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Tuesday, Nov 3
The King Of Fighters XII Gets Pricing Beatdown From Japanese Retailer [Snk Playmore]
It's not that uncommon for Japanese retailers to issue steep price drops for older games—we saw plenty of new copies of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the same price in Tokyo this year—but SNK Playmore is probably not pleased.
Rabbids Developers Remembered Wii's Neglected Features [Wii]
One of the concepts in their new game is that a Rabbid — a bunny-like character — is alive inside the player's Wii Remote. If you shake the Remote at certain times during your play-through of the game, he'll yell from within it. Or at least the speaker will make it seem that way. And when you toss hi...
Thursday, Oct 29
On America's Copies Of Zelda, Link's A Fighter [Zelda]
Based on Green's comparison of the boxarts I've reprinted here, Europe will be sold the upcoming DS game The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks with Link the train conductor. America gets a swordsman. For a little more on the comparison and its history, check out the original article.
Wednesday, Oct 28
Dementium II Preview: A Mature DS Game With "Hell Moments" [Preview]
Dementium II is an early 2010 sequel to last year's horror handheld game, Dementium: The Ward. Development studio Renegade Kid returns to its series using the first-person engine developed for the team's other DS game, Moon. The game begins with protagonist William Redmoor waking up in a...
Thursday, Oct 22
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Review: The Leap, At Last [Review]
Clank Makes Me Smarter: Long ago, Clank stole the show in these games thanks to his fun character design and mischievous sense of humor. Now he's stolen it because of his gameplay as well. He starts the game and, between the breaks of Ratchet's inter-galactic adventures, learns an expandin...
Friday, Oct 9
Opinion: Notebook Dump: The Lack Of Zelda [Extras]
No Zelda: I was able to write a few posts about New Super Mario Bros. Wii thanks to Nintendo demonstrating the game in New York on Monday. I had anticipated writing some posts about The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks as well, because I was sure that the E3 build Nintendo had shown in June in L.A., la...
Thursday, Oct 8
Show Us Your Wii History [Wii]
The stats were all pulled from the second Wii that I've owned. My launch unit broke, because a coin got stuck in it. So this new one doesn't show that I played through the The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess, nor does it include the many sessions of Wii Sports I played with friends and fami...
Wednesday, Oct 7
This Week In Video Game Comics [Comics]
The Green, Red and Blue Links reach Death Mountain, where they challenge Shadow Link and Violet Link in battle. Then, inside the Fire Temple they learn a terrible secret about the Dark World and the evil power behind Vaati. To defeat this great enemy, the different colored Links must find a w...
Sunday, Sep 27
New Poster Set Traces the Evolution of Link [Offers]
The poster is 16.5 by 28.7 inches, accompanied by two 22 by 28 inch promotion posters for Phantom Hourglass and Twilight Princess. They may be redeemed for 350 coins. The Legend of Zelda Three-Poster Series [Club Nintendo, thanks Tim]
Friday, Sep 25
Imagining Lyrics To Zelda [Clips]
First there was Mega Man. Then Duck Tales. Now YouTube singer/songwriter Brentalfloss takes on his biggest challenge yet: The Legend of Zelda. Does he triumph, or will Ganon win the day? My personal favorite is still his Final Fantasy Victory music with Lyrics, but I have Final Fantasy tatt...
Tuesday, Sep 15
Nintendo Updates Holiday Lineup, Reveals New Games
Wii 505 Games My Ballet Studio - November Baby and Me - November Nintendo/TPC Pokémon Rumble - Q4 Nintendo DS/Nintendo DSi Nintendo Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Oct. 12 Style Savvy - Nov. 2 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Dec. 7 Nintendo DSiWare
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Arriving In December [It's A Date]
Nintendo's next Legend of Zelda adventure will be making a stop at retail just in time for the Christmas shopping season. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks has been dated by Nintendo of America for December 7th. Nintendo also firmly dated two more Nintendo DS games, Pokémon Mystery Dungeo...
