“The Difference between the two platforms (Wii and DS) is big. The experience with Spirit Tracks, trying to enhance an already ‘near-perfect control’, is what pushed us on learning how to rack our brains. With Wii it is the same, we want to make the most of its controls. We want the player to control [...]
Today’s update is about our good affiliate Legendofzelda.com. Just a few days ago their site hit its 10th birthday. For those who are not familiar with LoZ.com, they are one of the original Zelda fan-sites. Over the years they have been through a lot including a lawsuit from Nintendo and multiple hackings. But they stuck [...]
The Legend of Zelda series is in need of change. This mindset is shared by the majority of Zelda fans out there. The formula has remained basically the same ever since the first game with the exception of The Adventure of Link. Of course there has been progress in the series, otherwise people would have [...]
Eiji Aonuma recently revealed some interesting information about Spirit Tracks during one of his gloat fests. It reads: “Recently I have been spending my lunch with other game directors playing over local connection battle in Spirit Tracks. It is very good to do that in order to facilitate better communications between us. I have been [...]
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In a recent IGN interview, Eiji Aonuma confirmed that Zelda Wii is taking the series in a brand new direction. Here are the two highlights: “We’re taking advantage of MotionPlus. It’s become very natural – the movement of your arms is precisely reflected in the gameplay. Thanks to the technological advancements, we hope the gameplay [...]
“You will have to wait until next year when we can elaborate on this and many other things. But what I can tell you is that yes I have read some of the speculation, and some of it is right! That is all I can say at the moment.” – Eiji Aonuma Why you gotta [...]
The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has this to say about the upcoming Wii Zelda title: “It is something we used to talk about with Mr Miyamoto, and he and I agree that if we are following the same structure again and again, we might not be able to give long time Zelda fans [...]
The first US Spirit Tracks commercial has aired in North America, which is a long time coming considering how long the UK had theirs. The video can be viewed here. Product Manager Roger Langford, speaking to MCV, commented on Nintendo’s television advertising, stating that they will be focusing more on it from now on. “The [...]
To put this in greater context, Phantom Hourglass received a 95% score from ONM when it was released. Thus, a score of 91% is pretty good for Spirit Tracks, considering a lot of the material is obviously recycled from the previous game.
