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Miyamoto Says New Zelda for Wii is Progressing

gamefreak101 | July 15, 2008 | News | Wii E3 2008 
Could it be? A new Zelda game for Wii using the new WiiMotionPlus controls? Miyamoto says it's certainly possible. According to him, the Zelda team is very focused on trying to find new ideas, but a change to first-person view probably won't happen.

A new Zelda game for Wii? Count us in.
No big surprise. At E3 2008, Nintendo confirmed (very vaguely) that the Mario and Zelda teams had reassembled, but offered no further details. But when we sat down with Shigeru Miyamoto this week, he elaborated on situation, absolutely confirmed that a new Wii Zelda is underway, and suggested that it will see some fundamental changes.

"The Zelda team in particular always works on Zelda titles. The core members of the Zelda team have for a very long time now been focused on Zelda games, and continue to focus on Zelda games, so they are hard at work and working away," Miyamoto said. "And then, of course, we have the DS Zelda team as well, so even there we're having some switching of people in and out where the DS team is mixing in with the Wii team and working on the Wii version."

At GDC 2007, Eiji Aonuma gave a presentation on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. At that time, he showed a brief snippet of an experimentation the Zelda team conducted -- it was Twilight Princess running in the first-person view. We asked Miyamoto if such a fundamental change could await players of Wii's next Zelda adventure.

"I don't necessarily think it will change that drastically, but I think that Zelda is a franchise that does need some big new unique ideas," he said. "And so the team right now is very focused on trying to find those ideas."
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    Paper Mario Dude | July 16, 2008 | reply
    FINALLY.
    i love you shiggy. make some game magic.
    make this the best zelda!
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    Livewire_19 | July 16, 2008 | reply
    Finally, this is the only good news from Nintendo at E3.
    This is what Twillight Princess needed, they promised it but didn't give it. So now this is the only thing keeping me from giving up on Nintendo.
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      Jaw Knee | July 16, 2008 | reply
      That's bullshit. Animal Crossing is going to be the best game we get out of Nintendo this year unless Nintendo releases Zelda within the next five months.

      But this is great news. I can't wait for a trailer or pictures of something.
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        Capn Droid | July 17, 2008 | reply
        In the next five months? In that case, City Folk will be the best game this year, regardless.
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    yugiRULER | July 16, 2008 | reply
    I CANT WAIT!!! This is going to be the greatest wii and zelda game ever!!
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    Barmy Brat | July 16, 2008 | reply
    Err, gamefreak101, you should probably read what article you're uploading before you actually upload it. You state in your opening paragraph that Miyamoto says first-person controls wouldn't drastically change the franchise, but that is actually the DIRECT OPPOSITE of what he said.
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      TwilightPrince | July 16, 2008 | reply
      Fixed.

      Anyway, this isn't really a big deal. We all knew a new Zelda game was being developed, we just need some REAL information about it now.
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    Razentsu | July 16, 2008 | reply
    YEAH! I feel much better now.

    Thanks, Shiggy.
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    RKRigney | July 16, 2008 | reply
    So whenever they give us the release date, just double the time that it'll be from now to then and then add a year. Then you'll get the actual release date!
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    Animefanalchemist | July 16, 2008 | reply
    Awesome! i wonder what the theme will be

    we've had Time, Wind, Seasons, Light/Dark dimensions, Masks, What's next?
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    Demonfurby | July 16, 2008 | reply
    quote
    we've had Time, Wind, Seasons, Light/Dark dimensions, Masks, What's next?
    Pokemon? [/sarcasm]
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      Seproth | July 16, 2008 | reply
      MUSIC!!!!! Oh wait scratch that.
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      dragoshi1 | July 16, 2008 | reply
      I hope something like taming and controlling different creatures(something like the transformation masks and mounts from MM and OoS and OoA)
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    Cruxis Mana | July 16, 2008 | reply
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    Zeta | July 16, 2008 | reply
    oh I can't wait to see what this is going to be =D
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    Remino52 | July 16, 2008 | reply
    Awesome.I hope it focuses more on the cultures like the Gorudos, Zoras ect.
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    Demonfurby | July 16, 2008 | reply
    I would actually like to see an action rpg XD You could focus on the stats of different races, and it could actually be hard. Don't thumb down me for creativity D;
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      Jaw Knee | July 17, 2008 | reply
      Funny, I remember a quote from you a few weeks ago saying that what you just suggested was "a dumb idea because there were like five races".
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    Demonfurby | July 17, 2008 | reply
    I was talking about an MMO

    Troll is continuing to win
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    Jaw Knee | July 17, 2008 | reply
    No you're not. There's not going to be much focusing if there's only "like five races".
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    Demonfurby | July 17, 2008 | reply
    You don't know what trolling is, do you?

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