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New Zelda in 2011? Wii MotionPlus required?  photo

We've barely seen anything about the next Zelda game coming out other than a few words from Miyamoto himself and a single piece of concept art. Still it's almost garnering more buzz than a 2.5D Metroid collaboration designed by the Nintendo guys who did the GBA Metroids and Team Ninja. To add to this sad state of affairs we bring you more news on a game that wasn't even ready to be shown at this year's E3.

In an interview with Wired Miyamoto discussed the upcoming game, expressing how he wants it to only work with Wii MotionPlus and require waggle though he does seem to realize that most people will not want an excessive amount of it in there. “There may be a group of people out there who look at people playing motion control games and have a hesitancy to try to play those because they’re worried that they might not look so cool, swinging a Wii remote around. But in watching people play New Super Mario Bros. Wii, even though it’s just a simple shaking motion, I’m watching people play (it) with a big grin on their face (Chad had one). So I’m hoping that we might be able to create a similar-feeling experience for Zelda,” he said.

When can we experience this similar feeling is a bit up in there air right now. Miyamoto says he is shooting for a 2010 release, but it could easily be pushed back and knowing Nintendo, who regularly pushes back games they already have set release dates for, this could mean it's going to be a good long while.

 


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CblogRecaps at 06/13/2009 21:02
I'd be disjointedness if you didn't need the latest peripheral to start playing the big budget Nintendo games. It's the Nintendo way!
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Magnalon at 06/13/2009 21:03
Haha disappointed. Seriously, my keyboard was on the fritz, and I wasn't logged out. Worst comment EVER!
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mrplow8 at 06/13/2009 21:10
It's nice to know that Miyamoto realises that not everyone wants waggle controls in their games. I'm not saying it won't work in Zelda with Wii Motion Plus(I'm not saying it will either), I just think it's a little ridiculous the way they throw waggle controls into some games just for the sake of having them.
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killias2 at 06/13/2009 21:24
This is exactly the kind of game that COULD pull of decent motion controls (with the MotionPlus involved...) Nonetheless, there is bound to be lots of anger. Also, I'm not saying this will be successful. There is a lot they'd have to get right for this to work properly....

Overall, I'd give this a 1:2 shot of being successful. If successful, I give this a 1:5 shot of getting Dtoiders to actually admit it works....
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FistfulOAwesome at 06/13/2009 21:28
I'll state the obvious: As long as it's done right then the Wii Controls will be a good thing and will be wholly accepted.
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Caffeine Knight at 06/13/2009 21:32
This sort of scares me. Seeing the direction that Miyamoto has taken Mario in with this New Super Mario Bros. Wii, with its dumbed down nature and casual themed elements, I really hope that Zelda is not headed in the same direction. You could always count on Zelda to stay to its original formula and appeal to casuals and hardcore alike, but if he tries to dumb it down so that grandma will have fun waggling her wiimote, I really don't want any part of it.
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covah at 06/13/2009 21:37
Ugh, as much as I don't want that to happen, I can see it being early 2011 due to nintendo's theory of spreading out their real games. We all know that Super Mario Galaxy 2 is going to be completed within three or four months but they're going to sit on it just because they don't want to release it near New Super Mario Bros Wii. Then you have that in spring 10, Other M in Summer/Fall (I'm hoping summer so they can then) possibly release Zelda in the fall.
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Monodi at 06/13/2009 21:39
As long as the kind code isn't intrusive, I am all in for it.
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pedrovay2003 at 06/13/2009 21:52
I think they NEED to have MotionPlus in this. That way serious games can start taking advantage of the peripheral.
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AgentMOO at 06/13/2009 22:20
The waggle in TP didn't bother me, I actually found the analog aiming to work really well. Other than improving shooting weapons, it didn't add much.
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BS3 Owner at 06/13/2009 22:49
I hope it's bundle with MotionPlus...
That would be a Plus!
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brainderailment at 06/13/2009 23:34
"There may be a group of people out there who look at people playing motion control games and have a hesitancy to try to play those because they’re worried that they might not look so cool"

So now the whole "people wont play games because they are afraid of complicated controllers" is now "people wont play waggle games because you look like an idiot"?

