The Legend of Zelda

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments

Yesterday, we posted a Miiverse message from Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, who spoke briefly about the upcoming entry in the series for Wii U. Strangely, the original Japanese note included an extra tidbit not included in the English translation.

Aonuma mentioned in his original post that he wants to let other people play Zelda Wii U – such as a demo on the show floor – at E3 2015. With Nintendo targeting a launch next year, that does make sense! It just means we’ll be seeing it later in 2015, which most probably expected.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 20 Comments

Game Informer has put up a few new comments from Eiji Aonuma regarding The Legend of Zelda for Wii U. Aonuma discussed the fan reaction to the game thus far, and also remained mum for the most part on Link. You’ll find his comments below.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 90 Comments

This information comes from Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma…

“It’s a rumour. Actually that comment I made jokingly. It’s not that I said that it wasn’t Link. It’s that I never said that it was Link. It’s not really the same thing, but I can understand how it could be taken that way. It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying ‘oh it’s a female character’ and it just kind of grew. But my intent in saying that was humour. You know, you have to show Link when you create a trailer for a Zelda announcement.”

“I don’t want people to get hung up on the way Link looks because ultimately Link represents the player in the game. I don’t want to define him so much that it becomes limiting to the players. I want players to focus on other parts of the trailer and not specifically on the character because the character Link represents, again, the player.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments

Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma posted a message on Miiverse today, briefly touching on The Legend of Zelda for Wii U and Hyrule Warriors. In his message, Aonuma reconfirmed that yesterday’s video was comprised of “actual gameplay on Wii U.” You can find the full Miiverse post below.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 90 Comments

Nintendo debuted a first video for The Legend of Zelda on Wii U earlier today. One character was shown, though some have debated if it was Link, female Link, or someone else entirely.

Now Eiji Aonuma has added a little more mystery to the mix. According to the Zelda producer, “No one explicitly said that that was Link.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

The Zelda and Pokemon Monopoly sets announced last month are apparently releasing a month earlier than expected. Southern Hobby Supply lists both products for release on August 21.

Southern Hobby Supply also has a listing up for a 550-piece Zelda puzzle. This will launch on August 15, according to the retailer.

You can find boxarts for all three products above.

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First 4 Figures will release a limited edition statue of Princess Zelda later this year, as she appears in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It stands at 17 inches, at one-fourth scale and is “cast in high-quality polystone and painted by hand.”

Only 2,500 units of the Zelda statue will be produced. The figurine “comes in deluxe full-color packaging, hand-numbered base, and includes an authenticity card.”

You can place a pre-order here.

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The first Zelda game had a completely open nature. By comparison, some of the more recent titles became more linear.

According to series producer Eiji Aonuma, this happened because he “thought players didn’t like getting lost, wondering what to do, or where to go.” But starting with A Link Between Worlds, Aonuma has started to question some of the series’ traditional elements.

Aonuma told ONM:

“The recent Zelda games have been rather linear, as I thought players didn’t like getting lost, wondering what to do, or where to go. However, I’ve come to question this ‘traditional’ approach as I felt that we couldn’t gain the sense of wonder that existed in the original Legend of Zelda, in which you made unexpected encounters and where what used to be impossible would suddenly become possible.”

“We will, of course, continue to question and reconsider the approaches we have taken in the past without any reservations.”

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