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A new multiplayer Zelda title is on the way for the Nintendo 3DS. It’s very much in the style of the last entry on the handheld, A Link Between Worlds and lets multiple players complete levels together. Gamers can also create ‘totems’ – stacks of characters – to help finish …
Read More »E3 2015: When is Nintendo’s press conference
Nintendo is once again not hosting an E3 press conference this year and is instead putting together a Nintendo direct video. It worked pretty well for them last time, so it’s not necessarily a negative thing. In LA time, the video will air from 9am on Tuesday, June 16th – …
Read More »Zelda on Wii U now has ‘TBD’ release date
Nintendo’s forward release schedule no longer lists a release window for the Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda. The company’s Wii U listings have both Zelda and Devil’s Third down as TBD. A few titles remain slated for 2015 including Starfox, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, Art …
Read More »The Legend of Zelda Wii U to miss 2015
UPDATE: The Legend of Zelda for Wii U will not arrive this year as planned, Nintendo has said, and it won’t be shown at E3 either. Zelda franchise boss Eiji Aonuma said in a video today that the development team has come across ‘new possibilities’ in its bid to create …
Read More »Iwata on Wii U price, free-to-play and that Zelda TV series on Netflix
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has admitted that price has played a big factor in Wii U’s failure. The platform holder last week confirmed that it has a new console in development, thus effectively marking the beginning of the end for the ever-struggling Wii successor. I think, to be honest, we …
Read More »Nintendo says Wii U is first opportunity for a ‘seamless’ open-world Zelda title
Zelda on Wii U will be as large a game as the console hardware will allow. Speaking to Gamereactor, producer Eiji Aonuma said that the power of Nintendo’s current home console relative to its predecessors has afforded it a new level of development scope. "A huge, seamlessly unfolding world is …
Read More »Live-action Zelda TV series in production at Netflix, report claims
Nintendo is in the early stages of making a live-action The Legend of Zelda series that will be shown on Netflix, it has been claimed. The Wall Street Journal reports that Netflix is already in the early production stages with the show being described internally as Game of Thrones for …
Read More »Margin Makers: Merchandise preview for 2015’s biggest games
As this year draws to a close, MCV takes a look at the merchandise already hitting store shelves ahead of 2015’s biggest game releases What a year 2014 has been for video games. We’ve had two biggest-ever new IP launches – Watch Dogs in May, which was then topped in …
Read More »Miyamoto wanted Hyrule Warriors to be less Zelda and more Dynasty Warriors
Upcoming Wii U title was once a far more traditional Legend of Zelda experience. That all changed, however, once Nintendo’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto intervened. At first, when [Koei Tecmo development producer] Hayashi-san approached me, he wanted to make this title closer to a Zelda game than a Dynasty Warriors …
Read More »Nintendo announces Zelda and F-Zero DLC for Mario Kart 8
The Legend of Zelda’s Link and racing IP F-Zero are to star in new DLC coming to Mario Kart 8. The first of two DLC packs goes by the name The Legend of Zelda X Pack and includes the characters Link, Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach along with an F-Zero …
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