While the huge Zelda eShop sale has only been confirmed for Europe for now, that doesn’t mean US fans can’t save a little on their purchases too. If you complete the “Intend to Buy” surveys for Hyrule Warriors or Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and register them on Club Nintendo, you can earn 10 Coins on your…
Nintendo knows you’re counting down the days until the release of Hyrule Warriors, and for fans in Europe, they have a new promotion that may help satisfy your fix until the big launch. Starting this week on September 4, Nintendo’s Master Sword will be slashing the prices on every Zelda game available on the Wii U and 3DS…
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…
Following last week’s news that Hyrule Warriors developer Tecmo Koei will be issuing a patch to fix reported errors in the game, they have now announced that it will be available on September 1 in Japan. Resolved issues include audio problems, crashing and a health glitch. The update includes far more than simple bug fixes, however. The…
Now that Hyrule Warriors has launched in Japan, it’s no surprise that the whole game has been recorded and uploaded across the internet. It may be a minefield of spoilers out there at the moment, but we’ve gathered some key clips of gameplay footage that should satisfy your curiosity in the lead-up to the international release without ruining your…
Last week we attended Gamescom, the largest trade fair for interactive games held in Cologne, Germany. Two weeks before the fair even began, tickets were completely sold out. During the five days, a total of 335,000 visitors from 88 different countries attended the event. As you can imagine, the entertainment area was flooded with people. Wednesday was…
Gamescom is the largest trade fair for interactive games. Unlike E3, which tends to focus more on the business side, Gamescom is open for private visitors. It closes the gap between the gaming industry and its fans, making it more of a community-based event. When you wait in lines, you’ll meet a lot of people, and all of…
Tsutaya, the largest retail chain in Japan, has some great news for the performance of Hyrule Warriors. According to a translation by DualShockers, Tsutaya’s latest report says that “hardware sales [went] very well” during the Obon Season, a three-day festival in Japan. The report also states that “The Wii U software division recorded sales nearly four times…
According to NiNTENDOMiNATiON on Twitter, the file size for the Japanese version of Hyrule Warriors is 7090MB, or 7.09GB. This is significantly larger than Wind Waker HD‘s 1.75GB file size, which NiNTENDOMiNATiON also previously reported. It’s worth noting that the official website for Hyrule Warriors says that the file size is 7.8GB. However, it’s possible that this is the install size, while the…
Coinciding with the Japanese release of Hyrule Warriors comes an art book chock-full of concept drawings for the game’s characters, plus detailed imagery of weapons and costumes. It also gives a handy chart that outlines the relationships between the various characters, giving a better idea as to how they all fit within the story. Female Link…
While Hyrule Warriors has been critically praised in Japan by publications like Famitsu, the game seems to be struggling a little on the technical side. Many players have flocked to Twitter to report a number of glitches they’ve experienced. Among the issues were freezing on the results screen, title screen and during co-op; while some players…
The latest trailers for Hyrule Warriors showed off Ghirahim and Zant as playable characters, presenting the exciting premise of playing as the villains in a Zelda game. Apparently, this wasn’t always going to be the case, according to a Game Informer interview with producer Yosuke Hayashi. According to Nintendo Everything, the development team “originally thought of them strictly as enemy…
If you missed out on Gamescom last week, there may still be a chance for you to play Hyrule Warriors and Super Smash Bros. if you can attend the Oz Comic-Con in Australia. The event will be held in Brisbane on September 6-7, and in Sydney on September 13-14. Vooks reports that both the Wii U and 3DS…
To round off the Hyrule Warriors character trailers comes Ghirahim, the last character to be announced. But don’t dismiss him just yet. With deadly precision, Ghirahim will demand your attention. Ghirahim is all about swords, himself being one, of course. While beginning the video with a creepy display of his eccentric personality, he soon summons…
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…
