Fan Concept for Paper Zelda on the DS

Fan Concept of Paper Zelda for the N64

Discuss your thoughts on the matter and as always take this only as a rumor for the time being.

“This is an HD system, our first HD system, and we want to create a real HD Zelda game for it,” he said. “You will see a lot of these in-depth and deep experiences in terms of visual style. You will also see some play styles that are fun and interesting because of the play structure.”

While the system is rumored to be at least as powerful as rivals Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, that doesn’t mean that every game that comes to it will be an HD game.

“We are not planning on putting any restrictions in terms of requiring developers to leverage HD in a particular ways,” Miyamoto said. “Even if you are using a simplier visual style it will still look very beautiful.”

Zelda HD Tech Demo from E3 2011

Read the rest of the interview here.

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When we learned that Eiji Aonuma would participate in a TV show, we asked him to follow to learn more about the development of 3D Ocarina of Time , and possibly one or two glean information about the franchise which will be celebrated this year on 25 th anniversary.

The least we can say is that we were not disappointed! Indeed, Eiji Aonuma has announced no less, tells us Nicolas in his transcript, a new Zelda game, presented at the 25th anniversary of the franchise! To help you discover the contents of the intervention of Eiji Aonuma about to Ocarina of Time 3D , we suggest you discover the transcript of Nicolas below.

The information remains the main presentation, next week, a Zelda birthday, the 25th anniversary of the franchise. We do not know if it’s a remake or compilation, is still it that this anniversary edition, highly anticipated by fans, we will be presented in detail next week during E3.

Via Nintendo Everything

During Satoru Iwata’s GDC speech back in March, Nintendo’s president teased news regarding Zelda’s 25th anniversary. Unfortunately, Iwata only said that Shigeru Miyamoto has been working on a plan to allow all lovers of the franchise to celebrate together.

That was quite a mysterious statement, and fans have been left wondering what it could mean. Thankfully they won’t have to wait much longer to find out what Nintendo has up their sleeves.

Famitsu held a live-stream of a Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D preview with Eiji Aonuma earlier today. Although most of the time was spent previewing the upcoming 3DS title, Aonuma apparently said that anniversary plans for Zelda will be shared at E3. I missed most of the event and I don’t speak Japanese, so I can’t confirm the rumor. But it would most definitely make sense to feature the news at E3, especially if it’s a new game.

Of course only we will have to wait until E3 2011 (which as stated before isn’t but less than a week away) to find out exactly what Nintendo has in store.

–First Party–

::Launch Games::

Extreme Sports Cafe (“New” IP, Combines 1080 and Wave Race + Other Sports)
Pikmin Cafe (Interfaces with Pikmin 3DS)
Endless Ocean Cafe
Nintendogs Cafe Kennel (Interfaces with Nintendogs + Cats)
Mii Explore (New IP, Multiplayer Adventure Game)

::Launch Window::

Kirby’s Epic Yarn 2 (Launch Window, Multiplayer)
Wario Ware Cafe (Launch – Launch Window?)

::Future Games::

Super Mario Cafe (Late 2012/Early 2013, Paradigm Shift ala SM64)
Legend of Paper Zelda (Mid 2012, Paper Mario version of SNES Zelda)
Fire Emblem Cafe (Late 2012)
Retro Studios IP (Late 2012, New IP)
Project Sora IP (New IP)
Monolith Soft RPG (New IP)
Miyamoto Game (New IP)

–Third Party–

::Launch Games::

Battlefield 3 (Extra Content)
Street Fighter X Tekken (Timed Exclusive)
SSX
Super Monkey Ball Cafe
Tony Hawk Cafe
Ridge Racer Cafe
Mass Effect 3 (Possibly with ME 1 + 2?)
InVersion
Dragons Dogma
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Metal Gear Solid: Rising (Extra Content)
Silent Hill: Downpour (Extra Content)
PES 2013 Cafe (Timed Exclusive)
Trauma Center Cafe

::Launch Window::

Modern Warfare 3
Grand Theft Auto V (Launch?, Timed Exclusive)
Dead Space Spin Off
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Cafe
Soul Caliber V (Extra Content)

::Future Games::

Sonic Cafe (Sonic Generations?)
Platinum Games IP (Bayonetta 2?)
Phantasty Star Online 2 (Late 2012?)
SEGA Game (???)
The Amazing Spider-Man: The Game
Rockstar Game (New IP?)
BioShock Infinite (Timed Exclusive)
Red Steel III
Beyond Good & Evil 2
Doom 4
Madden 2013 (Timed Exclusive)
Tiger Woods 13
Fight Night Cafe
Need for Speed Cafe
Level-5 Game (New IP)
Kingdom Hearts Cafe (Possibly KH3)
Square Enix Game (New IP)
Square Enix Game (???)
Grasshopper Game (New IP or No More Heroes 3)
Valve Game (Possibly a collection set + new game?)
Epic Games (New IP, Bulletstorm 2 or New Gears of War Trilogy exclusive to Cafe)

With an Ocarina Of Time remake on the way in June, Miyamoto says the one game he would most like to see remade for 3DS would be another Zelda classic. “I think A Link To The Past,” he says. “Do you remember Xevious? It’s two-layered and I really wanted to create that at the time. So to see Link To The Past in two layers would be quite attractive for me.”

