The Great King of Evil will join the line-up of Hyrule Warriors playable characters, Nintendo revealed during their special Direct broadcast detailing the upcoming Zelda spinoff. Ganondorf will bring with him a Great Sword, and it looks to be very similar to Demise’s weapon from Skyward Sword. With it and another blade, the Demon King…
Lana has quite the personality. One minute her cute demeanor is shining through like the bright sun on the canopy of Faron Woods, and the next she is laying ruin to her foes left and right without any remorse. That about sums up Lana’s approach to battle in her newest Hyrule Warriors trailer, featuring her…
Nintendo has detailed the online features Hyrule Warriors will include when the game ships on September 26, but an online co-op mode is not among the features listed. Nintendo’s Japanese website (and a translation posted by GoNintendo) says that by connecting Hyrule Warriors to the Internet, players can download additional content, post to Miiverse, and…
Following their recent impressions of a playable Hyrule Warriors demo at San Diego Comic Con, the IGN crew also held a live stream to chat with Nintendo Treehouse’s Daniel Orihuela. The stream showed more gameplay of the previously revealed mission wherein the player controls Darunia. Between the footage and the discussion held, many new interesting…
The Gold Skulltulas will be making a return to Zelda in Hyrule Warriors, appearing after the player has met a specific requirement. Each Gold Skulltula’s location can be seen on the mini-map as a web in the top right-hand corner of the game’s screen. When the player is close to a Gold Skulltula, a distinct scratching sound can…
Last week we learned that three Ocarina of Time characters would be playable in Hyrule Warriors: Ruto, Darunia and Sheik. While the former two have already been featured in their own character trailers, Sheik takes center stage in the latest video. While taking on a more feminine look than the character did in Ocarina of…
Nintendo of America have announced via Twitter that a new Nintendo Direct broadcast dedicated to Hyrule Warriors will air on Monday, August 4 at 8 pm PT. Watch a new #NintendoDirectNA on Monday, 8/4 at 8 p.m. PT for new details about #HyruleWarriors for #WiiU http://t.co/Chl8oa3dqv — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 31, 2014 “New details” is the key…
Now that Japanese development on Hyrule Warriors is complete, Nintendo is taking to NicoNico to show off the highly anticipated game in a live streaming event. During the stream, you can expect appearances by some very special guests, including Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma, as well as the CEO of Tecmo Koei, Yoichi Erikawa. The event takes…
According to the latest tweet from the official Hyrule Warriors Twitter (via a translation from Bing), development on the upcoming Zelda spin-off is now complete. 「ゼルダ無双」先日無事完成しました。公開している情報通り8月14日に発売予定。発売お楽しみに！ 開発スタッフは海外版対応などがあるので、まだ気は休まりません。 — 「ゼルダ無双」公式 (@zelda_musou) July 26, 2014 This at least applies to the Japanese version of the game, which will release very soon on August 14. With this latest news, looks…
Nintendo has released a new trailer for the upcoming Hyrule Warriors, titled “Features”. The trailer shows off many of the characters and locations previously announced, with Link, Impa, Lana, Sheik, Zelda, Darunia, Ruto, Midna, Zant, Agitha, Fi, and Ghirahim all making an appearance. The trailer shows off each characters’ combat style as seen in past trailers,…
Created specifically for Hyrule Warriors, Lana is a very mysterious character with an unknown background. What exactly her backstory is, we can’t yet say for certain. However, we do now have a better idea about her fighting style. We have seen many of the different races from the Zelda series on stage at this point, except for one very major…
New Japanese gameplay footage of Hyrule Warriors lets us take a closer look at the upcoming game. This video allows us to take a glance at the selection screens and Lana’s battle styles. The character selection suggests that Hyrule Warriors is featuring 13 characters. That means three remain unannounced for now. Also, only certain items seem to be…
We have known for quite some time that Princess Zelda is one of the playable characters in Hyrule Warriors. Surprisingly, Sheik will be part of the team as well. Those of us who remember the plot twist from Ocarina of Time will scratch their heads in confusion, and I have to admit that I did the…
Link never forgets an old friend, and as such it seems he has invited Darunia to join his forces in Hyrule Warriors. Going by the header image, he seems rather pleased. Tecmo Koei released a batch of screenshots featuring Darunia, and as we saw in the recent gameplay footage, his weapon of choice is a large hammer. His attacks are heavily…
After the rather surprising announcement of Ruto being a playable character in Hyrule Warriors, we now get to see our first good look at her role in the game. Tecmo Koei released a bunch of screenshots as well as a new trailer featuring the Zora sage. In order to bring peace back to the Zoras’ caves, she teams up with the Gorons…
