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Holy Wiimotes, Batman! Is Zelda Wii going to be released this year? Nintendo President Satoru Iwata claims that this is indeed the case. In an interview with Japan’s Asashi Shimbun Daily, he said “You are now less than 365 days away from a new console Zelda game”.
If this is the case, then we’re in for a good year with not only Zelda, but other major releases such as Mario Galaxy 2 and the mysterious Metroid: Other M. So get going to the forums and express your excitement and joy! And later your anger as Nintendo decides to delay the game for months.
The Zelda team have been giving hints about the content of the game for a couple of months now, and have confirmed that they will reveal a lot more about the game at E3 2010. Zelda Director Eiji Aonuma had this to say back in November 2009: “So far, the basic flow of the Zelda games is you’re exploring a field, you go to a dungeon, you conquer it and return to the field. We’re looking at altering that traditional flow. That’s all I can share, and I can’t say more until E3 next year.”
Aonuma has also stated that the last big console Zelda game, Twilight Princess, didn’t fully complete Nintendo’s objective of creating the most realistic and immersive Zelda experience ever, and says that Zelda Wii will take what they’ve built in Twilight Princess and adapt it for a more realistic playing experience.
Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland was released only in Japan and Europe, never making it to the USA due to lackluster sales. Surprisingly, the game was well-received among those who did play and review the game. You play as Tingle, a 35-year-old (and single) man lost in the world. Guided by the mysterious figure Uncle Rupee, Tingle fills a mystical spring with money and gain access to the wonderful Rupeeland, a paradise where nobody has to work. Along the way, hire body guards to protect Tingle – but from what? All may not be as it seems in Tingle’s quest for monetary gain, and Rupeeland just might not be so rosy after all...
I can't wait! I just hope it's not the Crossbow 2 that one guy (can't spell his name) wants.
Here is hoping it is a decent Zelda title and not something rushed together.
Are you feaking kidding me? This has been in development for like 5 freaking years (6 including this one)!
I hope they delay it, because I want a very good Zelda game and for that you need lots and lots of time.
4 and a half year is MORE than enough time.
you know, twilit princess was delayed not necessarily for the better
are you kidding me, this game has been underdevelopment for WAAAAAAAAAY too long already, releasing it this year would be perfect….of course i was planning on getting Tales of Graces for xmas this year, but i guess i'll get this game first
This is what i want. Altho i have a feeling they have been working on it since late 06, early 07, i want atleast 7 years put into this game, if that means a year or to of delay im all for it.
I wanna know what its called. And please i beg you, DONT MAKE IT LIKE ANY DS GAME PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
they are terrible and almost destroyed the series.
I hope they have completed it as they wanted it. As the two guys above me I want something well prepared and finished up until the last detail.
Now I just need to avoid getting hyped up. Oh that's gonna be hard…
Oh, tell me about it! I'm over here howling like a hyena and jumping like a maniac. I have a reason to dust off my Wii now.
I agree with the others that I want something good. Nintendo's been known for their delays, although given how hyped up I am, I honestly hope that this one doesn't get delayed. I mean, they delayed the last one, and it was worth the wait. Look how good it turned out? It was quality. And given that they're changing some of the Zelda tradition, I'm even mroe excited. Let's just hope that this has been in development since after TP was released, and that the last 5 years have been significantly spent in preparing this to-be-awesome video game.
DDD
That’s just awesome
So, Crossbow Training 2 comes out this year…. great >.>
I seriously doubt that this will be an actual LOZ game he's talking about.
If it is then why didn't they show anything during E3 ?
Considering that they would have had to have over half of the game finished at that time, right ?
So, making a trailer wouldn't have been that much work I would imagine.
Instead we got some artwork for the game…..
With that said, I'm expecting Crossbow Training 2 but secretely hoping for a new LOZ game
Still they talked about a new zelda game in the E3 2008.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/920/920705p1.html I(copy paste to your webbrowser)
I hope this one will be at least as good as OoT.
