In a recent interview with a Latin American gaming magazine, my BFF Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime dropped a few very cryptic hints about the new games in the Zelda and Pikmin franchises.
As for Zelda, Miyamoto says the next Wii installment will be “something special” -- unlike Twilight Princess, which was not built with the unique Wii controls in mind. He remains confident that his team will rejuvenate the “stale formula” with a new approach to control and gameplay. Although I am afraid of change when it comes to the Zelda series, if the new Wii Zelda controls even half as well as the glorious (and revolutionary) Phantom Hourglass I am sold!
Another interesting note concerns Pikmin 3, a game quietly announced near the end of this year’s E3. Miyamoto says development is going well and that the Wii controls are working great. Now, maybe I am just not remembering right, but when Miyamoto confirmed this new Pikmin game a few months back he never officially said it was for the Wii. I guess it is nice to know the Wii is the system of choice.
I know, I know; all of these statements are extremely vague and don’t really offer anything new. But, as a huge Nintendo fan, it is nice to hear some anticipated triple-A titles are coming along nicely. Heck, it is nice to know that these triple-A titles even exist. I love Nintendo, but seeing nothing but Wii Music on the horizon is a little depressing.
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1:38 PM on 09.09.2008
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Tweak the story, plz. K thx bai.
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Real Zelda fans
WarioLand is out in like two weeks so don't feel to depressed just yet Chad. Nintendo fans just have to ride out the rest of this holiday season because 2009 is shaping up to be way better then the 2nd half of 2008. Just keep thinking game like MadWorld, the Conduit, and HOTD: Overkill are coming right around the corner in early 2009.
oh wait, somebody said that already.
I wonder what Retro Studios is working on.
Muramasa Youtouden,
Not that Nintendo needs it but still, I WANT MORE THAN JUST PIKMIN 3 AND ZELDA.
And yea Zelda needs a serious revamp, elf boy named link fights Gannon, collects things, its beyond stale at this point.
Nintendo having fans yeah who would of ever thought that right? There's only 80 million people who own the DS, and over 30 million that own the Wii, but nope Ninendo fans don't exist. Those 110 million people don't count right?
Phantom Hourglass was too easy and too short. To hell with the Zelda franchise, I'm sick of playing the same game. Unless they totally rebuild the thing from scratch (and believe me, they won't), it'll just be yet another Ocarina of Time clone, with gimmicky Wii controls.
I can't say much bad about Pikmin though, other than the fact that it'll be essentially the same as the first two. Also, it really needs a good online multiplayer that I know Nintendo will fail to deliver.