Learning that Nintendo would be attending next week’s Hyper Japan Festival in London was enough to amp up my excitement, but now my hype is off the charts. Nintendo has now confirmed that Breath of the Wild will be demonstrated live on stage at the event. The festival runs through July 15-17, with demos being hosted…
Last week we reported that Breath of the Wild had been nominated for three Game Critics Awards in their Best of E3 2016 awards, including Best in Show, and we’re thrilled to announce that it won all three! Along with Best in Show, Breath of the Wild took home the Best Console Game and Best Action/Adventure Game awards.…
Every Sunday we release Zelda News, a short video that recaps the major stories from the past week. This week in Zelda News sees plenty about Breath of the Wild: it has been nominated for three Game Critics Awards, Nintendo announces that they are targeting sales of 2 million copies of the game, and there’s over…
Nintendo’s shareholder meetings rarely throw up any huge information, but if you pay attention there can be some interesting tidbits, and this month’s meeting was no exception. According to Twitter user Cheesemeister who translated the minutes, the staff behind the game consists of over 100 people and the end credits itself contains over 300. That closing…
The annual Game Critics Awards’ “Best of E3 2016” nominations have been announced, and Breath of the Wild has managed to pick up three: “Best Action/Adventure Game”, “Best Console Game”, and most importantly, “Best of Show”. In these awards, 40 media publications come together to judge the best playable games in 16 categories at E3 that will…
Are these the remains of Castle Town from Ocarina of Time hidden within the Great Plateau in Breath of the Wild? Since the Temple of Time is here too, and this game is most likely set after Ocarina of Time, it should stand to reason that no matter which of the three timelines we’re in, Castle Town…
There’s no need to tell anyone here just how good Breath of the Wild is looking, and so inevitably, it has also caught the eye of industry analysts. In an interview with GamerTag Radio, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter was effusive in his praise for the new Zelda title, and predicted it would help sell a metric shedload…
AbdallahSmash026 has shared over an hour of uncut footage from the Breath of the Wild demo from E3 2016. In these videos, you can see Abdallah’s full experience with both the exploration and story demos. The area shown in the demo at E3 is only 2 percent of the full world map. It’s likely that despite the dozens…
In a recent interview with Polygon, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma offered some details on the inclusion of voice acting and sci-fi elements in the upcoming entry in the Zelda series, Breath of the Wild. Aonuma was adamant that the game would not be fully voiced, but expressed a desire to use voice acting to make some scenes more…
Shigeru Miyamoto, a man all of us here at Zelda Universe owe a debt of gratitude to, sat down with Game Informer recently to talk about Breath of the Wild and the shape that the franchise could take beyond this new adventure. Miyamoto points out that despite all the hubbub about Breath of the Wild redefining the Zelda franchise,…
A few months ago, the rumour that the NX would be using cartridges instead of the now traditional discs surfaced on the internet, intriguing all gamers alike. As it has always been, people were skeptical of the rumour, although many also agreed that it wasn’t entirely out of the question. However, this rumour has now gained…
In a recent interview with IGN, both Shigeru Miyamoto and Bill Trinen had the chance of explaining why the newest Zelda entry, Breath of the Wild, is an “open-air” game rather than an open-world one. Miyamoto stated, “I think within the game industry or the tech industry, there’s a tendency to want to name everything, but…
Well, E3 2016 is officially over, and what a week it was! Join us as we recap all the Zelda highlights from gaming’s biggest event on the year. Will you complete the naked Link challenge? Or will you go straight to the boss? Come back next week for more Zelda News. Until then, thanks for watching!
We know, we know. You’re all incredibly jealous of our sweet E3 merch, including the awesome Breath of the Wild commemorative coin that E3 booth attendees got their mitts on. We do feel kind of bad though, it’s not fair that all you lovely die hard Zelda fans won’t get a chance to own one. What’s that?…
This past week at E3 2016, several members of the Zelda Universe team had the opportunity to meet up with our friend, Nintendo-focused YouTuber AbdallahSmash026. Everyone we sent to Los Angeles this year had the opportunity to play Breath of the Wild multiple times, with most of us averaging about one hour of gameplay each. But Nintendo invited Abdallah to spend an…
