Youtube user Joel Furtado has made a stunning Legend of Zelda Wii U trailer to tide us over while we wait for the real Zelda Wii U footage to surface. The trailer uses a similar cell-shaded look that caused plenty of outcry when The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was released on the Nintendo Gamecube. Do you dig it? Or do you prefer the more realistic approach?
Joe Madureira, the creative director of Darksiders has told online gaming publication CVG that he would be stoked to be given the chance to create a Legend of Zelda comic book. For those not in the know Madureira is a prolific comic book writer and artist who has previously worked on Uncanny X-Men, Deadpool and The Ultimates for Marvel, as well as creating Battlechasers.
Some intrepid individuals have embarked on the mammoth task of recreating the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time using Minecraft. Hyrulecraft is a 1:1 scale replica of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The project itself has taken nine months to complete and the Hyrulecraft Server is now finally live for a limited time preview.
A freelance game translator over at GlitterBerri has confirmed that the two Zelda games that surfaced yesterday for the Nintendo 3DS are completely fake. The two games in question were titled The Legend of Zelda: Fire Prophecy and The Legend of Zelda: Ice Prophecy. The freelance games translator who speaks fluent Japanese claims the games are fake due to the following:
-Using を instead of の, which renders it completely nonsensical
-Writing “fire” in kanji and “ice” in katakana makes the titles inconsistent. They should either write both in katakana or both in kanji
Tip: Sal
A rumour has surfaced that Nintendo is currently hard at work creating not one but two Zelda games for the Nintendo 3DS, much like Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages. According to the source the first game is titled The Legend of Zelda: Fire Prophecy and the second game is titled The Legend of Zelda: Ice Prophecy. Nintendo has already confirmed that they’re working on a new Zelda title for the Nintendo 3DS.
Tip: Albert S
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has confirmed that work on a new Zelda game is already under way at Nintendo. Aonuma announced the new game in the Hyrule Historia but wouldn’t mention what platform it was for. We already know that Nintendo are hard at work on a new Zelda game for Wii U so it seems likely that the new game Aonuma is referring to could be for the Nintendo 3DS.
“The long sailing time of creating Skyward Sword, a game to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Zelda series, has just come to an end. The voices of those who’ve played it from around the world reach us. We hear their admiration, comments and their criticism too. All those voices become energy for the next voyage. Well, to tell the truth, we’ve already set sail in a new voyage.”
Melora from History of Hyrule is doing fans an exceptional service by publishing the complete translated Hyrule Historia online. Melora has apparently unglued the book from its binding and has started scanning every single page of the sought-after publication. As of the time of writing the site itself has gone down, but expect it to be back up later.
Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has told Develop Online that he’s always looking for ways to impress legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto and that’s one of the reasons why he’s so motivated to make the Zelda franchise as good as possible.
And how do you keep yourself and those staff creatively motivated and enthusiastic when the Zelda series has been around for so long?
My staff really are driven and kept motivated by the idea of seeing the players enjoy their creations. That is what I try and make them strive for and that is why they invest part of their life over many years into these games.In my case, for me it is about impressing Mr Miyamoto; that’s the big one and that’s what keeps me motivated.
Nintendo has confirmed via a press release that video game fans and music lovers in North America can purchase tickets for the Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Tour. The name “Symphony of the Goddesses” refers not only to the concert program but also to the new four-movement symphony recounting the classic story lines from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and other games in the critically acclaimed series. Concert dates and locations are as follows:
| Jan. 10 | Dallas | ||||||||
| March 14 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||
| March 26 | Seattle | ||||||||
| March 28 | San Francisco | ||||||||
| April 7 | Denver | ||||||||
| April 20-21 | Phoenix | ||||||||
| May 12 | Atlanta | ||||||||
| May 31 | Montreal, Quebec | ||||||||
| June 22 | Austin, Texas | ||||||||
| July 14 | Orlando, Fla. | ||||||||
| Sept. 29 | Toronto, Ontario |
Additional dates for the stunning Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert Tour have been announced. The dates that have been announced thus far are US only but expect additional dates to be posted at a later stage. Here’s the states and provinces:
