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Posted by Joystiq Feb 11 2011 10:00 GMT
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This trailer, from the same people who brought us Inglorious Plummers, takes us back to a simpler time -- a time of cassette tapes, flannel shirts and the passing of empty containers between loved ones.

Posted by Joystiq Jan 31 2011 16:30 GMT
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It seems that the hero of Hyrule will remain bound to Nintendo's forthcoming 3D handheld in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time before turning his sword skyward at some point after, the company's third quarter financial report indicates. "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been in the process of being remade for Nintendo 3DS, and this Nintendo 3DS version is expected to hit the market earlier [than Skyward Sword]," Nintendo head Satoru Iwata states in the piece.

Though Skyward Sword apparently won't launch until sometime after OoT (which is expected sometime after June's E3, outside of Nintendo's "launch window"), the report also reveals that Miyamoto's team is currently "entering into the final completion stage" of the Wii title. That being the case, we'll expect a much more impressive demonstration of the game at Nintendo's E3 presser later this year.

Posted by GoNintendo Jan 20 2011 21:27 GMT
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If you didn’t manage to pick up a copy of the latest issue of GamePro, that means you never got a chance to read my feature on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword! I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to put together a feature for the gang at GamePro, and I’m still [...]

Posted by IGN Jan 15 2011 03:11 GMT
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Hyrule will be back and better than ever in 2011.

Posted by Joystiq Jan 13 2011 12:00 GMT
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Even outside of being recognizable and beloved Nintendo royalty, Peach and Zelda have a lot in common: They've both grown quite contemptuous of their heroic better halves. In their defense, we can't imagine living without central air, either. It's the little things in life, people.

Posted by IGN Dec 22 2010 05:24 GMT
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Is Skyward Sword going to take longer than we thought?

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Posted by GoNintendo Nov 21 2010 22:32 GMT
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That wasn't even a swan dive

Posted by IGN Oct 21 2010 19:25 GMT
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Link's back! 5 reasons you're not excited, and 5 reasons you should be.

Posted by Lord Crump Sep 14 2010 21:53 GMT
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Okay, so it opens up with this knight guy, named Alfred (Or something, I really haven't thought his name through), and he's the captain of the Hyrule Guard (Which is like this elite police force/task group composed of the King's finest warriors) leading a group of knights to the outskirts of Hyrule's countryside; they come across a goron, and they question the goron to see if he knows what they're looking for. Alfred is essentially searching for this corrupt priest named Agahnim; he was essentially the King's court holy man, but conspired against the king by trying to poison him, and when he failed, he fled from Hyrule.

 

So the goron dude tells Alfred that he saw weird cultist activity down the road in this small, abandoned town; the knights search the town and find Agahnim performing some sort of black magic ritual by draining the blood of freshly killed villagers and siphoning it in to this sort of magic vortex. Alfred and crew are like "what the hell is going on here," and then Agahnim simply says, with wicked glee--despite knowing that he is going to be captured, put on trial and executed--"He's returning. The Great One is finally returning."

 

And then it cuts to this other little village on the outskirts of a forest; there's this ranch where a young mute boy named Link lives. He's living a happy life despite the fact that for some strange reason he was born without the ability to form words (And this is a plot point explained a little later). He lives a happy life with his best friend Malon until a group of mauraders--which turn out to be the barbaric hordes sent by the ruthless Moblin King--ransack the town and kidnap Malon. Link, being the courageous young hero (Idiot) that he is, grabs his father's old rusty sword and shield and sets off after the moblins.

 

It turns out later that the Moblin King actually is in cahoots with Agahnim, but Link doesn't know this yet. Meanwhile, this Middle-Eastern looking man with bright red hair is leading a group of Gerudo refugees across the Great Desert/Hyrule border; you see, the land of the Gerudos is very poor and many want to come to Hyrule, which is the land of opportunity. The thing is, though, the leader of this operation is also a knight of Hyrule himself... but he also holds motives aside from gauranteeing safe passage to immigrants and serving the king.

 

Meanwhile, the daughter of the King, Princess Zelda, has special mystic powers; she can reveal the true motives behind anyone she talks to. Some say it's magic or psychic powers, but nobody knows what it really is. Alfred and the middle-eastern man (Who we'll call Gamond) escort Princess Zelda to Agahnim's prison cell and Zelda tries to get Agahnim to reveal his true motives. Aganhim then tells the group the story of Ganondorf, a man from the vast desert who held a remarkable power: the Tri-Force of Power. Ganondorf was destined to do great things, as the Hero of Power, but instead, was filled with rage and hate, due to the fact that his people were oppressed for so many ages. Thus, Ganondorf would seek out the full Tri-Force of the Gods to gain the power of the Gods for himself, and re-create the world the way he wanted to... at the cost of the lives of everyone.

 

I'll continue later, but it's interesting so far, is it not

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gwonam and king harkinian should be in actual zelda games
as in the not cd-i ones

Posted by Lord Crump Sep 14 2010 22:07 GMT
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I mean, it's so good, it puts Super Mario Bros. 3, Ocarina of Time, Half-Life 2, Final Fantasy VII, and Halo to shame. Skyward Sword is this game where you play as this guy who wears green, and his name is Link. He's badass 'cause he's got this sword and it's all motion-controlled n' shit. The swordplay is so badass it will have you creaming your pants and crying Niagara Falls.

 

Also he has this little beetle thing that you can send flying places n' shit. Best little beetle thing ever.

 

I give this game an 11/10. Game of the year of all years.