Let's Learn About American Otaku [Research]
Favorite Game 10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 7. Persona 4 7. The Legend of Zelda 5. Final Fantasy IX 5. Final Fantasy 1. Final Fantasy VII Favorite Game Creator or Company 10. Goichi Suda 9. SEGA 8. Tetsuya Nomura 7. Shigeru Miyamoto 6. KONAMI 5. Hideo Kojima 4. Atlus 3. Capcom 2. Nintendo
Monday, Sep 14
Twilight Princess Zant Statue Kicks Off "Master Arts" Line [Nintendo]
The first in the one-quarter scale "Master Arts" line of licensed Twilight Princess center pieces, Zant will set serious Zelda fans back $349 USD, but will clearly present a nerdy conversation starter at your next cocktail party. At an impressive 21 inches tall, it's unlikely that anyon...
Thursday, Sep 10
The Misadventures Of P.B. Winterbottom Preview: Me, Myself And Pie [Xbla]
The Look: Besides MadWorld and that underwater dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, I have not played many games that were primarily rendered in black and white. This is one of them. It's even more attractively old-timey thanks to lighting that illuminates the scene in the fashio...
Sunday, Sep 6
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Impressions: Lombax In Space [Pax]
The space game in this new Ratchet was fun. As with everything else I've seen in the new game, it's visually spectacular and a joy to move through. The closest equivalent in terms of scale and in opportunity to encounter interesting things is the ocean in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. I'm...
Thursday, Sep 3
Nintendo Packing Heat, Mario For Penny Arcade Expo
Nintendo says they will have playable versions of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. The recently launched Metroid Prime: Trilogy, Wii Sports Resort and Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box will also be on hand at...
Wednesday, Aug 5
What's Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Doing At Tecmo Press Conference? [Japan]
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda among other titles, put in a surprise appearance at a Koei press conference in Tokyo. Above, Shigeru Miyamoto is not pictured. Edo-era Mysterious Murasame Castle was developed by Nintendo for its Famicom Di...
This Week In Video Game Comics [Comics]
Here's a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. this week, including staples Street Fighter and Sonic. Plus... some Zelda that may bring back memories of the GameCube era. The Legend of Zelda, Volume 6: Four Swords - Part 1 ... Written and Drawn by the duo kno...
Thursday, Jul 23
Old News '87: Zelda Is Going To Be Bigger Than Mario [Old News]
Minoru Arakawa, president of Nintendo of America Inc. of Redmond, Wash. ''The industry is healthy; we estimate that 4.5 million home video game units will be sold in the U.S. in 1987, as compared to 1.4 million units in 1986 — a 300 percent increase.'' Part of what was going to boost Nintendo was goi...
Wednesday, Jul 22
If Zelda Was First-Person And In 3D... [Zelda]
The demo lets players walk around a dungeon and attack baddies from The Legend of Zelda all from a first person p.o.v. and in 3D. FPS Zelda [Phenex via Infendo]
Tuesday, Jul 14
How Nintendo Has Described Itself From '87 To '09
Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than one billion video games worldwide, has created such industry icons as Mario and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legen...
Monday, Jul 13
BioShock Designer Picked "Zelda" Over Girlfriend [Excuse Me Princess]
In our last day together in San Fran, I for some reason picked up The Legend of Zelda," recalls Levine. "As she stood by waiting for some romantic gesture to happen on our last day living together, she was instead treated to watching me obsessively plow through Hyrule for around 15 hours. By th...
Wednesday, Jul 8
Master Photoshop The Legend of Zelda Way [Tutorials]
Despite more than a decade of futzing about with Adobe Photoshop, my digital painting skills are considerably amateur. Creating something like David Cousens' The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask piece above is beyond my skills... or is it?!
