Iwata to "show" Wii Zelda at E3

By Robert Purchese Published 2 February, 2010

Plus: new Pokemon, Wii RPG this year.

Nintendo's Satoru Iwata has promised to finally reveal the new Zelda game this summer.

Iwata, straight to the point, told investors during Friday's financial briefing that, "We will show the new Zelda title for Wii at E3 this year." He added that the Wii Vitality Sensor and games for it will also be announced at the show.

He also revealed a few new titles heading to Japan this year on Wii and DS.

Top of the bill is a new DS Pokemon game - the first in four years. Iwata gave this no name but said there will be "various unprecedented experiences" within.

There's also a new "full-scale RPG" on the way to Wii called Xenoblade. This will be developed by Monolith Software and Tetsuya Takahashi. You may have known this project as Monado: Beginning of the World. Metroid: Other M will be released this summer on Wii in Japan, and Mistwalker's Last Story and Super Mario Galaxy 2 will appear later in the year.

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Comments (33) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Darren #1 2 years ago

    New Wii Zelda + Super Mario Galaxy 2 = Utterly Awesome! :)

    I knew... I just knew that there were a couple of good reasons for hanging on to my otherwise unused Wii. Hopefully we'll see the games in Europe this Christmas.

  • wizlon #2 2 years ago

    Good news about Zelda, can't wait. new Pokemon game too eh? MMORPokemon?

  • Segnit #3 2 years ago

    Zelda!

  • meserlian #4 2 years ago

    let the hype begin :)

  • Jonathan_Fakenham #5 2 years ago

    New Zelda, awesome. (Haven't played Twilight Princess yet though)
    New Mario Galaxy, awesome. (Never finished Galaxy 1 though)
    New Metroid, awesome. (Haven't played Metroid Prime 3 yet though)

    So, a good year for Nintendo, a good year for games.
    Triple Nintendo marathon in the spring, and triple Nintendo marathon in the fall for me then?
    Edited by 1 at 02/02/10 @ 10:11

  • malexous #6 2 years ago

    Damn. I thought my hopes and dreams were finally realised.

    I thought the sub-title was referring to a Pokemon RPG (in the same vein as the main handheld Pokémon games) headed for the Wii.

    It has really been 4 years since Pokemon Diamond/Pearl was released? Wow!

    While this is all great news, I am sadly disappointed.
    Edited by 2 at 02/02/10 @ 10:27

  • woodnotes #7 2 years ago

    Wii is getting some amazing games this year, Zelda, Metroid, Galaxy etc, along with the Mistwalker and Monolithsoft RPGs. I'm still holding out some hope for an HD upscaling version of the console to play them on though because it looks so bloody awful on my HDTV :(

  • kinky_mong #8 2 years ago

    Zelda Wii being released this year? You've got more chance of getting a blowjob off the Pope.

    But getting a new Metroid and Mario Galaxy make me very excited. I hope Team Ninja do Samus proud.

  • MiniAmin #9 2 years ago

    @kinky mong

    Given the history of sex abuse in that organisation. A bj probably isn't that improbable...

  • Buenos_Estente #10 2 years ago

    I wonder if I can learn Japenese before this comes out in UK?

  • JeroenZM #11 2 years ago

    Thank you, Mr. Iwata. We hope you all enjoyed our program this morning. But before you leave...

  • varsas #12 2 years ago

    @woodnotes: Are you using components cables and 480p output? Wii games look good to me on my HDTV.

  • Joco84 #13 2 years ago

    Good year for the Wii me thinks!

    Over the last week, I've bought for the Wii:

    - A Boy and his Blob
    - Warioland
    - MadWorld
    - No More Heroes
    - de Blob
    - Bully
    - Boom Blox Bash Party
    - Zack and Wiki

    These are all what I would call 'hardcore' games, not to mention 'fcukin awesome' games.

    Good good year for the Wii!

  • geeza2020 #14 2 years ago

    well, lets hope they dont just rip-off everything in OoT for the new Zelda (like they did in Twighlight Princess - did nobody else think the whole wolf-Link thing to be some kind of response to Okami? Much better game than TP IMO. ) If they actually come up with some new ideas for Zelda then i might be tempted to finally get a Wii, especially since I really, really, really wanna play some Mario!!

  • crazyhorse174 #15 2 years ago

    @geeza202: Didnt Twilight Princess come out before Okami??

  • dfish #16 2 years ago

    what with Silent Hill Shattered Memories releasing soon the wii is finally getting some belated core games. At flipping last.