Although I would have preferred this game get made into a 3D environment and released on a console, but the sound of a godly 2D Zelda title would be amazing. Your thoughts?

• Miyamoto is working on a new Zelda game, possibly for the next Nintendo console.
• Many products will be released for Zelda’s 25th Anniversary.
• Possibly handing the Zelda series over to younger developers.
• He discusses the hate on Toon Link as well.

Place two of your major works: Mario and Zelda, Pikmin I also had in stock …

I’ll be honest, it feels weird to see Mario figurine like that. It’s a character I designed to be shown flat. And if you can imagine how difficult it was to succeed in the modeling in relief. For example, it was unclear if his eyebrows were going to be below or above the cap. So we wondered if we had to show them. There was much discussion on the position and proportions of each of its members. Obviously, I’m always having something like this in your hands.

Another thing that has changed so much with Mario, and few people have noticed is that his legs are bigger than before. I always wished he had legs a little short to be fast and nervous, but his approach is realistic, we had to lengthen her legs. Anyway I can not thank enough the plumber, because through him I became a Game Designer! As for the Link, I call it “Link-eyed cat.” I’ll admit it took courage to enter this design more cartoon. In the end if we took this decision is that the time we really wanted to make a game typical Nintendo. An adventure that represents the soul of our society. So Link is a boy rather usual class, it was completely reinvented with a more streamlined look. Moreover it allowed us to create a real distinction between his adventures on home console and portable. Each has its own identity the coup and that is just fine.

So yes, well I know, there are plenty of people who hate cartoon version … but there it is!

Obviously, last year celebrated its 25 years Mario and this year is the turn of Link. I hope you’ll be pleased to learn that there will be many products that Zelda will be created for the occasion … and then to finish with these things, I promise to do everything to deliver your new Mario this year!

As such, the images revealed by Satoru Iwata at GDC 2011, we discovered a logo of Mario with a tail of tanuki … eerily reminiscent of that of Super Mario Bros.. 3 . I guess it’s no coincidence …

Indeed, Mario may still fly with its tail by Tanuki … flop, flop, flop … be patient.

Finally to conclude with the objects, I’ve brought a cup of … coffee! You’ll understand that I am referring to the famous “Coffee Project”, the Wii 2 in an uproar for several days on the net …

Yes, I saw found rumors speak of “Coffee”. At the time I want to say it’s normal. You know Nintendo, like all other manufacturers, our job is to design new machines. We believe it takes 5 years to make the R & D interesting. Afterwards, I admit that there is no smoke without fire. We must realize that we spend our time developing in-house gaming consoles. Some of you will ever see. With us, as we do not know exactly where we are going and when do we get out our next console, we do not disclose publicly. But we should not believe everything we read …

With that being said, what could be in store for the Legend of Zelda series? It could be possible they are already at work on a new console Zelda game other than Skyward Sword. It is however unlikely that Skyward Sword will be ported to Wii 2 like Twilight Princess was with the Gamecube and Nintendo Wii (other than the Wii 2 system possibly being backwards compatible). It is also possible we may see a console 3D Zelda title with this new Nintendo hardware.

If these rumors are indeed true then I find it lacking that we may only get one Zelda game meant for the Nintendo Wii. Sure, that console has run it’s course, but it seems they didn’t give the Zelda series the proper attention on that system as Nintendo did with other games such as the Super Mario franchise. Sure, we got Link’s Crossbow training, but that was only a spin off. Nonetheless, if the next console Zelda title does in fact release on “Project Cafe”, then I really hope Nintendo exceeds everyone’s expectations and create that game exclusively for the new system.

With enhanced HD graphics, Nintendo could truly make the fantasy world known as Hyrule come alive. A lively large overworld with amazing scenery and interactivity, large difficult and interactive  dungeons, detailed towns and villages and pretty much anything you ever dreamed of coming to life in a Zelda game. Wouldn’t it be nice to get a complete 3D remake of titles such as The Adventure of Link or Link’s Awakening along with brand new titles. Everyone expected a lot to be in store for the Zelda franchise with the Wii, but if Skyward Sword is the only exclusive game, then we will all have to wait to see what the next console brings to the table.

A new Nintendo console also means the future and quality of all the mainstream games to do only one thing, succeed. We can only expect great things in store for the Legend of Zelda, anything is possible of what we will see by E3 2012. And with Skyward Sword possibly being the last big game for the Nintendo Wii, it is safe to say the official announcement of the Wii 2 will come soon along with games for that system that are possibly still just being worked on behind the scenes.