Friday, Jul 3
How Many Hours People Play Nintendo's Wii Games (Sorry, Donkey Kong) [Nintendo]
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (November 2006) — 46 hours, 9 minutes Wii Sports (November 2006) — 35 hours, 47 minutes Excite Truck – (November 2006) 12 hours, 39 minutes WarioWare: Smooth Moves (January 2007) — 11 hours, 39 minutes Wii Music (October 2008) — 9 hours, 17 minutes
Thursday, Jul 2
Miyamoto: New Zelda Won't Be "Radically Different" [The Legend Of Zelda]
Since the last console Zelda, Twilight Princess, was originally developed for the GameCube and ultimately released on the Wii. The upcoming Zelda would be developed for the console from the ground-up. I don't think it's going to be that radically different," Shigeru Miyamoto told Ninte...
Tuesday, Jun 30
Kotaku's 2009 Summer Reading List [Feature]
Pub. Date: November 2008 If you think far too much about the Legend of Zelda series, then here is a book for you. The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy is a series of essays that explores topics both confined to the game, as in Rachel Robison's "Shape Shifting and Time Traveling: Link's Identity I...
Sunday, Jun 28
K6 [Kotaku Reader]
The Great Chain Interview, Part 1: Miyamoto Questions Metroid Director The Great Chain Interview, Part 4: Xbox Guy To Ex-Xbox Guy To That Guy's Boss Game Robo-cock When Robot Chicken Meets Video Games by Luke Plunkett by Owen Good The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games
Saturday, Jun 27
Kotaku Originals: The Beer Frame [Original]
Nintendo How Much Of New Mario Vs. DK Is Actually New The Little Things Noticed At Our Nintendo Demos Why Guys Should Care About Girl-Game Style Savvy Fifty-Seven Flights Up With New Super Mario Bros. Wii Comix This Week In Video Game Comics
Wednesday, Jun 24
I've Been To Colorado, New Mexico, Texas... [Note]
EA Combines Mythic And BioWare Into A Giant RPG Robot id: Why We Sold To ZeniMax Rockstar's Agent "Very, Very Different" From GTA Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! Goes PSN Exclusive How Much Of New Mario Vs. DK Is Actually New The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Preview: Pigs Might Fly
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Preview: Pigs Might Fly [Preview]
Announced at the Game Developers Conference in March, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks was first playable for us at E3 earlier this month. Crecente put stylus to DS and reported back. But the man was pressed for time. Nintendo-made action-RPG. Stars a kid dressed in green. Something about a s...
Box Of Old Zelda Games Redefines Definition Of "Case Fresh" [Update]
We don't post about video game auctions very often here. When we do, it has to be something that's pretty amazing. This cardboard treasure trove of Zelda fits that bill. It's a box of sealed copies of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The original SNES release. Like the wounded body of 1992 he...
Saturday, Jun 20
Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games [Feature]
King Zora XVI, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Father of Princess Ruto: He loves his daughter, but is too fat and lazy to go save her when she goes missing inside a giant fish monster. Deku King, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask – Father of Deku Princess: Overprotective doesn't quite s...
Monday, Jun 15
And The Game Critics Best Of E3 2009 Award Nominees Are... [E3 2009]
Best Handheld Game Gran Turismo (Polyphony Digital/SCEJ for PSP) Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Alphadream/Nintendo for Nintendo DS) Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/WBIE for Nintendo DS) The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
Portable Game Beats Console Games For... The First Time Ever? [Winners]
Gamespot Best of E3 Winners 2009: Scribblenauts 2008: Fable II 2006: BioShock 2005: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2004: Splinter Cell 3 Gamespy Best of E3 Winners 2009: Scribblenauts 2008: Spore 2007: BioShock 2006: BioShock 2005: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Friday, Jun 12
Kotaku's Best of E3 Awards: Hair Dragons, CatBats and Light Graffiti [Well Played]
Scribblenauts' ability to turn your written word into a little cartoon version of the item is astounding, add to that the ability to blend these items so they interact with each other or can be wielded by the hero and you have the best new mechanic to hit a video game since Nintendo perfected...