    @crazyhorse
    no okami came first on PS2 but i have a feeling they may have known at an early stage zelda was going to have a wolf in the game and what with the development time being much shorter may have beat zelda to the shelves. Given Zelda was delayed to launch the wii rather than releasing straightaway on the gamecube. I dunno though tbh.
    Edited by 1 at 02/02/10 @ 11:35

  • geeza2020 #17 2 years ago

    why have i been negged? All i was pointing out was that Zelda:TP and Okami are both adventure games, and both had wolves as the main characters. It seemed like a bit of a coincidence to me anyway /shrugs

    - dfish

    So Okami had a shorter dev time than TP and it was still the better game? Shame on you Ninty...

  • MORZTAN #18 2 years ago

    @ JeroenZM

    STOP THAT! You're giving me goosebumps all over again! That sentence led to the greatest moment in video game history ever. Ever!

    What followed was so so, but that moment... man...
    Edited by 1 at 02/02/10 @ 12:06

  • gjgjg #19 2 years ago

    *dusts off wii, buys some rechargable bat's and hopes for an xmas release...

  • gorf #20 2 years ago

    at last nows the time to remove the 2 inches of dust on the Wii (nealry 2 years idle)

  • gorf #21 2 years ago

    at last nows the time to remove the 2 inches of dust on the Wii (nealry 2 years idle)

  • Cid #22 2 years ago

    If Metroid is due in the summer and Galaxy 2 "later in the year" then it's going to be a bit of a squeeze for Zelda to make 2010.

  • darkmorgado #23 2 years ago

    @geeza2020

    Structurally though, Okami was clearly using Zelda as a gameplay template. So ultimately it is Okami that is the "rip-off". Still an awesome game though.

  • Stompy #24 2 years ago

    gorf is frog backwards.

  • sneetch #25 2 years ago

    @Joco84
    Good year for the Wii me thinks!

    Over the last week, I've bought for the Wii:

    ...

    These are all what I would call 'hardcore' games, not to mention 'fcukin awesome' games.

    Good good year for the Wii!

    Which one was that? 2008?

    - A Boy and his Blob 2009
    - Warioland 2008
    - MadWorld 2009
    - No More Heroes 2008
    - de Blob 2008
    - Bully 2008
    - Boom Blox Bash Party 2009
    - Zack and Wiki 2007

    Anyway, great news about the new Zelda being shown and hopefully Metroid: Other M, Last Story and Super Mario Galaxy 2 will make it over here before the end of the year.

  • sneetch #26 2 years ago

    @Leewom

    Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 are also must haves in my opinion (see if you can get the Metroid collection if you haven't played the first two on Cube).

  • Incarta #27 2 years ago

    Good news.

    This is why selling your hardware before the end of a generation is a bad move.

  • smelly #28 2 years ago

    Bah i read the title as "New pokemon rpg for the wii coming!"

    That i'd quite literally piss my pants for. Why they've not done a "proper" 3d pokemon yet is beyond me

  • MARKIV #29 2 years ago

    I highly doubt Zelda will be released on the Wii this year.. If you can remember back to the Twilight Princess, that ended up being delayed by 1 year. I hope this one isn't delayed to make a joint appearence on the Wii and new the Wii HD or whatever it will be called.

  • smelly #30 2 years ago

    They delayed TP for the wii conversion - as the cube sold about as well as the xbox did (i.e. it bombed)

    Edited by 1 at 02/02/10 @ 21:34

  • meserlian #31 2 years ago

    "Bah i read the title as "New pokemon rpg for the wii coming!"

    That i'd quite literally piss my pants for. Why they've not done a "proper" 3d pokemon yet is beyond me"

    it is above and beyond me why nintendo hasn't made an MMO-RPG WoW type pokemon game, i think thats the only game that would take me off the WoW addiction

  • Segnit #32 2 years ago

    Why haven't they done a 3D Pokemon adventure yet? Cause it makes too much sense.

    Seriously though, they are already making a killing from the 2d ones. To Nintendo, there is no big enough incentive at the moment for them to take any unnecessary risks, especially since they already have diamond encrusted toilet papers for their janitors.

    Maybe on DS2 they'll finally move to a full on 3D adventure MMO. And I'm guessing their incentive then will be a nice phat $ubscription model so they can upgrade to a full on diamond toilet papers. Now what business doesn't need that?
    Edited by 1 at 03/02/10 @ 08:40

  • Triggerhappytel #33 2 years ago

    I think it's worth bearing in mind that it's very unlikely the new Zelda will be out before 2011 (late '11, I reckon), and I wouldn't be surprised to see Metroid: Other M slip into next year, either (I don't think it has been given a prospective release date yet?).

    But maybe the Wii is starting to pick up with in-depth Nintendo games, ironically as most third-party developers abandon the console.