Yes, they did.
But saying there is a new game being developed doesn't equal it being released this year.
With the lack of info on this game right now I find it hard to believe that it's coming out this year.
Who knows though, maybe they'll surprise me >.>
They've been trying to keep their announcements closer to their release dates ever since they messed up with TP by stretching the hype out too long. They have promised to tell more about Zelda Wii during the next E3, though.
" messed up with TP by stretching the hype out too long".
Hmm… wasn't that because they decided to move TP to the Wii as well ?
Which required additional time for developing and bug testing….
So they'll tell us more about the game at E3… how does that relate to the game coming out this year ?
YES!
METROID: OTHER M AND ZELDA WII IN THE SAME YEAR?!
*dies of excitement*
AWESOME!! XD
Oh YES!
At the least, this time it didn't take five years…
Okay, I've already subscribed to E3's mailing list,so what do I do now?
OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT!!! *dies*
You forgot about Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Hope it's a good Zelda game, and not Link's Crossbow Training or something crappy.
you don't think 4 years is lots of time to create a game???
OH MY GOSH
I didn't forget. I'm not interested in that since I never got the original Mario Galaxy.
you didn't miss much. its pretty much SM64 but with no gravity.
or too much gravity
you sick man
I may be in the minority here but I hope you don't have to stand up and jump around in front of a T.V. like a retarded jack ass to play it.
Hmm well there working on it just a few months after the launch of Twilight princes so i’m guessing they had enough time already….!
TP's been release in 2006 :O 4 years is much of a time for a sequel to a serie….
because twilight princess was delayed so much. I bet that they were already brainstorming zelda wii before tp's release.
“You are now less than 365 days away from a new console Zelda game” in here what does console means
Ugh finnaly it's felt like forever that i've been waiting for a new Wii Zelda game, I hope Link has a Fairy in this one
Wow I wasn't expecting that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it gets delayed like the other zeldas or pushed back a year like Mario Galaxy 2.
OMGICANTWAITIMSOEXCITED!!!! XD *dies of excess excitement*
… And it becomes apparent that i have no life.
I hope they put lots and lots of work in i want a good game, they have been going down hill after OoT, and went up a little at TP but not above, i hope this new game clears TP. only thing gonna be better than OoT is a remake of it
That's rather close-minded huh?
OoT was good for it's time. Period.
Saying a game we hardly know anything about is already worse than it is wrong in every way. I get OoT was great, but if it were released as it is today, it wouldn't sell very well would it?
Do you mean that as in OoT is still the best, or it was the best to its time of any of them? If you mean the first, then I'm sure many (including me) would disagree with you. If you mean the latter, then it may be literally impossible to achieve.
Wow this is hella sweet! Can't wait for the new Zelda. Thanks for the newsletter!
Oh my gosh! I wanna jump up and down for joy! I don't care if they delay it, just as long as it's really good. But it does sound like Nintendo has poured it's heart and soul out for this one….
true…we have seemed to heard ALOT about this game so far… and a lot of retrospective thoughts by the zelda team… so that means they planned it out really well!!!
Lol, I think most of us who play Zelda have no lives!
4 years since TP… but I think with PH and ST… it doesn't even seem so long ago. We really got spoiled by quick game releases this decade.
OH YEAH BABY, WHAT'S BETTER TO ROCK OUT THE NEW DECADE THAN A NEW ZELDA???!!!
Omigosh, I just can't believe it!!! And do you know it's been since 2006 that TP came out??!! I think we've waited enough, and I'm so excited now I think I'm gonna like have a spaz attack at school and like die of a seizure during the middle of class XD. Just goes to show that Zelda is also a serial killer too lol.
Aw, man thanks for getting the word out, my dau has just gotten better, and now I'm gonna look forward to it the whole year!!! If it has to get delayed I would be okay with it as long as it's to fixa problem or something. But if it's for something stupid or just for the suspense, then AAARRGGHH!!
I have a feeling that this game is going to change everything….. SO W00T!!!
