Preface by Jason Rappaport: Power Shot, our resident Article Ranger and creator of La Radionovela de los Zelda: Passion de Otaku (featured on our podcast), wishes he could have been the person to liveblog Nintendo’s E3 presentation. Unfortunately, dreams can only come true so often, but that didn’t stop him – resilient and resourceful, Power…
While at E3, IGN had a chance to sit down with Eiji Aonuma and throw some interesting questions at the producer about Zelda‘s future. The fate of Toon Link? Mr. Aonuma was quick to say that Toon Link wasn’t retired, but he wasn’t exactly sure that they’d ever use him again. He didn’t want to…
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was available as a playable demo on the E3 show floor, and Gametrailers was kind enough to make a video showing some gameplay footage to share the experience! This gameplay video doesn’t confirm any new information, but it does give us a better, and decidedly less laggy, glimpse of Nintendo’s…
Okay, we’re really sorry – for something like six to eight months, the polls system on the site has actually been, well, kinda broken. But no longer! To celebrate, we’ve put up a new poll. Go voice your strong opinion on Skyward Sword‘s graphics right now and let everyone know what you think! We’ll report…
Whether you love him or hate him (or have never heard of him) James Rolfe, otherwise known as the Angry Video Game Nerd, strikes again. This time against The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. In his recent episode, he tours the Nintendo booths at E3 and took a moment to comment on the new Zelda…
This year, Nintendo delivered what many are calling their most impressive E3 keynote to date. With new titles in nearly every classic franchise, you’d be hard-pressed to find an unhappy Nintendo fan. And with so many new games announced, the official unveiling of the Nintendo 3DS and, of course, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword,…
Many of you know might know about Nintendo’s developer roundtables, in which last year Miyamoto announced Zelda Wii (Skyward Sword) by revealing the single piece of concept art we’ve all been swooning over for a year. Well, this year he was also present with Aonuma at the mini-conference, and has since revealed a few pieces…
You thought you were out of the woods – with today’s crazy E3 coverage, you’d think that everything was said and done by now. But no! Nintendo, at their usual evening roundtable following their press conference, finally let loose the plot of Skyward Sword. Skyward Sword is, indeed, the very first Zelda – before Ocarina…
Whew! After a long day of news about Skyward Sword, we’d like to offer you this little treat: some ultra-high resolution screenshots and artwork from Nintendo’s recently unveiled Skyward Sword. The shots are absolutely gorgeous – and they’re in nearly full HD. Along with that, we’ve added some artwork of Link as well. You can…
Nintendo today released a fact sheet for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. If you missed today’s coverage, and have been a bit too lazy to catch up, it offers a pretty decent summary of what Skyward Sword will do for the Zelda series. Click the image to embiggen and learn all about Skyward Sword.
We have the full HD trailer directly from Nintendo, uploaded and available. Watch it below – Skyward Sword is gearing up to be one heck of a Zelda title. [youtube]q5JkV5o_k5A[/youtube]
Nintendo announced at their E3 press conference that the 3DS will be hitting the market backed by the strongest third-party support of any system in Nintendo history. However, the new console will also reinvent some of our favorite classic franchises in an exciting new way, as well as bring new games to the table. Hit…
The Nintendo 3DS was finally revealed at Nintendo’s E3 2010 press conference by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata himself. Iwata discussed the device in detail, confirming many of its technical capabilities and features, such as: A 3.53-inch top screen and 3.02-inch bottom touch screen Three cameras- one inner and two outer. The two outer lenses serve…
Among several new editions of old favorites, Nintendo announced Donkey Kong Country Returns today at their E3 2010 press conference. In this new title by the former Metroid developers at Retro Studios, both Donkey and Diddy Kong adventure together to retrieve Donkey Kong’s stolen stash of bananas. New to this installment in the series is…
Many of you remember the variety of games Nintendo announced in E3 2009; just one of these was Metroid: Other M. Other M takes the best elements of first-person and third-person gaming to create a seamless blend between game play, storytelling and dynamic cinematography. And begins following the events of Super Metroid. The game is…