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Even though this is some twisted Twilight Princess and Windwaker hybrid I still proudly enjoy this game like the daft uneducated fanboy I am

Posted by IGN Aug 18 2010 19:45 GMT
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Another look at the Wii MotionPlus-capable Zelda game for Wii.

Posted by Joystiq Aug 12 2010 18:00 GMT
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Nintendo announced its lineup for this month's GamesCom event (August 18-22). Finally, those of you attending the convention in Cologne will have something to do there! And that something is "see Charles Martinet."

Or, you know, play The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Metroid: Other M, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Wii Party, Professor Layton and the Lost Future, Tetris Party Deluxe, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Art Academy, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem. If Mr. Martinet is busy. Nintendo is showing pretty much its whole E3 lineup, with the exception of Mario Sports Mix.

Posted by GoNintendo Aug 11 2010 17:56 GMT
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the next entry in the Zelda series to bring about the argument of Link being left or right handed. The only different this time is that the controls are much more physical, and the player’s left or right-handed nature is going to have a lot to do [...]

Posted by Kotaku Aug 10 2010 17:00 GMT
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#wii Nintendo boasts today that the company has sold 30 million Wiis in the U.S., making it, they say, the fastest-selling home console in gaming history. This proud news was bundled with a curiosity. Hint: Name the best-selling Wii Zelda game. More »

Posted by GoNintendo Aug 04 2010 00:55 GMT
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- area from the E3 demo will be divided in the final game - bosses from the demo will not appear in their locations from the demo - the demo area was the realm below the clouds - the demo area was a field, not part of a dungeon - once again, field and dungeon layouts are being reworked - [...]

Posted by GoNintendo Aug 03 2010 16:41 GMT
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“Basically what leads Link on this adventure is the Skyward Sword. When that sword is actively guiding Link it actually transforms into a feminine figure. I wouldn’t say that it’s female per se but it’s a feminine figure. It would be kind of nice to keep this a mystery, but I can tell [...]

Posted by GoNintendo Jul 27 2010 23:44 GMT
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“One of the reasons we’ve chosen the art style we have with Skyward Sword is that it is a better vehicle to showcase the exaggerated characteristics of some of the characters. Not only of the enemy characters, but as a representation of the sword spirit itself. Because of the way we have put the game [...]


Posted by Kotaku Jul 22 2010 06:00 GMT
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#nintendo You may think that the concept of a coherent timeline for the Legend of Zelda games is either a sick joke or a...joke, but Nintendo maintains there is one. And that the upcoming Skyward Sword fits neatly into it. More »

Posted by Joystiq Jul 22 2010 01:20 GMT
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First and foremost, that headline is the most skin-crawlingly nerdy thing we've ever committed to virtual paper, and we write about video games professionally on a daily basis. Moving on.

In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine (as transcribed by ZeldaDungeon), Eiji Aonuma commented on the placement of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword in the oft-speculated timeline of the franchise. More notable than the game's positioning was Aonuma's confirmation of an overarching Zelda timeline -- though he explained that it's a "confidential document" to which only "myself, Mr. Miyamoto and the director of the title" have access.

Aonuma revealed that Skyward Sword comes before Ocarina of Time in said timeline, but wouldn't comment on whether it's the first game in the chronological series. He explained, "for us to add titles to the series, we have to have a way of putting the titles before or after each other," hence the secrecy. That makes sense -- as long as they're all comfortable with the swirling, black morass of insanity that's surfaced due to their reticence.

Posted by GoNintendo Jul 21 2010 16:13 GMT
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Coming from an Official Nintendo Magazine interview… “Yes there is a master timeline but its confidential document! The only people to have access to that document are myself, Mr. Miyamoto and the director of the title. We cant share it with anyone else! I have already talked to Mr. Miyamoto about this so I am [...]


Posted by IGN Jul 15 2010 04:45 GMT
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Nintendo hopeful for early release next year.

Posted by Kotaku Jul 15 2010 04:00 GMT
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#nintendo Last we heard from Nintendo, the next Zelda game was going to be out in 2011. That's fine, but when in 2011? Producer Eiji Aonuma has a rough answer. More »
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Posted by Joystiq Jun 26 2010 17:00 GMT
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Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) has released a report listing various attention metrics from gamers from two sites, GameTrailers and IGN.com, regarding the most "popular" titles from E3. We put "popular" in quotes there because these stats are for things like trailer streaming and page views rather than a scientific survey -- this is a general feel of the zeitgeist on these two specific sites rather than a comprehensive view of what gamers thought of E3.

But there are interesting things to note even in this limited set of stats, especially when you compare it to our own anecdotal show floor and "chatter" data from you commenters. We heard from quite a few of you during the show that Nintendo's press conference was the most popular event, and this list agrees. Likewise, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was one of the most popular titles on the show floor, and there's no shortage of Link representation here. Kirby's Epic Yarn is probably the biggest unannounced-before E3 title on the lists, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 captured a lot of attention -- not much was revealed at the show itself, but it was placed front and center on the floor of the West Hall.

At the same time, there are some weird conclusions here. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, an expansion which didn't even make an appearance at E3, registered in the top 20 in the GameTrailers stats and Red Dead Redemption, a game that's already out, picked up spot No. 8 on IGN's Page Views list of big E3 titles. EEDAR also notes that the Nintendo 3DS didn't rank on any of these lists, but given the lines at the Nintendo booth to see it, the new handheld garnered plenty of attention. So you can't really bank on these titles yet. But if you're interested, you can check out EEDAR's top 10 in each category after the break.

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Posted by Kotaku Jun 23 2010 14:40 GMT
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#wii The hero of the Legend of Zelda is left handed, just like Nintendo's top-designer Shigeru Miyamoto and me, right? Not in the new Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. More »