GO NINTENDO, GO ZELDA!!!! ^_^
Nah, we just have the BEST LIVES!! The people who don't play Zelda don't know what awesomeness they're missing!!!
Well, by then it'll have been about 4 and a half years, which for Nintendo is a good amount of time for them to work their magic.
AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW YYYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
I wanna see Zelda kick some bootie!!!
I think that what could really be AWESOME is that they would make the same Zelda for GameCube, just like they did with TP. Sony's still releasing some games for both PS2 and PS3, making their games much more available for everyone. I know there is only a tiny chance, put I keep believing in….
It would be awesome (I don't have a Wii), but it's not gonna happen. :-/ And remember, the true version of TP is the Gamecube one. The Wii is just the port.
why did they have to flip the wii and gamecube versions of wii? Seriously??? just because he was different-handed, wow. that was really annoying.
I know. I have a Wii and a Gamecube, and I still play on both.
Helf the reason why I'm so excited about this is that this is going to ebt eh first Zelda game made with the idea of Wii in mind!!! TP was ok for Wii, but starting out on the Gamecube and playing on the Wii for it got really confusing. TP was really a amazing Gamecube game, so I don't really care how it seemed for the Wii.
I just hope that Link is now Left handed, in this coming game. A right-handed Link really bothers me…
@NaviIsAnnoying:
They switched them because they wanted to set a difference for the two systems. Making them different would make them seem big anough of a change for the players, and it would kind of switch it around. (Besides, most players are right handed, so it would make sense for the Wii Remote). I really do hope though that they switch it back, or where you could choose to play right handed or left handed.
I wouldn't hold your breath for it if I were you…..
I don't know where you have been but there is no way this is going to be a rushed together project. Nintendo knows what they're doing, and they have had about 4 and a h lf years, so NO WAY JOSE!!! XD!!!
W00T, W00T!!!!
I don't mean to spoil this for anyone, as I'm mega excited about this as well… but Kotaku were unsure whether the game would only see a release in Japan in 2010…I hope not!
http://kotaku.com/5441242/report-new-zelda-out-by…
I am not at all surprised by this announcement. I've predicted this to be the case. I mean put this into perspective… Zelda Wii's development started immediately after Twilight Princess… it's been nearly 4 years since that game was released. Also since Twilight Princess got delayed for a Wii release, the Zelda team had already started brain storming the next Zelda project after the majority of work done on TP was complete.
Also Nintendo has been in a lull for the last 2 years, with Super Smash Bros. Brawl easily being one of their last really big releases, using games like Mario Kart Wii, Animal Crossing, Punch Out!, New Super Mario Bros. Wii ect. as games to hold the fans over… so that they could pull of a 3 pillar release year. It's no coincidence that there is going to release Mario, Metroid and now Zelda all in the same year. Those three franchises are the Triforce of the Nintendo company. Releasing them all in one year would probably shut up the nay-sayers (although not likely for long) and that is what Nintendo wants.
Also I don't know where people have gotten this idea that Nintendo delays Zelda games constantly… the only game to have that happen ever was Twilight Princess and that was because they wanted a strong launch title to move the Wii system off shelves, which it did. Majora's Mask was released two years after Ocarina of Time, it wasn't delayed and was on time. Wind Waker was released in 2003 without any delays to hold it back. It's not the norm for a Zelda game to be delayed… if they are now saying that it is highly likely to make it for release in 2010 I think people shouldn't be so pessimistic.
At least it isn't a 7 year wait for it's release… like the gap between Link to the Past and Ocarina of TIme.
I'm freaking out right now! Before the end of 2010? More immersive than TP? Altered gameplay, for the better? Yes! Thankkssssss
We've had PH and ST but they were hamdhelds, not on a console.
dude, get galaxy now. it's one of the top 3 wii games, yknow. (Brawl, TP, and Galaxy)
Hurry up and beat the original before 2 comes out. The game is freaking sick man. amazing, for wii.
OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT!!! *dies*
I'm not getting excited about this until I see a trailer.
btw I think you should be able to play the game with the the Gamecube controller, or the Wii classic contoller like Super smash bros brawl lets you. I like camera control! The only games I know with really good camera control is Mario sunshine and galaxy, Sly cooper, and my personal Fav Jak and Daxter (Before High Impact murdered it)
Good to hear the game ''might'' be finished sooner than I or most of us expected.
As it is true they don't often delay Zelda games, they've been delaying other games a lot more often nowadays.
…Not that it isn't without good reason. I'm sure that we'll all be very happy of it gets delayed but turns out amazing rather than if it comes out early and turns out awful…
Not really, only one game has ever been delayed in the last decade and that was Twilight Princess…. Phantom Hourglass was on schedule, so was Spirit Tracks… Four Swords Adventure, Minish Cap… even the minor releases have been on schedule. There's only been one game and that is Twilight Princess.
People have this concept that since Twilight Princess we can expect to see Zelda games get delays, but in reality Nintendo doesn't tend to make a habit out of delaying games. They won't even give a concrete release date usually unless they are sure they can meet that deadline.
If you got some alternate examples of Zelda games that have gotten delayed though feel free to mention them. I don't mean alternate release dates, or delays in other countries either. I mean a concrete delay with what happened to Twilight Princess, which at first was done to make some artistic style changes, and then a second was only done to mirror the game and put motion controls on to make it a Wii launch title basically.
You guess should listen to Maverickk, they know wait they're talking about.
As, you can see from the graphics of the E3 videeo, they did make some not minor, but HUGE graphic changes which I'm so happy they did. It really made a difference and the game loks amazing now.
And yes, they only delayed Twilight Princess, so I don't see why you guys are all complaining. I do hope though that they might catch any mishaps that might make the game better. I remember waiting for TP to come out only to find out that it had been delayed, and then that's when the Wii got real big because people found out that the next Zelda game was also going to be even more interactive on something new.So when it came out finally, I saw the graphics changed and I was so happy because the things like the look of Hyrule or the look of Epona or other animals look so much more rounded and realistic.
So don't go to the extreme you guys just beacause we had to wait a little bit for TP. If it's on time then great, but if we have to end up waiting a little bit, then so be it and may it be even better. Either way I LOVE ZELDA!!!
Why do people have this idea that if a game is not delayed it will not be good not only is this no true its not even true for zelda.
They say 2010, it means 2016, get over it.
D:
Better bloody not! Let's have a global release date! Spirit Tracks was almost release the same time in all regions (oddly, Japan was *last*).
2010 the year of Zelda, Mario & Metroid!
… Is this heaven, or am I dreaming? *feints*
Seriously, when I first clicked on this, I was thinking "rumor alert!", but this is music to my ears!!!!! Now all we gotta do is wait for those first screenshots, and the trailer………
*drools*
I know! I betcha I freaked my neighbors out when they heard me screaming and doing some sort of attempt at dancing when I saw the subject bar in my inbox. I'm still in shock and I'm so excited!!! I can't wait for E3, but I just hope that Link, Zelda, and all the others look the same, act and meet up to their previous reputations. W00T!
HALLELUJAH!!!! PRAISE THE LORD! OR, GODDESSES! OR WHATEVER! WHEN IS E3! HUH? HUH? WHEN'S E3! WHEN IS IT!? WHEN IS IT!? I WANT E3! I WANT IT NOW!! CHAINY WANT E3! CHAINY WANT E3 NOW!!!!!!
Wikipedia says its scheduled for June 15-17. Man that feels so far away.
That’s wonderfull =)
This year is probably going to be the best year that the Wii has ever had, probably the best year nintendo has ever had, Mario, Metroid and Zelda in the same year is amazing.
*Explodes* *Hopes it has 1:1 swordfighting*
Actually, as to the swordfighting, I’d better cross my fingers there’s a lefty mode… Come on Nintendo…