Aonuma has been teasing the gaming community over the past few days with what we saw in the Zelda Wii U trailer. He even went as far as to say that the character in the trailer may not be Link. Well, it appears that Aonuma was simply having some fun with all the online rumors and speculation.…
Eiji Aonuma, producer of The Legend of Zelda series, took to Miiverse today to confirm that the footage shown in the Zelda Wii U trailer was in fact gameplay footage. He stated that many members of the media had been asking him if it was pre-rendered footage or not, and Aonuma confirmed today that no, it is in…
Nintendo showcased a beautiful trailer earlier today featuring Link doing battle with a large creature throughout a gorgeous terrain. There’s a catch though: that may not be Link in the trailer, according to a Venture Beat interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. When interviewer Mike Minotti asked Aonuma about Link’s striking new appearance and attire,…
The next installment in the Zelda series has been formally announced for the Wii U during Nintendo’s Digital Event today at E3 with a tentative release date of 2015. While no formal title has yet been announced, a beautiful trailer of the game accompanied its reveal, showing off a graphical style similar to that of Skyward Sword. Surprisingly, Link (or is it…
A Link Between Worlds is filled with references to previous games, to a degree that it’s difficult to find a spot where you can take a nice picture of yourself as a drawing without being covered by one of them. The fans quickly focused on the ones referring to Majora’s Mask, not only because they have…
Prima’s Zelda Box Set contains a certificate of authenticity that is signed by Eiji Aonuma, and it also contains a message from Aonuma himself. The message thanks fans for their dedication to the Zelda series, and how much he appreciates it. However, Aonuma managed to sneak in a bit regarding the next Zelda game, likely…
Recently, we reported on Aonuma’s comments that Zelda Wii U would use the GamePad to the fullest. Aonuma discussed this further with GamesTM this month. While speaking with the magazine, he said The Wind Waker HD’s GamePad interface and motion control aiming will be included in Zelda Wii U. He also expressed a desire to include…
Speaking with GamesTM this month, Eiji Aonuma expressed his hesitance to drastically change the art style for future installments in the Zelda series. In the interview, he had this to say: “We encountered an awful lot of problems from the drastic leap we took with Wind Waker. I think we will be a bit more…
As we reported earlier yesterday, David from the German website Gameswelt had an interview with Eiji Aonuma. We gave you a brief snippet of what exactly they talked about, but now we want to take a closer look at it and we haven’t been disappointed. Aonuma’s latest interview leaves a lot of room for speculation. For…
Five years. That’s the amount of time that the development of Skyward Sword took Nintendo until its release. That’s pretty long especially if you take a look at other huge franchises where the game developers manage to release one new title each year! Shack News sat down with Eiji Aonuma and dug for the answer…
Along with the buzz Eiji Aonuma is producing at New York Comic Con, he also sat down with Mashable for an interview to discuss A Link Between Worlds, his view on overworld openness, and how he incorporates fans’ wants. Moreover, he eluded to Zelda Wii U by saying: “I’ll say more at E3 2014.” This…
Eiji Aonuma recently gave an exclusive interview in Japanese regarding the Zelda series with 4Gamer. Parts of the interview have been translated, with Aonuma discussing topics ranging from the state of Zelda on the Wii U, to dispelling misconceptions of him being tired of Zelda. What else did Aonuma talk about? Hit the jump to find…
With all the speculation and theorizing surrounding not only the upcoming release of A Link Between Worlds, but highly anticipated information concerning Zelda for the Wii U, many sub-topics have arisen for debate. One that Official Nintendo Magazine UK took notice of last week was the topic of a female Link.
The Zelda series has been both praised and criticized for its continual use of the same core characters: Link, Zelda and Ganondorf/Ganon. Although there have been deviations from this, such as the introductions of Vaati, Bellum and others, generally the formula stays the same. Lately, the idea of Zelda having her own game has been…
There are many more interesting nuggets from Aonuma’s recent Wired interview, from which we reported yesterday on his personal connection with Wind Waker. Firstly, he describes development on the new HD remake as a somewhat “test case” for the upcoming original Wii U title, with controls and ideas for Wind Waker HD translating to Zelda…
