Gaming Zelda Fans Come Hither...

Some brief comments by Miyamoto on the next Zelda and the series overall:

"This term ["open world"] means that there is a large world in which players can do numerous things daily. In the traditional “The Legend of Zelda” series, the player would play one dungeon at a time. For example, if there are eight dungeons, at the fourth dungeon, some players may think, “I’m already halfway through the game,” while other players may think, “I still have half of the game to play.” We are trying to gradually break down such mechanism and develop a game style in which you can enjoy “The Legend of Zelda” freely in a vast world, whenever you find the time to do so." ​

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Miyamoto then made it clear that A Link Between Worlds was a checkpoint for them to evolve the series' structure:​

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"We created the games in the traditional “The Legend of Zelda” series in steps that players could easily understand and follow; the player would obtain a new item in each dungeon, use the item to clear that dungeon and be able to enjoy applying the items in different ways after acquiring about eight items. However, in “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds,” we broke that down and let the player rent different items from the beginning, so the player could use different combinations of items. In this way, we are gradually changing the structure of “The Legend of Zelda” series, and we are preparing to newly evolve the series for Wii U."​

 

That tornado attack may just be the most enjoyable attack yet. "Say hello to Dorithy for me!"

And Fi is just opening up the possibility if so many puns. "Get my point?"

 

Wow, did he just throw the world?

 

Wow, they're really going all out with the female character representation in this game, aren't they?

Playing as Goron should be quite fun.

Do the DW games usually have such a wide variety of characters? I think the roster is really going to help keep the game fresh/replayable.

 

Well Zelda has the Wind Waker weapon, that's probably the furthest they'll go as far as TWW stuff goes, not counting redesigned outfit skins

 

So that's how cuccos travel so quickly.

 

"Princess of Insects?" ha!

 

Hyrule Warriors Nintendo Direct hitting tonight at 11PM EST/8PM PST.

EDIT- Ganon confirmed, as well as a Demon King costume set for Club Nintendo members containing his OOT/TP looks.

Various retailer pre-orders will include OOT packs, TP packs and SS packs for Link/Zelda,

Also confirmed: I'm going to play the **** out of the Adventure Mode.

The badge and skill crafting system looks to be adding some interesting depth to things- we really haven't had much leveling up in a Zelda game since Z2, AFAICR.

 

You didn't wait very long for that avatar, did you?

 

Amazon it is