In a recent interview with BBC Newsbeat, Echoes of Wisdom directors Tomomi Sano and Satoshi Terada joined series producer Eiji Aonuma to discuss players’ reception to the latest Zelda installment. A playable Princess Zelda wasn’t the only massive departure from the other games in the series. Introducing an entirely new system of traversal and combat…
While most of the attention surrounding The Legend of Zelda games continues to be around 3D installments, Eiji Aonuma recently went on the record in an interview with Famitsu about the future of top-down 2D games. Prior to Echoes of Wisdom, we haven’t seen a top-down 2D game since A Link Between Worlds back in…
Shibuya PARCO, a popular shopping destination in Tokyo, is home to Nintendo Tokyo, Capcom Store Tokyo, and the Pokémon Center Shibuya. According to SEGA’s transmedia boss Justin Scarpone in an interview with Video Games Chronicle, SEGA is set to join their fellow gaming giants in the physical retail space next summer. They’re also planning on…
At the Thailand Game Show 2024, Nintendo recently announced that they are opening a physical store with the event’s main sponsor Synnex. Expanding their retail footprint comes as no surprise since Nintendo has shared their plans to open up another store in San Francisco in 2025 and has proceeded to have pop-up stores across the…
The last wave of Echoes of Wisdom themed icon parts has been released for players with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. The adorable lineup includes characters such as Princess Zelda and her loveable horse, Impa, Lueberry, Deku Scrubs, and the eternally entrepreneurial Business Scrub. The Fire Wizzrobe and Ignizol are the featured enemy types.…
Update 10/20/24: The New York City Nintendo Store is currently sold out of Alarmo. On October 9, Nintendo announced a surprising addition to their hardware lineup—an alarm clock fittingly named Alarmo. While this isn’t Nintendo’s first foray into promoting healthy sleeping habits with apps such as Pokémon Sleep, this device marks an innovative departure from…
During Part 2 of Nintendo’s “Ask the Developer” Interview published on September 23rd, one of the key talking points was about how the development team was driven by the core idea of “being mischievous.” This idea was born out of the desire to allow players freedom with how they navigate puzzles and traverse Hyrule in…
On September 23rd, Nintendo shared more information about their much-anticipated release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. In Part 2 of their “Ask the Developer” interview, the developers discussed how they had “struggled with the ideas for echoes” because they were looking for the right combination of items that can both “help and…
It should not come as a surprise that Tri Force Heroes, being a multiplayer-centric installment to our beloved series, will focus heavily on gameplay between friends. Hiromasa Shikata and Eiji Aonuma were recently interviewed by 4Gamer about the game, broaching the subject of online multiplayer and why they decided to not follow in the footsteps of Four Swords Adventures: Anniversary Edition.…
It’s the beginning of October, and that means that Tri Force Heroes is less than a month away. Since the game is due to release at the end of the month, more information is being released about the gameplay of this highly anticipated spin-off. Nintendo 3DS’ UK YouTube page recently uploaded a video that briefly overviews some of…
For those of us who own a Wii U, we love it. At the same time, many of us can attest to it being a rather niche console that does not receive the love that it clearly deserves. Nintendo of America’s Scott Moffitt recently sat down with Examiner.com to discuss the Wii U’s merits over…
On May 24, 2015 a GameStop store in eastern Pennsylvania was the host of an unforgettable wedding last weekend. The bride, Christa Slayton, and the groom, Robert Piazza, have been dedicated Zelda fans since they first experienced the series. Dressed as Princess Zelda and the green-clad hero Link, Christa and Robert dedicated the rest of their lives to each…
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses has recently announced more cities and dates for their tour around the world in 2015. This breathtaking symphony will feature songs from the original Legend of Zelda to Majora’s Mask 3D, and can easily be enjoyed by the casual gamer to the die-hard Zelda fan. Some of the cities that have…
The Media Create White Book 2015, which heavily details the Japanese console market every year, included some very exciting sales figures for Nintendo’s Amiibo collection. Our favorite green-clad hero outsold all other Amiibo during December 2014. Mario, our plumber friend came in at a very close second, and some of the rarer Amiibo such as…
On Tuesday, Nintendo and DeNA surprised many of us by announcing that they will be working together to produce mobile game apps using Nintendo’s Intellectual Property (IP). DeNA has produced some of the most popular game apps such as the Rolando franchise and Tiny Tower. Nintendo, as we know, is a gaming giant and owns the IP for some…