Wednesday, Jun 10
Zenonia Micro-Review: Unexpectedly Epic [Review]
Zenonia follows a young man named Regret as he searches for answers to the mystery surrounding his birth after the sudden death of the man who raised him. Players start off the game by choosing one of three classes - paladin, warrior, and assassin - each with their own set of skills, strength...
Thursday, Jun 4
Stylus-On With Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is a return to the stylus-controlled Link of Phantom Hourglass, but with a twist. First I checked out a dungeon, with Link and his Phantom cohort. In the game you control Link with a stylus, as with Phantom Hourglass, moving him around by touching the screen...
Wednesday, Jun 3
Zelda Attends E3 In Spirit Tracks [E3 2009]
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is a Phantom Hourglass-flavored adventure for the Nintendo DS and DSi. Players take Link by train through puzzles that involve manipulating speed, avoiding obstacles and firing a cannon or blowing a whistle to keep enemies or wild animals off the track.
Tuesday, Jun 2
Nintendo's E3 Expo Live Blog [E3 2009]
That could mean that we'll hear more about Nintendo's plans for a Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii, see the reveal of the new Wii Fit Plus, and almost definitely hear more about The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Sin & Punishment 2. More than likely, you'll have Wii MotionPlus shoved...
Sunday, May 31
E3 2009 Preview: These Are The Big Action-Adventures, We Believe [E3 2009]
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Cartoon Link's on a train instead of a boat and possibly armed with a bow, a boomerang and some bombs? (Nintendo DS) Dissidia Final Fantasy - It's a Final Fantasy mash-up! (PSP, Import review here.
Friday, Mar 27
Game Developers Conference: It's On [Gdc09]
Nintendo Nintendo Plans "Nintendo DSi Enhanced" Game Cards With DSi-Only Features Downloadable Final Fantasy Abounds On The Wii The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Coming To The DS Hands On With Nintendo DSiWare Nintendo Shows Unreleased Dual-Card DSi, GBA Touch
Wednesday, Mar 25
Nintendo's GDC Keynote Round Up: Link's On A Train [Gdc09]
The new The Legend of Zelda™: Spirit Tracks game that Iwata announced will utilize the intuitive touch control of Phantom Hourglass in an all new adventure that will please longtime Zelda™ fans while keeping the game accessible to all DS owners. The concept behind this Zelda game include...
Thursday, Feb 26
Super Mario Kart: Most Influential Video Game in History [Guinness World Records]
5. Zelda Ocarina of Time 6. Halo 8. Final Fantasy XII 10. GoldenEye 12. Tomb Raider 18. Zelda: A Link to the Past 20. Final Fantasy VII 24. Tekken 2 25. Wii Sports 27. Guitar Hero 31. Ico 36. Ridge Racer 40. BioShock 42. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 43. God of War 45. Starfox 64 47. WarioWare Inc
Tuesday, Nov 4
Ocarina Store Celebrates Ocarina Of Time Anniversary [The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time]
ST. LOUIS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—When a new Legend of Zelda video game, The Ocarina of Time, was released in November of 1998, very few people in North America knew what the instrument was, or if it even actually existed outside of the game’s fictional realm of Hyrule. In the classic Nintendo game...
Wednesday, Nov 14
Variety Not That Impressed By Super Mario Galaxy [Reviews]
The review continues to point out flaws that other reviewers made nearly no mention of, writing that Super Mario Galaxy is "evidence of how bad the Wii is for third person action games", pointing to The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess as further evidence of that claim.
Tuesday, Nov 6
Nintendo's Reggie On Stage in New York [Liveblogging]
11:45 AM - Super Smash Bros Brawl comes on February 10th. The industry's first blockbuster title of 2008! 4 player Wifi multiplayer. Mario Kart will is coming next year too, including optional steering wheel controller. And Wii Fit/Wii Balance Board coming next year to US.
Friday, Oct 12
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Hands On Impressions
Levels included the unannounced Norfair from Metroid, Smashville, the Super Smash Bros. Battlefield, the Bridge of Eldin from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and many, many more. Given the multiplayer environment, most matches opted for a random draw, with me cursing under my br...
