Hyrule Warriors is making several departures from the rest of Zelda series, from multiple playable characters to DLC. One thing that will stay the same, however, is the series’ lack of traditional voice acting for its characters, if a tweet from the official Japanese Hyrule Warriors account is to be understood. A translation of the…
North American site The flood of Hyrule Warriors news continues today as Nintendo reveals hordes of new information on the upcoming Zelda spinoff game. For the first time, however, official news comes to us in English as Nintendo of America opened a webpage for Hyrule Warriors on their site. This comes just one day after the…
In the recent interview for Famitsu magazine, series producer Eiji Aonuma sat with general producer Hisashi Koinuma and producer Yosuyke Hayashi of Tecmo Koei to discuss the concept of Hyrule Warriors and how collaboration between Nintendo and Tecmo Koei came to be. During the interview (translated by Siliconera), Hayashi states that Team Ninja (the developers responsible for…
The official Japanese website for Hyrule Warriors has been published and reveals an interesting detail about the game: there will be downloadable content. The DLC section of the website is currently closed, so the type of content that will be available is currently unknown. It is also uncertain if players will have to purchase the content…
Releasing August 14 in Japan, Hyrule Warriors will also be available in two special editions: Premium box and Treasure box. The Premium box is available for order on Play-Asia; however, the Treasure box set is exclusive to to GAMECITY and Amazon Japan. The Premium box will cost around 11,000 yen (~$110 USD) and include: Game Official book…
As we’ve previously mentioned, the latest issue of Famitsu magazine includes an interview between Hyrule Warriors producers Hisashi Koinuma and Yosuke Hayasahi (of Tecmo Koei), as well as Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, who is supervising the game’s development. Siliconera have translated some more of this interview, revealing the origin story behind how this spin-off title came to be.…
Yesterday we saw an explosion of new information regarding the upcoming Wii U spin-off Hyrule Warriors, thanks to the committed users on NeoGAF. User StreetsAhead has provided more translations for us, this time of the character profiles from the Famitsu coverage. Link Link is an experienced soldier in Hyrule’s Royal Army. He has the Triforce of Courage…
The Hyrule Warriors launch date is quickly approaching, and with it comes new official artwork. Yesterday, we reported new details and screenshots, and it looks like we can expect plenty of action and beautiful graphics in the upcoming game. We’ve already learned Impa is set to be a playable character, but according to the game’s website,…
The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed Hyrule Warrior‘s release date in Japan as August 14. Thanks to some users on NeoGAF, we now also know new details of the game itself, and its development. Development and pricing Firstly, we now know that Team Ninja are working with Omega Force on the game. Hisashi Koinuma and…
Hyrule Warriors developer Tecmo Koei has high hopes for the upcoming Zelda spin-off title. In an interview with Nikkei Trendy (with a translation from Nintendo Everything), president Yoichi Erikawa shared the company’s goals for the fiscal year. One of these was to shift one million units of the game worldwide. “In addition to our Warriors series fan base, Nintendo’s…
The upcoming Wii U Zelda spin-off, Hyrule Warriors, will be releasing in Japan this summer according to developer Tecmo Koei’s financial results briefing. As we’ve previously reported, Tecmo Koei will also be handling the publishing of the game in Japan, unlike other territories where it will be published by Nintendo. This would explain why the big N…
Hyrule Warriors surprised us all upon it’s announcement, with Nintendo unprecedentedly handing over development to external developer Tecmo Koei for a new Zelda spin-off. In a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine UK, the company revealed that they also have their sights set on some other popular properties. Vice President of Tecmo Koei, Hibashi Kinuma, stated, “Disney, Star…
An extract from a recent Nintendo financial results document (shown after the jump) revealed that Tecmo Koei Games will publish Hyrule Warriors in Japan. The Musou game series has long been popular in Japan, and is developed by Tecmo Koei. Since the game will be titled “Zelda Musou” in Japan, it makes sense that Tecmo…
Welcome back, and today I have some awesome art based on the look given to Link in the upcoming Zelda spin-off title, Hyrule Warriors! Deviantart user Laovaan simply does a fantastic job with this work. I especially like the banner on the right side, as it gives the picture a nice connection to the game…
It’s Zelda Universe Podcast time! In this episode, Hombre, Cody, and Shona discuss what we can all expect from the Zelda franchise in 2014. 2014 is slated to be a busy and exciting year for Zelda fans, with lots of speculation about upcoming releases. The podcast covers Hyrule Warriors and what we can expect from…
