Nintendo recently announced that on September 29th, they will officially reveal information about the 3DS that we all have been wondering, namely the price point at launch, and of course, the release date for the system itself.
Of course, no specifics were said as to whether it’s the worldwide price and release, or just the Japanese or American price and release. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
You know, I feel like the last few “Zelda” games have hinged on an axis mechanism that the game is organized around. Whether it’s “Twilight Princess” with the light and dark, or “Wind Waker” with the sailing. Do you feel like there is a core part of the series at this point?
Reggie: I think it is.
The earlier games were more about straight RPG-style dungeon crawler gameplay.
Reggie: Well, in “Link to the Past”, you had light and dark, too.
That’s true. And in “Ocarina of Time,” you had the different time periods and Link at different ages as the core mechanic in that game.
Reggie: So, these two worlds are a key part of the Zelda franchise. And you know, being able to do certain things in world, different things in the other world — now, Mr. Newman, Mr. Miyamoto are the developers — but as a player, a lover of the franchise, to me, yes, those are core parts of the franchise. Read more…
A French video game website named Puissance Nintendo has posted footage of Ocarina of Time 3D on Youtube. The footage of the game starts at 1:19. It appears to be a small trailer, featuring Link on Epona, as seen in the screenshots. Although this gives us no new information or visuals, it’s still very intriguing to see Link & Epona in action. Surely we’ll get more info and footage of this game as time goes by, so sit tight!
GoNintendo has posted information supposedly from the September issue of Nintendo Power. The information covered game ratings, DSi/WiiWare recommendations, notes on an interview with Hideki Konno (Developer of 3DS), and information pertaining to Skyward Sword.
“The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
-Zelda confirmed
-no comment on Ganon
-Possibly using the Beetle in racing challenges
-Says Voice Acting wouldn’t fit in the series
-Miyamoto hasn’t upended the tea table…yet” – GoNintendo
Some questionable stuff there. For example, ‘Miyamoto hasn’t upended the tea table…yet’. Could this be referring to his retirement from the series, or an anger towards aspects of the game not working?
~~ Note: Remember, the issue is not out yet, so this information should be treated as a rumor.
Nathan of Zelda Informer once again produces another article, this time his article is about why he thinks Ocarina of Time isn’t the best Legend of Zelda game ever made.
In his article he goes about talking about how Ocarina of Time is considered the best or great because of what it did for Zelda; taking the traditional 2D style of gameplay and changing it into a 3D game, much like Super Mario 64 did for the Mario series. He also said at the time, he didn’t like Majora’s Mask as much as he does now mainly due to a glitch of sorts in Stone Tower Temple which erased his file. He also goes on to talk about how other more recent games such as Twilight Princess and even the newly released Spirit Tracks are even better than Ocarina of Time at points.
I happen to agree with that. Ocarina of Time was a fun game, but more recent games make me like them more and not Ocarina of Time. I still find part of Spirit Tracks a bit more fun than Ocarina of Time. And no, I’m not a newbie to Zelda; I was about the age of seven to ten years old (or around there) when I had first picked up Ocarina of Time and started to be a Zelda fan.
Anyways you can check the article here. Give it a read.
Well according to Zelda Dungeon it will have a early 2011 release, but Portal to Hyrule, our brother site, says otherwise, giving the information that Skyward Sword will be out in late 2010, but however, doesn’t give a source to the information. That leaves me to ask will Skyward Sword come out in 2010 or 2011? I’m leaning more towards a 2011 release however.
Edit: Sorry. PTH has said it was just something humorous and someone has pointed out an error in the post.
Today I bought the The Official Guide to The Legend of Zelda book from K-Mart and am going to scan the entire book and put it on Zelda Temple. However, thanks to my wonderful mother, the top right corners are messed up due to being wet, but ah well… The rest isn’t damaged and you can read it. It comes with several posters from Twilight Princess, The Minish Cap, Ocarina of Time, Phantom Hourglass, and Spirit Tracks as well as several stickers. There’s other pages dedicated to each game, but I don’t like how it throws the Oracles or Four Sword games together…
Anyways you’ll see it up when I get my internet back. I hope you’ll like it.
Wired.com had the chance to interview Hideki Konno in a meeting room, off the E3 show floor, in regards to the Nintendo 3DS.
Konno revealed that there will be a new ‘Tag Mode’ system implemented in the 3DS which allows users to transfer bits of data to each other. It seems like this will be implemented in many games, but not all. There will also be a Tag Mode Viewer, where users will be able to manage all Tag Mode data.
He goes on to reveal that the accelerometer and the gyroscope built into the 3DS are on par to that of the Wii MotionPlus accessory. Furthermore, he told Wired.com that they’re looking to make this a sociable system; a system that will be carried around wherever people go. Lastly, Konno stated that we should take the model shown at E3 as the ‘final shape’. Although this confirms the shape of the system, there are a few things that still may change. Miyamoto said the Start, Select and Home buttons were not final. This will either be something that changes, or Konno just contradicted Miyamoto.
Nintendo and Sony are currently in talks with phone companies about adding 3G connections to their next handheld systems.
“Videogame makers know that in order for portable game machines to take the next step forward, they need wireless communication. We are discussing this with various players.”
- Ryuji Yamada, president of NTT DoCoMo
This could immensely improve online interactions and brings up speculations of further development, whether it be flash players, better online gaming, or online video chat.
Another week has passed and we have yet another Zelda Temple Wiki Spotlight up for you to view! This time it’s Link, the hero in all the Zelda games! Here’s a section from the article about Link in Spirit Tracks:
“Spirit Tracks
In the beginning of Spirit Tracks, Link is a young engineer trained under Alfonzo. Link completes one final test with Alfonzo on their way to Hyrule Castle Town and ends up passing the test with flying colors. When Link reaches the castle, he enters it and meets up Chancellor Cole who assists him by taking him to the throne room, where Princess Zelda hands him his engineer’s certificate. After which, Zelda slips him a letter to show him a secret way to her room and Link follows it, meeting with Zelda, who asks Link to come with her to the Tower of Spirits. After helping escape from the guard’s view, Zelda, Link, and Alfonzo go to the Tower of Spirits, but the Spirit Tracks under them disappear and the train is derailed. Byrne and Chancellor Cole appear and Byrne and Alfonzo do battle, but both he and Link are defeated, leaving Chancellor Cole enough time to removed Zelda’s spirit from her body. Link wakes up in the Castle and finds Zelda, and the both of them head for the Tower of Spirits with Link’s sword and the Spirit Flute. They meet Anjean at the Tower who gives them the Spirit Train which allows them to travel around in Hyrule. After Link finds the Rail Map for the Forest Realm the Spirit Tracks for the Realm are restored to a point and Link and Zelda are able to travel to the realm’s Lokomo, Gage.
Link and Zelda must then periodically return to the Tower of Spirits in order to gain new Rail Maps, as well as even getting hidden treasures. Even then, they must travel to each of the four realm’s Lokomos in order to restore new Spirit Tracks by playing duets called Lokomo Songs. After all the tracks are fixed and Link and Zelda get the Compass of Light and the Bow of Light, then they head to the Dark Realm in order confront the Demon Train, Chancellor Cole, and Malladus. When Link strikes Zelda’s body with an arrow from the Bow of Light, everyone is thrown out of the Dark Realm and into the Forest Realm, and Malladus is thrown out of Zelda’s body. Link and Zelda then both confront Malladus in Cole’s body, ending up defeating the ancient demon and restoring peace to Hyrule.”
