Gaming Zelda Fans Come Hither...

Good question, Ezio. Who knows? Maybe they liked the way Saria's Song sounded better.

The game comes out in Japan on August 14th. It's after 9 PM there as I type this. I wonder if there are people standing in line waiting for a midnight release of this game?! Lucky ducks!

 

Kind of in that same vein - here's an ad featuring the two. Really sweet.

 

So sad to lose Robin, he was a genius and no one quite like him.

There is a petition going about to ask Nintendo to feature an NPC named after Robin as a tribute. Nintendo has released an official response to that:

I think their response was nice and respectful. Time only knows what will happen.

 

Club Nintendo will help you outfit Ganondorf with free DLC

Here’s a nice offer involving a (usually) not-so-nice guy: if you buy Hyrule Warriors for Wii U and register the game with Club Nintendo between 9/26/14 and 10/23/14, you can receive a free download code for the Demon King Costume Set DLC: two costumes for Ganondorf that you can use in-game.

Ganondorf is one of the many playable characters in Hyrule Warriors that come from classic games in The Legend of Zelda™ series. The two downloadable costumes are inspired by his appearances in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Keep an eye on club.nintendo.com in the weeks ahead for more details about the offer.

You must be a Club Nintendo member to participate, and the offer is available only in the US and Canada.

 

It is great to know they will still be supporting the game after release. Curious to see the new characters and maps.

Does make me wonder about Zelda U coming out next year… if we will get additional dungeons/content after release.

 

^Seems a safe bet, if they're making this amount of extras for a spinoff..

 

Nice to see Nintendo coming out with a bit more DLC... well, as long as they don't follow some of the worst DLC practices out there, but they still have a ways to go.

Are these the pre-order costumes from various retailers? I have a hard time keeping track of so many costumes.

 

From what I can tell, these are additional content. I remember reading that the pre-order costumes will be available separately but they have not appeared yet on the eShop.

Mind you, I am downloading mine from the eShop this very moment and looks like there is an update data to be downloaded after it. I wonder if that is the patch that Japan had (but wouldn't they just code it in on the Western release since a month later?) or it contains the different costumes too. I'll find out in an hour.

 

I was debating with myself about which version to get and I wasn't too keen on the scarf one (if only was what Japan had with the clock,art book, treasure chest, etc)… since I got that 10% off on the eShop from having a few Zelda games already from there, decided to get that one.

Playing DuckTales Remastered for a bit while it downloads half hour to go.

 

Agreed. I love the effort that went into it, even had the cast members return for the voices and layout artists that worked on the show. I know that on the highest difficulty you can find special hidden secondary treasures that adds more funds to your money bin. Just need to clear this last level which can be tricky on this difficulty.

 

Ah, nice of Hyrule Warriors to show what is in the update.

Added Challenge Mode - Series of challenges that demand great speed
Set BGM Feature - choose which music you want to hear in the background
8-Bit Wooden Sword - self explanatory
Improved game stability

Purchasing Hero of Hyrule Pack unlocks Dark Link costume.

Now off to play Legendary mode

EDIT: So far so good. It is fun and different from the typical Zelda. Once you completed the first part in Legendary mode, you unlock the other modes.

 

Picked up Hyrule Warriors yesterday. This is the first Dynasty Warriors game I've played, at least seriously. Though I fiddled with Gundam Dynasty Warriors a few years ago, but didn't care that much about that one.

Its mostly just the normal DW hack and slash, but while the story is minimal, from what I can tell they really are going for a Legend of Zelda feel, something greatly appreciated. The graphics are pretty good, at least in the cutscenes and the normal combat is ok, and I've liked most of the art design ever since they revealed the characters.

Just that grinding for some items and levels is going to take a while.

 

I am enjoying the game a lot and my first DW style game too. While I've finished the main campaign, I'm going back through to unlock certain things. Co-op is fun and there is always Adventure Mode. I caved and got the DLC pack and looking forward to trying out Epona. I do love the art design, some of the music and the way familiar locations are recreated. Hard to pick a favourite character so far but been using Ruto and Zelda more often than the others.

Here is a short interview with two of the people behind Hyrule Warriors. They did mention that they would love to work with Mario in some for and that their dream would be to work on the Star Wars property… does make the mind wonder.

 

Hm, well, Dynasty Warriors isn't likely to get a chance at a Star Wars game for a long time what with EA having the license now, though a Star Wars DW game could be pretty good. And don't think western developers would bother with that kind of play-style. This game does a pretty good job referencing the Zelda canon as is, and can't wait to see what Nintendo's own Zelda game eventually looks like after this one. The scarf sure looks nice too.

Mario-style DW sure would be interesting, although that would be harder to adapt. Zelda at least has always had combat (puzzle-based), Mario is a bit harder, but could still be possible. Mario fit into Smash and RPGs fine. Hm, maybe something hammer based, unless they turn it into a complete fantasy wizard story, though that wouldn't really be recognizable as Mario, but given how the Mario RPGs have turned out, you never know, it could work.