Thursday, Oct 4
Frankenreview, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Since the last scene of the GameCube's Wind Waker, we've been craving cel-shaded Link at the lust level we generally reserve for booze, pantsu and headshots. So his triumphant return in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS had us...how can we put this gently...playing the DS without...
Monday, Sep 17
Contest: Nintendo's Easy Zelda Contest
One First Prize winner will receive a trip for two to New York, two nights at a hotel, a $1,000 closed-door shopping spree at Nintendo World, $500 spending money, a special-edition Nintendo DS and a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Nine Finalists will receive a special-edit...
Thursday, Sep 13
Shiny Silver DS For Europe
Nintendo DS Lite hardware & software sales reach all-new highs as Nintendo DS Silver makes its debut- Nintendo DS Lite Silver launches across Europe on 12th October and will be available for the estimated retail price around £99.
Monday, Sep 10
Nintendo Dates Wii Zapper, Confirms Link's Crossbow
I've gotten official confirmation from Nintendo that the Wii Zapper interface will indeed come with Link's Crossbow Training packed in and that the remote-housing Wii Zapper will sell for $20 starting Nov. 19. Link's Crossbow Training drops players into a world in the style of The Legend...
Friday, Jun 1
Zelda 2: Electric Boogaloo: VC 100 Titles Strong, Zelda II Monday
Wii lets players visit the Wii Shop Channel to redeem Wii Points to download classic video games from the original Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super NES and the Nintendo 64, and the Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx16 consoles. These games are nostalgic totems to veteran gamers, and si...
Monday, Feb 26
New on The VC: Zelda and Guests
The Legend of Zelda®: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64®, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points): The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reveals the genesis of the fantasy land of Hyrule, the origin of the Triforce and the tale of the first exploits of Princess Zelda™ and the heroic adventurer Link. Vibrant,...
Tuesday, Feb 6
Game Developers Choice Awards Finalists
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo) Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto Wii Sports (Nintendo) Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki
Thursday, Dec 28
Associated Press Dig Okami, Do Not Dig 25-To-Life [Best Of]
3. "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" (Nintendo, for the Wii, GameCube): The "Zelda" is a satisfying combination of the familiar (clever weapons, diabolical dungeons) and the new (Link is now a werewolf!). We always anticipate great things from "Zelda," but "Twilight Princess" d...
Thursday, Nov 30
SSX Wii Premieres On Spike TV [Ssx]
Watch Game Head this Friday Night at 12:35a -- Only on Spike! Also featured in this episode: SSX (EA, Wii) RESISTANCE FALL OF MAN (INSOMNIAC GAMES, PS3) EXCITE TRUCK (NINTENDO, Wii) THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS (NINTENDO, Wii)
Monday, Nov 27
Nintendo Sells 600,000 Wiis
In addition to racking up lots of monies with their profitable Gamecube Turbo, Nintendo is also very proud of themselves for selling over 454,000 copies of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. (I assume this game is very good. Since I don't have a Wii to play my copy on, I wouldn't know, wou...
Friday, Nov 10
Hands-On The Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess, Part II
TP's graphics, while not always a technical masterpiece, convey a cinematic feel. It's not something you see much until after the first dungeon, probably because the plot doesn't start out with a great deal of intensity. I hoped that Nintendo would send better horseback riding combat sho...
Friday, Nov 3
Opinion: Hands-On, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [Feature]
Twilight Princess is broken down into two basic worlds. The first is the normal Zelda land we all know, with Link looking like a young Rod Stewart as he frolics around the countryside to Hyrule. The second world is that of the Twilight Realm, a growing parallel existence of shadow where Link t...
Tuesday, Jul 25
Nintendo's DS Fall Line-Up Hits [Ds]
Oh, and Nintendo reminds us that there's still one good GameCube title on the way: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. .Brian Crecente And, for Nintendo GameCube owners, The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess will be available for you this fall. An enhanced version also will be a launch...