Ghawd I hate every bit of this motion controller crap lately.
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lubczyk at 06/14/2009 01:24
Does anyone give a shit about fucking Zelda anymore? it's more played out than Final Fantasy and Shooters.

It's literary been the same shit since 1986.

Geez, Nintendo fans are like Trekkies and Crack Addicts. It's never enough.
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sohnvonben at 06/14/2009 01:44
^....... yeah! what the last guy said......

/s
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elsteveo at 06/14/2009 03:43
Looks like every other zelda concept art
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Monodi at 06/14/2009 03:45
Oh man they should also stop making Call of Duty, or Halo, or Starcraft, or Devil May Cry, or God of War, or Final Fantasy, or Megaman, or Dragon Quest, or any fucking videogame that has got a sequel ever!
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Chilly at 06/14/2009 05:57
Does this mean Link will be right handed again?
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coffeesash at 06/14/2009 06:14
Nintendo, continuing to bring you games with 1998 gameplay and 2001 graphics right into 2011 xD (kidding)
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Yaxnzax at 06/14/2009 07:36
@lubczyk, It's literary been the same shit since 1986.

Don Delillo loves that shit.

But yeah, I kind of agree. Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were favorites of mine as a kid, but the two Gamecube Zeldas were pretty bad and considering Nintendo has made it their official company duty to be as out of touch and uninspired as possible, I'm not expecting much.
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Eve at 06/14/2009 07:51
@ Yaxnzax

Really...you thought the Gamecube Zeldas were bad? I LOVED Twilight Princess and Windwaker. Sure, they weren't as quite great as the N64 titles (not many games in existence are) but they each changed up the franchise in their own way (the wolf/alternate realities of TP and the sea travel in WW). Admittedly the cartoon cell graphics of WW were a little hard to accept at first but they're actually pretty amazing once you get used to them.

Each to their own I guess! Bring on the new Zelda...even though I'm not a fan of motion-control reliant games...
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killias2 at 06/14/2009 09:33
I love how the Dtoiders are simultaneously complaining about how much of a retread this will be AND how its stupid for Nintendo to change things up with the MotionPlus. Predictable. Nintendo can't do anything right in their eyes, even as they continue to release premium first party games. Meh, whatever. Your loss, not mine.
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Dan CiTi at 06/14/2009 10:10
I believe you in you Nintendo, I really do. If anyone can make a game that blows us all away, it is you guys.
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Springsteen at 06/14/2009 10:17
Remember the last time it took very long for Nintendo to release a new Zelda? More precisely beetween November 23rd 1991 and november 23rd 1998? We got a damm good game, I guess. I hope it takes long. Not very long, but 2011 the earliest, hopefully skipping this generation of videogames. Nintendo has been churning out way too many Zelda games, and the series is kind of the icing on the top of action aventures. The series has come to a second(third, if you count Zelda 2) necessity to reinvent and update itself in terms of gameplay. If they feel they're not ready to offer something really new and pleasing gameplay-wise, I would much rather they kept working on it. If they want to suck money out of something, make a new Wii Sports with some peripheral. Keep Zelda out of this. They can please the hardcore crowd with Star Fox, Metroid and Super Smash Bros. And maybe some new IP down the line.
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Senger at 06/14/2009 12:59
Want to buy a 2 player Co-op Zelda game. Many peoples Dreams would come true,
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Im OK at 06/15/2009 02:26
A new Zelda game is always a good thing, despite what the hatorade sippin' anti-fantards may say.

@killias2

I love how the Dtoiders are simultaneously complaining about how much of a retread this will be AND how its stupid for Nintendo to change things up with the MotionPlus. Predictable. Nintendo can't do anything right in their eyes, even as they continue to release premium first party games. Meh, whatever. Your loss, not mine.

This, exactly.
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