More Kick-Ass Women in New Hyrule Warriors Commercial

Last week, we shared some wonderful new screenshots from The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, which showed off two newly announced playable characters. One character in particular, Lana, had us head scratching as we have never seen her before the reveal. Who is she? What role does she play in the game? Well, today we will cease this head scratching (it’s bad for our hair anyway) as Tecmo-Koei have uploaded a brand new trailer which purely focuses on the magical Lana.

It seems Lana is no stranger to some good hacking and slashing in Hyrule Warriors as she take on hoards of Moblins. She is able to summon magical barriers which prove to hold many uses. She can wall jump on them to create an electrical trail, she can move them magically to crus enemies and more. It also seems she has some power over electricity, or what I assume is electricity.

Hyrule Warriors Lana

Hyrule Warriors is set to be released on August 14th in Japan, September 19th in Europe, September 20th in Australia and September 26th in North America!

By |2014-10-23T21:17:26+00:00July 1st, 2014|Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Wii U|2 Comments
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SmashShot of the Day (1st July 2014)

For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past year, Smash Bros. Director, Masahiro Sakurai, has been showing off Smash Bros. glory by uploading a screenshot from the upcoming instalments for 3DS and Wii U nearly every day on MiiVerse… that’s a whole lot of visual content for your eyeballs! Today’s screenshot showcases an alternative costume of a certain newcomer in the Smash Bros. games… check out the image to find out who it is!

Smash Bros SmashShot

And this is what Sakurai had to say about the image:

Pic of the day. The pink sweatshirt looks really cool on Little Mac, so you can use that outfit in this game… How can a pink sweatshirt look so cool?

And for those who simply can not figure out who the character is, Sakurai posted a second comment for the image:

Looks like some of you noticed that this version of Little Mac wasn’t shown at E3. There are many things, like Link’s Skyward Sword tunic design I posted earlier, that haven’t been revealed yet.

Yes, it is Little Mac. And from this comment, it seems that this time alternate costumes will involve more than just different colours, like in previous games, but instead will be completely different attire. Here’s an example of another costume which Sakruai posted several days ago.

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This image shows off Link’s alternate costume. Do you recognise it? It’s the outfit you start off with in Skyward Sword, the Skyloft Knight Academy Uniform!

Super Smash Bros. is set to be released on the 13th September 2014 in Japan, 3rd October 2014 in Europe and North America, and a day later in Australia for 3DS. The Wii U version is set to be released during Q4 2014.

By |2014-10-23T21:17:26+00:00July 1st, 2014|3DS, Smash Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Wii U|0 Comments
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Nintendo Strikes Big at Japan Expo 2014

Are you in or around Paris this week? Well you’re in luck, if you are a Nintendo gamer of course, as Nintendo have announced their lineup for Japan Expo this year which takes place at the Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in Paris from 2nd July to 6th July 2014. (more…)

By |2014-10-23T21:17:27+00:00June 30th, 2014|3DS, Hyrule Warriors, Mario Kart 8, Nintendo, Pokémon, Smash Bros., Splatoon, The Legend of Zelda, Wii U|2 Comments
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Aonuma’s Mission is to “Create a Game Without a Story”

If you loved Skyward Sword’s epic tale of the beginnings of Link and Ganon’s amniosity, then beware – Legend of Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma is a man on a mission… to create a game without a story.

OK, so you don’t need to worry too much – he doesn’t want it to have no story as such. Speaking with MTV, he described his goal for the plotline of a game to be 100% user driven:

What I really, really want to create, what my ultimate hope or goal is, to create a game without a story – not to say that the story is nonexistent, but it’s a story that isn’t already created. It’s a story that the player, in interacting with the space or environment, creates. So, a story that is defined by the player, not one that is already prepared, and a game that just kind of follows that path, if that makes sense.

As someone who has just in the past hour seen the credits roll on the epic tale of Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright, I can’t say the idea particularly speaks to me. Mind you, if he can truly pull it off and create the same kind of emotion that a well written tale does, that would be quite something to behold. What do you think – should the tale a game tells be different to all that play it?

By |2014-10-23T21:17:27+00:00June 28th, 2014|3DS, Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Wii U|0 Comments
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New Characters and Gameplay Galore for Hyrule Warriors!

Another day, another glimpse of Hyrule Warriors and another increase of that “Shut up and take my Rupees” feeling. I mean, this game is looking awesome and beautiful in HD, I just can not wait to hack and slash all those Moblins, Poes, Dodongos, Lizalfos and any other creature who isn’t on my team… including those pesky little Cuccos!

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here.

You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talking… you talking to me? Well I’m the only one here.

The folks over at Nintendomation have kindly uploaded some more footage of the game being played at a recent press event they attended. Though it isn’t direct footage, you can still see everything which is going on clearly, including what is on the GamePad.

But wait, that’s not all. Earlier, Nintendo and Temco Koei have uploaded some new information on several new characters as well as uploading a bunch of new screenshots to pleasure your peepers. The new playable characters announced are Agitha (you know, that crazy bug collecting girl from Twilight Princess) and Lana (yeah, I don’t know who she is either) and yes, that is the moon from Majora’s Mask – looks menacing, doesn’t it.

Are you looking forward to Hyrule Warriors? If not… are you CRAZY?

Hyrule Warriors is set to release on August 14th in Japan, September 19th in Europe, September 20th in Australia and September 26th in North America!

By |2014-10-23T21:17:28+00:00June 26th, 2014|Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Wii U|1 Comment
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The Undead Receive a Royal Beating in New Hyrule Warrior’s Trailer

As a huge Zelda fanatic, I swoon at the mention of new information about a Zelda game, even if it is a spin-off. This is no exception, sure there isn’t really a whole lot of new info on the Temco-Koei/Nintendo collaborative title, Hyrule Warriors, but a new trailer is a new trailer and that’s enough to get excited for.

This time Zelda is portrayed as a bad-ass, takes no orders princess who knows how to kick some Poe. The trailer starts with Zelda gracefully floating down into the volcanic-looking area and then phases in her sleek sword ready to fight anything that gets in her way. And fights she does as she is instantly pitted against armies of the undead; Stalchildren, Stalfos and Poes galore! With the power of light and the Triforce, Zelda is truly an unstoppable deity.

But that’s not all! In a recent interview between MMGN and Hyrule Warriors producers, we found out that Zelda has a much stronger role in the game.

MMGN: Can you tell me about the relationship between Link and Zelda in Hyrule Warriors?

Mr. Hayashi: In Hyrule Warriors Princess Zelda is actually Queen Zelda. She has an army, as a Queen would, and Link is a trainee, but as the story unfolds the relationship between the two greatly changes.

So it seems as if Zelda is no longer a princess within Hyrule Warriors, but in fact… a queen with the Hyrule army at her disposal.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you like the idea of Zelda portraying a stronger role?

Hyrule Warriors is set to release on August 14th in Japan, September 19th in Europe, September 20th in Australia and September 26th in North America!

By |2014-10-23T21:18:01+00:00June 25th, 2014|Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Wii U|0 Comments
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