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Zelda For Wii U Announced, Nintendo "Returning To Basics"

Posted on Wednesday, January 23 @ 07:31:37 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


While still likely quite a ways away from release, Nintendo has revealed that they are working on a Zelda title for the Wii U. This news should hardly come as a surprise to anyone with a brain, but it is a bit shocking that they've decided to spill the beans before E3.

Series producer Eiji Aonuma didn't offer too many specific details regarding this new HD Zelda, but he did hint at the direction in which they are headed. The studio is "rethinking the conventions of Zelda," so the idea of having to progress through certain dungeons in a specific order or making the experience single-player-only are being re-examined. In addition, Aonuma noted that they will be "returning to basics," with the ultimate goal to be for this new game to serve as a sort of reboot for the series.

As far as the visual style goes, that pretty image you see above taken from E3 2011 will in fact not look anything like the final game (I'm crying inside), but will instead feature a "new style" that is completely unlike what was teased two years ago.

It will likely be a while until we hear more about this new Zelda title, as it's clear Nintendo is still in the very early stages of development. In the meantime, sound off in the comments below and tell us what changes you'd like to see implemented in this new Zelda.

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  • Italion193
    Italion193
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 7:35 am
    Do you think they are going to try another Wind Waker-esque graphic engine?
    0 2
  • majorcoxsore
    majorcoxsore
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 8:09 am
    I would love that, but im doubting.
    0 0
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 9:13 am
    You never know....

    As long as it doesn't look like Skyward Sword I'll be happy.
    0 0
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 7:43 am
    Back to the basics? Maybe we will have an open world Zelda like the very first game.
    0 4
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 9:11 am
    That would be so very awesome!
    0 0
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 8:36 am
    Woot! Go podcast predictions!
    0 1
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 8:47 am
    Well, my Wii U purchase is now worth it!
    0 2
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 9:12 am
    You mean Nintendo Land wasn't enough? :P
    0 2
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 8:14 pm
    I've heard *GREAT* things about Family Party. Check out Anthony's review. I might pick up a Wii U just for that game.
    0 1
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 9:43 am
    "Rethinking the conventions" and "returning to basics" don't really seem to go hand in hand for me. Maybe I'm just too closed minded.
    0 0
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 10:09 am
    I thinking it may be along the lines of what wildmario is suggesting. Perhaps a return to the 8-bit and 16-bit days of Zelda, when things were a bit more open. This would definitely challenge the conventions that the series later adopted.
    0 1
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 12:52 pm
    I never thought about it, but the more linear gameplay of Ocarina may have well been what turned me off about it. I've never been a big fan of 3rd party games, especially of the N64 era, but this makes sense.

    I remember being so happy as a kid when I figured out the Magic Cape meant I didn't always need a Titan's MItt to bypass black rocks.
    0 0
  • PeeDeeJay
    PeeDeeJay
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 10:26 am
    I really want a dark, mature Link. I hated wind waker because it was to light hearted. Although I'm also someone who loves the world of Dark Souls and Demons Souls, so maybe I'm asking for too much.
    0 2
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 12:45 pm
    How exactly was it lighthearted?
    0 1
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 4:33 pm
    Visually if nothing else.
    0 0
  • PeeDeeJay
    PeeDeeJay
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 4:43 pm
    Yeah maybe light-hearted wasn't the correct way to describe it. The graphics are what threw me off. I'm not saying the graphics on it were bad (I still bought and played the game, and will more than likely buy the HD remake when that is released), justtttt not what I wanted.
    0 0
  • mouths
    mouths
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 12:17 pm
    I don't care what anybody says, i have actually enjoyed every zelda games since the first one and i am planning to get a wii U only for this game (maybe mario and mario kart too)
    0 3
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 12:58 pm
    I'd like to see it with more of an RPG feel. Open world, more side-questing and maybe more in the way of upgrades.
    0 2
  • nine_ball
    nine_ball
    Joined: Nov 2011
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 1:04 pm
    I'm just hoping there won't be motion controls and it won't follow the usual A Link to the Past kind of formula. I'd love it though if we got a dark, gritty Zelda game like how PeeDeeJay said.
    1 3
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 4:44 pm
    Legend of Zelda: The Crow, starting Brandon Leenk. After Zelda and Navi are raped and murdered by a gang of gerudo, Link must wrestle with his inner Poes while staying focused enough to get revenge on every last gerudo.

    As the last gerudo lays dying, asks Link, "What the hell are you... some kind of demon?!"

    Link stops and turns his head, "I'm an elf, *****."
    0 1
  • tearatherflesh
    tearatherflesh
    Joined: Dec 2012
    Posted: Jan 23rd, 2013 at 7:48 pm
    Hmmm....wonder how controls will be implemented since you can't really swing the Wii U controller around like a Wii-mote (as in Skyward Sword) :0
    0 0

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