Dedicated fan spends a year 100% completing every canon Zelda game
The Hero of Time.
An extremely dedicated Zelda fan has successfully achieved his ambitious goal to 100% complete every single canon Zelda game in Nintendo's back catalogue - and the entire endeavour took a little over a year.
Speedrunners discover way to skip over half of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
I made it over the great divide, now I'm comin' for you.
Speedrunners, more than most people, don't like walls. They stand between a runner and their single-minded goal of making it to the end zone. As a result, the speedrunning community will stop at nothing to find a way to glitch through a barrier, especially one that if overcome would allow you to skip half of a game.
Nintendo cancelled a home console Zelda: Wind Waker sequel
The missing Link.
Nintendo once had plans for a full console sequel to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - and it would have been set more firmly on dry land.
This follow-up would have allowed Link to ride a horse - a feature missing in the GameCube's seafaring entry.
But the idea was canned - for a number of reasons - and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess entered production instead.
Zelda's browser-based fan remake shut down by Nintendo
Devs will re-release it without Nintendo assets.
Earlier this week a couple of hardcore Zelda fans put up a browser-based remake of the original The Legend of Zelda made with voxels to commemorate the series' 30th anniversary. Now that fan tribute has been removed due to Nintendo issuing a copyright strike.
Zelda: Wind Waker HD, New Super Mario Bros. U join Nintendo Selects budget range
Plus Lego City, Donkey Kong, more.
Half a dozen Wii U games have been added to the Nintendo Selects budget range of releases.
A live-action Zelda series is in development for Netflix - report
UPDATE: Iwata pours cold water over rumour.
UPDATE 23/03/2015 5.47pm: Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has cast doubt on the Wall Street Journal report about a live-action Zelda series coming to Netflix.
Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses 2015 concert tour dates announced
Headed to Wembley Arena on 17th April.
The official Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses concert tour returns in 2015 for a new round of performances.
Now subtitled Symphony of the Goddesses: Master Quest, 2015's updated set list includes new compositions and old favourites.
Among the new additions are musical and visual excerpts from 3DS adventure The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and the upcoming Majora's Mask 3D remake.
Officially-licensed Legend of Zelda Monopoly revealed
Now that's a trading sequence.
There's an official The Legend of Zelda version of Monopoly due out next month.
Someone's built Zelda's Temple of Time in Unreal Engine 4
Will Zelda Wii U look this good?
How good would N64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time look if it was made using Unreal Engine 4?
Nintendo - A Sad Story part two Triforces Link to open chests forever
Sleep, young prince.
PeterMolydeux is at it again, this time with Nintendo - A Sad Story part two.
See how classic Nintendo games look with the Oculus Rift
Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart!
Ever wondered how classic Nintendo games would look in first-person with a VR headset? Well wonder no more as YouTuber Chadtronic has made videos detailing his experience combining the Oculus Rift with modded version of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Ocarina of Time, and Mario Kart: Double Dash.
Another Legend of Zelda concert announced for London
London Symphony Orchestra prepping their ocarinas for next July.
Another musical celebration of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series will be held next year in London.
The Symphonic Legends London concert will take place at the Barbican on 13th July 2014 and feature both the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus.
The event is a separate venture from Nintendo's own Zelda concert tour - which began in London in 2011 and returned to the capital earlier this year.
Zelda: The Wind Waker HD was made in six months
Aonuma: “Development was still difficult."
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma said that the Wind Waker HD remake was developed in six months.
Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is £50 on eShop this week
A tenner more expensive than Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101.
GameCube re-release The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker is £49.99 / €59.99 on the Wii U eShop this Friday.
Witness a comparison between The Wind Waker HD and the original GameCube version
Sea the difference?
The upcoming Wii U HD remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker hosts a whole lot of new bells and whistles, but how's it look next to the original GameCube version?
Nintendo announces line-up for Eurogamer Expo
Super Mario 3D World, Bayonetta 2, DKC, Wind Waker HD and many more.
Nintendo is the latest platform holder to announce its line-up for this year's Eurogamer Expo, promising visitors the opportunity to go hands-on with the likes of Super Mario 3D World and Bayonetta 2 on Wii U, Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on 3DS and a host of indie titles for both consoles.
Our sister site Nintendo Life is also collaborating with Nintendo to run a StreetPass Zone where attendees can top up their StreetPass hits - good news for Mr Mendel and his bloody garden - and take part in 3DS tournament challenges for Star Fox 64 3D, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate.
Visitors to Nintendo's stand at the Expo can also pose for photos with Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Link and Pikachu, who are taking time off from their congressional obligations to press the flesh with their constituents.
UPDATE: Zelda Wii U bundle details announced for Europe.
UPDATE: Nintendo has announced UK details for its Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Wii U bundle.
The game and console will launch together on 4th October. GAME is listing the bundle for £249.99. You'll also be able to buy Zelda separately with a limited edition Ganondorf figurine too from that date.
Another new bundle will be available with Lego City Undercover, again priced £249.99 at GAME.
Wind Waker HD's extra hard Hero Mode detailed
It's a cruel, heartless world.
If you're anything like me you probably love The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker to bits, but had one niggling issue with what's probably the best-looking Zelda game to date: It was too darn easy. Well rest assured that won't be a problem in its HD remake if you select its optional Hero Mode.
Nintendo names Zelda: The Wind Waker HD release date
UPDATE: Releasing the same day in North America.
UPDATE: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD has been confirmed for a North American release also on 4th October, so we can all celebrate together. (Thanks, GoNintendo.)
Original Story: GameCube remake The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD will be released in Europe on 4th October, Nintendo has announced in a just-finished presentation.
The company also announced a free Animal Crossing Plaza app for Wii U. It's a New Leaf-themed version of the console's home plaza where players can chat to its anthropomorphic characters and share Miiverse posts. The download is available now.
The Wind Waker's missing dungeons were reused in other Zelda games
Eiji Aonuma owns up.
The mystery of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker's missing dungeons can now be solved - almost. It's been known for years that more than one dungeon was cut from the GameCube game, giving its latter half some rather awkward pacing. With the HD Wii U version due for release in October this year, it's natural to wonder: will they be reinstated?
Wii U Zelda: Wind Waker out in October, fancy new bits detailed
Send messages in bottles to beaches in other people's games.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD will be released on Wii U in October and has some fancy new additions.
Nintendo ditches E3 press conference in favour of behind-closed-doors events
With no new hardware to announce and Nintendo Direct established.
Large-scale press conferences broadcast live on the internet mark the bombastic beginning of each E3 show. Every year Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony executives appear on-stage at some gargantuan Los Angeles venue to announce new games and, sometimes, new consoles.
Nintendo announces Zelda: Wind Waker HD re-make for Wii U, out this year
All-new Wii U Zelda game also in the works "but may take some time".
Nintendo has just announced an HD re-make of much-loved GameCube classic The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker in a packed Nintendo Direct conference.
The re-make will launch this autumn, Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata said, while another all-new Wii U Zelda game is also in the works. That one, however, "may take some time".
Wind Waker on Wii U comes with overhauled graphics, Miiverse integration and GamePad play.
