Hello, ZE readers! Do you like stylish Zelda paraphernalia at reasonable prices? I sure do, and if you don’t, I don’t like you. (Just kidding, I love all readers of ZE… Don’t leave me. :< ) If you want to get a face-full of wonderful Zelda T-shirts, IGN.com has you covered. IGN has gone to the effort of putting together a comprehensive list of some of the best Zelda T-shirts on the market. Interested in any of them? The list also includes links to the websites selling the shirts, making them ripe for the purchasing! What are you waiting for? You have to wear clothing to go out in public anyway, you might as well wear it in style.
Hello, ZE readers! Today, gaming website IGN.com posted an excerpt from a recent interview they held with Nintendo Executive Eiji Aonuma, pertaining to Nintendo’s view on collaboration when it comes to the Zelda series. Aonuma first notes that, “the Zelda series has been subject to many partnerships over the past decade, ranging from Grezzo on Ocarina of Time 3D to Capcom on Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, The Minish Cap and Four Swords,” and mentioned that Monolith Soft, developer of Xenoblade Chronicles, assisted with Skyward Sword’s graphics! Click “read more” to find out Aonuma’s thoughts on collaboration with respect to the Zelda series.
As you may already know, today marks the 26th anniversary of the Zelda series… In Japan, at least. 26 years ago today, The Legend of Zelda was released in Japan on the Famicom Disk System, launching what we know now as one of the longest and most successful running series of video games, etc etc, you know the drill, we’ve been here before. The last 26 years have been pretty good to us, delivering 14 games, not including spin-offs and remakes, and the coming years are looking rather promising as well. With Miyamoto not stepping down from his position as a Nintendo executive and Aonuma apparently brimming with new ideas for the series, we should be getting a lot of good stuff in the coming years. For now, however, it’s time to sit back and reflect on the last 26 years.
This has been a common rumor throughout the last several months. Fans have been dying to get Retro Studios to develop a Legend of Zelda game. Even Miyamoto himself has acknowledged Retro Studios as a possibility of developing a new Zelda game sometime in the future. Well, it looks like Retro Studios is hiring artists and other people who have experience in creating 3D environments. Specifically, hand painted textures. Seems an awful Zelda-like, does it not? Hop inside for more details.
Am I the only one that has a DS game case, and think to myself “Man, I wish that thing could hold 3DS games” or simply don’t have anything to keep your 3DS games in?
Well, if you’re in North America and have 250 points at Club Nintendo, this special 3DS Zelda case could be yours. Hit the jump to see more images!
During a short interview from Side Mission with the Producer of the Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Jeron Moore, he was asked about Eiji Aonuma’s disappointment during the concert that took place last October in Los Angeles. Apparently, he was disappointed with the US Zelda fanbase. Read more to find out his thoughts on the matter.
The creative director of Darksiders, also known as Joe Madureira has told online gaming publication CVG that he would enjoy doing a comic based on the Legend of Zelda series! For those of you who haven’t seen some of Maudreira’s work, he’s a prolific comic book writer and an artist, who has previously worked on Uncanny X-Men, Deadpool and The Ultimates for Marvel, as well as being the creator of Battlechasers. I haven’t seen too much of his work, but I would love any Zelda comic, so I’d be for it. How about you? Would you like to see a comic done by Joe Madureira? Let us know in the comment section below what you think.
That’s right folks. For those of you who have a virtuoso side to you, then this book is for you. Alfred Music Publishing is releasing an official English Zelda Piano Songbook. Coincidentally, I was just trying to play some Zelda music on piano yesterday, so I may end up getting this. It sure seems like it’d be cool, also for those who are just pure Zelda merchandise collectors.
And for those of you who prefer everything technology, the song book is being released on Apple’s iBookstore. So have yourself an iPad or something of the sort? You should definitely check this out, I know I am. This is a must have for all Zelda fans who like to play instruments. Has this post got you interested? Head on over to Alfred Music Publishing and check it out!
We knew that Nintendo has already begun development of Zelda 3DS. To quote, Aounuma said: “We are already preparing a new game, a game in the series for the Nintendo 3DS, but don’t think that it is a direct sequel to the Zelda titles released on DS. We are talking about a new game, but it takes much of what has been done on previous consoles.” Later, Sam Claiborn of IGN claimed Nintendo is already working on two Zelda titles. Now, I would take this rumor with a grain of salt. The Screw Attack has recently reported that an image depicting the logos of two new Zelda games for the 3DS surfaced on 4chan. (4chan is not always reliable.) The titles read 火をプロフェシー and アイスをプロフェシー, which, according to Google Translate, translate to Fire Prophecy and Ice Prophecy. If this is true, we’ll be getting a duo of games similar to the Oracle Series. To see the image, keep reading after the jump.
