February 6, 2010 • 7:48 pm 25
British gaming publication, NGamer, is claiming that Sega’s speedy mascot Sonic The Hedgehog is appearing in Nintendo’s highly anticipated Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Although the Nintendo publication is renowned for its sense of humour, it was one of the first gaming publications to announce that Nintendo was bringing Zelda: Twilight Princess across to the Nintendo Wii.
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii , mario galaxy 2, ngamer, rumour, sonic
January 30, 2010 • 7:53 pm 8
The Nintendo channel in the United Kingdom have run a segment highlighting the key blockbuster releases from Nintendo this year.
Amongst the games that were briefly mentioned were the sublime Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid: Other M and Nintendo’s Zelda for Wii.
January 21, 2010 • 7:42 pm 24
Information regarding the next iteration of the Zelda series for Nintendo Wii has leaked onto the popular Japanese message board, 2chan.
The Japanese message board 2Chan, has reportedly been the source of some infamous gaming leeks with accurate information given during the development stages of Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear 4, Resident Evil 4 and 5, and every Square Enix RPG.
Here’s the full list of information regarding Zelda Wii gathered from the source:
• The game will diverge from the established dungeon-field-dungeon gameplay style (confirmed by Aonuma)
• You can select whether you’re right or left-handed, and Link will have the same handedness as you
• The basic mechanics and gameplay elements are done, and they’re currently working on the story, dungeons and developing characters. Among them are an innkeeper in the town where Link lives and her young son, who looks up to him
• The Mastersword girl is not the master sword, and as of now there are no plans for Link to get the Master Sword in the game. Her name is Aderu (maybe Adelle, but I think might be Adella; Rough translation, can’t be sure), and she’s not your typical companion like Ezlo or Midna, in that she’s rarely there with you. What you see in the piece of concept/promotional art isn’t her real face (this isn’t elaborated on)
• Link’s main weapon is a sword with different unlockable abilities, which Aderu communicates with you through
• Horseback combat is back, with a more intelligent Epona that is better at avoiding obstacles
• The character models for Link, Epona, and the Gorons have all been modified and touched up, but they’re the only ones, suggesting no Zelda or Ganon (or entirely new models for them, it is also possible they just weren’t mentioned for whatever reason..)
• This Link is the Hero of Time (presumably grown up after MM, but he didn’t say)
• There is time travel (again, he didn’t delve into it)
• The game does NOT take place in Hyrule
January 12, 2010 • 8:18 pm 10
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has clearly stated that the Zelda team are striving for perfection with the forthcoming Zelda for the Nintendo Wii.
“Right now, it’s still in development, but the key message that Mr Miyamoto and Mr Aonuma are telling us is that it really has to be perfect when it launches — that really is what the Zelda fan is expecting.”
“So for all the Zelda fans out there right now, what I would say is, enjoy Spirit Tracks, and know that the Zelda title for Wii is going to come out when it’s perfect.”
- Reggie Fils-Aime
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii , development, perfection, Reggie Fils-Aime, zelda wii
January 11, 2010 • 7:43 pm 13
Online gaming publication, Destructoid, recently came across an old copy of Game Informer from January 2007 which stated that Nintendo were working on a brand new Zelda title specifically for the Wii.
At the time the gaming publication stated that the new Zelda game has been under development in Nintendo HQ for a year already. This means that if the game comes out in 2010, as Nintendo believe, then it’ll place the development time for the project at around the five years mark.
Game Informer (Screen Shot)
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii , development, game informer, rumour, zelda wii
January 6, 2010 • 7:16 pm 16
Satoru Iwata has confirmed to Japanese newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun, that the next iteration of the Zelda franchise for the Nintendo Wii is currently scheduled for a late 2010 release. Whether this is Japan only remains to be clarified, hopefully more news regarding this issue will follow shortly.
Iwata also informed the Japanese news publication that the future successor to the DS will have “highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing”. No word as of yet as to when we will see it, but expect more information at this years E3 event in June.
Filed under: DSi, Ds, Nintendo, Wii , 2010, new ds, next ds, zelda wii
December 28, 2009 • 7:46 pm 9
Zelda series director, Eiji Aonuma, has stated that he would like to produce a new addition to Link’s Crossbow Training but has instead been urged by his peers to continue to work on the next Zelda title for Wii.
“To tell you the truth, I actually wanted to create Link’s Crossbow Training 2. I thought that we should do something more and better in the field of the first person shooter, based on our experience of the first game”.
The “more” he wanted was an expanded multiplayer mode, but Nintendo would have none of it. “The fact of the matter is that a lot of people inside Nintendo insisted that I should work on a new Legend Of Zelda title rather than working on more Crossbow Training”.
- Eiji Aonuma
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii , eiji aonuma, links crossbow training, zelda
December 23, 2009 • 6:50 pm 8
Zelda series director, Eiji Aonuma, recently sat down with Edge Magazine to discuss the critically acclaimed Twilight Princess and the next instalment of the Zelda franchise.
Eiji Aomuma readily admitted to Edge that scale is an element that wasn’t emphasised enough on in Twilight Princess, however they are looking to expand on this aspect in Zelda Wii with bigger and more diversified game worlds.
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii , edge, eiji aonuma, scale, zelda wii
December 14, 2009 • 7:30 pm 17
Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma recently sat down with the Official Nintendo Magazine to discuss the highly anticipated Zelda game for the Nintendo Wii.
According to Aonuma development on the game is already well under way and the Nintendo team are hopeful that they will be able to show off the fruits of their labour at next years E3 gaming expo.
Eiji Aonuma said that the firm was already in the process of creating “scenarios, dungeon-making and so on”.
He added that the game was already working with MotionPlus and that his team had “already got a very solid response” from the technology.
He said: “You may be under the impression that we are still only in the early stages of development – [but] in fact we are well into the making of the game…
“Our team has been working on making the building blocks regarding the action – the scenarios, dungeon-making and so on. We are well underway.”
He added: “I hope that we can show you something at the E3 show next year and it is something we are hopeful will be surprising.”
- Official Nintendo Magazine
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii , e3 2010, eiji aonuma, official nintendo magazine, zelda wii
December 8, 2009 • 7:23 pm 13
The Legend of Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma recently sat down with online gaming publication IGN to offer them a few insights into the development ideas for the next iteration of the Zelda series.
“With Twilight Princess, we challenged ourself to create the most vast and realistic world the series had ever seen, but we don’t feel that we were able to fully complete this objective. With that as a starting point for our improvements to the series in the future, we are of course working on a new game for Wii.”
“For any game to be remembered for a long time, just like Ocarina of Time was, the game must give the strong impression that it has set a new starting point for future sequels to build upon. We are working to further improve upon the experiences found in Twilight Princess so that our future games can realize these innovations.”
- Eiji Aonuma
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii , eiji aonuma, twilight princess, zelda wii
