Data has become available showing worldwide shipment figures for Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Mario Kart from Nintendo Japan. The shipment figures for each of Nintendo’s key franchises span across multiple Nintendo systems from the NES to the Nintendo 3DS. Just remember these are shipment figures, rather than sales figures.
Michael Inglis, the creator behind the viral Lego Zelda video, has had his dream come one step closer to reality as over 10,000 people have backed his Lego Zelda concept at the official Lego website. Because Inglis has managed to get over 10,000 supporters Lego will have to review the concept and decide if it’s something they would like to do. Of course, they would need to get Nintendo to approve the concept as well.
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US retail emporium K-Mart is selling the fantastic The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the ridiculously cheap price of $19.99. Gamers will be able to purchase the game at the discounted price from the 6th May until May 12th.
An intriguing artist over at Gamesblog has fused The Legend of Zelda series with Bethesda’s Fallout series to create what it calls The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of the Future. There’s plenty of images provided on the site, so why not take a look.
MaJoRa, a member of the Zelda Fan Game Central community, has spectacularly managed to render the acclaimed over world of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in the 2D top-down view that was seen in the critically acclaimed Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The ambitious project has taken roughly two long years to complete.
“Not to say this project is over by a long shot, I am going to see how far I can take this. I feel like ending now is too soon, I will find a new way to step this up.” He is taking suggestions and constructive criticism about his work, more of which may be seen at the link below.
- Project designer, MaJoRa
Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has told Edge that he would like to make a new Legend Of Zelda game “based on, or starting from” SNES classic A Link To The Past for the Nintendo 3DS.
“I think the answer would be the same if we’re talking about just porting,” he said, “but I think I’d be even more interested in creating something new maybe based on, or starting from, A Link To The Past. I think it’s important to bring some really new software.”
“To be very honest and open, it really depends on the directors that have time at the moment as well,” he said. “Some directors, I can give them the title and I know they will do something great with it.
“Other directors I’m not so 100 per cent confident [in], so they’re the ones I’d rather take a more remake approach to the title. It really depends on that as well.”
Miyamoto was also asked by the publication why Nintendo hasn’t created a new game in the F-Zero franchise. Miyamoto claims that it wouldn’t be surprising enough on current hardware, but the Wii U could be the perfect fit.
“I think at the time it was a really big surprise, a new thing, a product that made sense,” he said. “I don’t see with current hardware how you could create a similar surprise.
“But maybe with future hardware, with Wii U coming up, maybe we could create something that does make sense, either as a smaller game, or a fully fledged title.”
Yesterday Zeldac posted a huge amount of concept art for The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask and today they’ve rather kindly posted some gorgeous The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker concept art. The images are taken from the Hyrule Historia which is only available to purchase in Japan. There’s a ton of images on the site, so feel free to have a look.
Nintendo released a whole batch of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask concept art which is available to view in the Zelda encyclopaedia Hyrule Historia. Thankfully fan-based website Zeldac has uploaded what appears to be the vast majority of the concept images. I’ve uploaded a few, but there’s plenty more to be seen here.
Toys “R” Us in the United States is selling the fantastic The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the bargain price of $29.99. It’s generally quite rare to see first party Nintendo games at a reduced price, especially since the game didn’t launch so long ago. The Legend of Zelda: skyward Sword is one of the best games on Wii so if you haven’t already purchased it nows your chance.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim managed to win the coveted game of the year award at this years Game Developers Choice Awards which took place at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco. Sadly, the incredible The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword didn’t even get a look-in, and failed to scoop up any awards. Here’s the list of winners:
