place in a 3D dungeon
– Stalfos and flying tiles are in the dungeon
– Can shoot sword beams at enemies
– Magic bar is now more like a stamina bar
– Bar is replenished over time
– Depletes when Link slides around the wall as a painting and when he uses the hammer
If you’re a 3DS owner, it’d be tough to find something shown in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct not to be excited about. New Zelda and Yoshi games are coming, a new Mario Party entry is on the way, and there are other titles in the pipeline such as Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and Mario Golf: World Tour.
One observation about yesterday’s announcements: Nintendo’s own content is based on existing franchises rather than IP.
Nintendo director of product marketing Bill Trinen explained why the Big N continues to revisit franchises while speaking with GameSpot:
Rev3’s video interview with Bill Trinen contained very brief snippets of off-screen Zelda: A Link to the Past 3DS footage. The content that was shown gave a brief look at the touch screen usage. Take a look:
Nintendo actually announced Swapnote’s update for Europe before North America, but the download was never made available in the continent for some unknown reason. That has changed today. Along with the rest of today’s Nintendo Downloads, 3DS users in Europe can now download the update for Swapnote.
Thanks to Thomas for the tip.
