Nintendo Life held an interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma and Yosuke Hayashi of Koei Tecmo, and toward the end, Aonuma and Hayashi were asked if they had any closing thoughts. Hayashi shared that although he felt that the bar for Hyrule Warriors was set high, he is pleased with the Japanese fans’ reactions to the game,…
The Japanese release of Hyrule Warriors included an art book, which was filled with concept art of characters, costumes and weapons. What seemed to cause the biggest stir in the fan community, was the artwork of a cancelled character called “Linkle”. Link and Linkle look very alike with the same hair color and eye shape, as…
During E3, Giant Bomb member Patrick Klepek was able to sit down with Eiji Aonuma, as well as the members of Hyrule Warriors’ creative staff; including Yosuke Hayashi, the game’s development producer and employee of Tecmo Koei. Hayashi and Tecmo’s Team Ninja also worked on Metroid: Other M. Aonuma had this to say about the origin of…
The Gold Skulltulas will be making a return to Zelda in Hyrule Warriors, appearing after the player has met a specific requirement. Each Gold Skulltula’s location can be seen on the mini-map as a web in the top right-hand corner of the game’s screen. When the player is close to a Gold Skulltula, a distinct scratching sound can…
Nintendo has started up a “Camp Miiverse” community on Miiverse. For the next few weeks, the community will be posting challenges for anyone on the Miiverse social website to take part in. All that’s needed to participate is ownership of the games required for the challenges. So far, Nintendo have announced challenges for Wii Sports Club,…
The most recent official Smash Bros. trailer announced that Robin and Lucina (from the 3DS’ Fire Emblem Awakening) will be newcomers. The video also confirmed the return of Smash veteran, Captain Falcon, from the F-Zero series. The character reveal movie was created by Anima, who also animated the cutscenes for Fire Emblem Awakening. The video starts off with Lucina…
After playing through the Smash Bros. franchise over the years, it has become difficult for many players to switch over to a completely different controller — many Smash fans prefer the GameCube controller over the Wii U GamePad or the Wii Remote. For those who prefer the GameCube controller, Amazon has now made the Super Smash Bros. Edition GameCube…
After the release of Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, many Zelda fans were hopeful that its sequel, Majora’s Mask, would also receive a remake on the 3DS. Some fans went so far as to sign a petition in the Operation Moonfall movement. Since then though, we haven’t heard any news of Majora’s Mask…
Michael Gallagher, the president of the Entertainment Software Association, said at a media dinner, “E3 is a world class show that deserves a world class venue. The Los Angeles Convention Center is no longer a top-tier property.” There are a few issues the ESA has run into with the LA Convention Center. The challenge of reserving a…
With the release of Super Smash Bros. 4 coming closer, it’s no surprise to see fan works of the series popping up. Recently, Filipe Costa, a YouTube animator, created a beautiful reimagining of what a battle with Master Hand would look like in Link’s perspective. Master Hand is seen as the main antagonist of the Smash Bros.…
The most recent Super Smash Bros. 4 “pic of the day” provides us with a screenshot of the bottom-screen display for the Nintendo 3DS version of the game. Your name will be displayed in the blank box with your compiled damage percentage directly underneath. Sakurai also treated us with a second screenshot, which is shown below. If…
