Can you believe that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword finally launches this week? It’s been five years since the last console Zelda… that almost seems unreal.
Nintendo of Europe wrote up the following press release to remind the folks living under a rock that the game will ship to stores later this week.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is due for release on 18th November 2011 and is already garnering high critical acclaim.
14th November 2011: 2011 has truly been the year of Zelda, with Nintendo celebrating the 25th anniversary of the epic adventure series, The Legend of Zelda™. To cap off what has been a year to remember for Zelda fans, Nintendo is set to launch one of the most highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda titles of all time, The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword, exclusively for Wii™ on 18th November across Europe.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword lays the foundation for the events in The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time, which is frequently cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is already garnering very high critical acclaim and is looking certain to surpass the review scores from any other game in the series. Leading video games publications from across the world have been keen to point out how much they have enjoyed playing the game:
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers made it to the Japanese Wii Virtual Console last week. Because it features online play – a rare feature for a VC title – fans in other territories have been particularly hopeful that they’ll be given an opportunity to download the game. Capcom has, fortunately enough, been quick to confirm that it will be made available in North America and Europe.
Capcom wrote on their official blog:
“Here’s a nice surprise – the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive version of Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers is coming to the Japanese Virtual Console with online play added. On the surface, that’s not entirely great news, as most of us are not in Japan. However, I can confirm that this is indeed coming soon for US / EU as well, though there’s no set date.”
So, it’s coming… it’s just a matter of when it’ll hit the Wii Shop Channel. We’ll have to be patient, but at least we know it’s on the way.
It’s also worth mentioning that Strider is set for a North America/European release. No date has been confirmed yet, though you can expect it sometime in the near future.
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– As consumers dig into their holiday shopping this season, they can discover a way to dig for fascinating fossils and encounter some extraordinary virtual creatures. The Fossil Fighters™: Champions game launches today exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ family of hand-held systems. The game asks players to use precision to clean ancient fossils, skill to assemble fantasy teams of revived dinosaurs called vivosaurs and strategy to battle those vivosaurs in a grand tournament.
“Fossil Fighters: Champions turns players of all ages into budding paleontologists,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Up to four players can dig in and have fun.”
That’s not something you see everyday… a bunch of Tanooki Marios crossing the street.
I’m sure that some of you were able to pick up a copy of Super Mario 3D Land in the past 24 hours. Hopefully you’re enjoying the game!
Source: Nintendo PR
Robin Williams is featured in yet another commercial for Skyward Sword. This time, though, Zelda Williams is nowhere to be found!
Jump has a few new details on Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. The magazine states that the following sub characters will be included in the game:
Final Fantasy XIII: Snow
Final Fantasy XI: Prishe
Final Fantasy IX: Vivi
Final Fantasy VII: Aerith
Final Fantasy V: Faris
Final Fantasy III: Cid
Final Fantasy I: Princess Sara
According to the magazine, players can add these sub characters to their party by gathering Crystal Fragments. The article states that you’ll be able to take advantage of summons such as Odin and Bahamut during battles.
A source, who is friends with an engineer at EA, claims to have been given information online plans for Wii U.
This source has reason to believe that EA is looking to make their Origin service a significant aspect of the console’s online plans. If true, players would be able to take advantage of full-on voice/video chat, leaderboards, and comprehensive friends lists.
The source said:
“Many publishers are happy with Xbox Live’s features, but they aren’t happy with how strict Microsoft’s guidelines are. Nintendo went with an open flexible approach with online because when Nintendo asked developers/publishers what they wanted in an online service, that was the number one thing they asked for.”
The rumors don’t end there. Supposedly Valve hopes to bring their Steam platform to the console. EA, however, are “aggressively persuading Nintendo to go Origins exclusive with Wii U’s online so they can gain a competitive advantage over Steam.”
That’s assuming any of this is real, of course. We’ve all heard the “my friend/parent/dog works at X and told me X” story. This round of speculation is interesting, but take it with a grain of salt.
The results are in! After pulling out a name from the magic hat, we finally have a winner for the Super Mario 3D Land contest. Actually, I used a random number generator. Same thing… almost.
In any case, the winning member is: invader_quirk. We’ll be in contact with him soon and will send out a free copy of Super Mario 3D Land.
I do hope that this contest allowed some of you to find a new home. I was surprised to see that quite a few of you weren’t even aware of our forum! Activity on the boards has been buzzing over the past couple of weeks – we all know why that was, though it’d be great if our new members stuck around. I’ve been more than pleased to meet the new members, and I am extremely appreciative of those who have been with us before the contest began.
Also, I might as well mention this now: in the (hopefully near) future I intend to host more forum contests on the site. They could be posts-related (likey with a higher posts requirement) or something completely different. Keep your eyes peeled for updates soon!
Still haven’t visited the forum? You can find it right here.
Nintendo has published the first European trailer for Pandora’s Tower in Europe. Those with European Wiis can watch the video above on the Nintendo Channel.
