The Wii's swan song shows the system's unknown potential - Updated with footage!
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is most likely on every hardcore Wii fan's wish list. It's for good reason, too: the Zelda series' iconic music and gameplay has continued to inspire and innovate over its 25 years of existence. Skyward Sword is no exception.
Two additional trailers were released today.
More info was released by Nintendo about the upcoming return of Link in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Faron Woods, one of the locales in the game, was discussed. This forest will be the first area Link will visit after he leaves his floating island home, Skyloft. Upon completing the forest, Link will arrive at Skyview Temple, where Zelda might be.
Throw another log on the fire, anticipation is only going to burn brighter after you see this.
It’s still over a month before Skyward Sword goes live, but lately the internet has been flooded with screens and video footage of Nintendo’s latest opus. A bit surprisingly, the opening cinematic is one of those videos that have surfaced on YouTube.
With the Nintendo 3DS Conference behind us, find out what the PixlTalk crew thinks of the 3DS and Nintendo's future in the coming generation.
Back this week, Nick, Chessa, Jason, and Nate are joined by Joaquim to talk about the latest developments over at the house of Mario. Given the recent news coming from the Nintendo 3DS Conference, the crew couldn't help but discuss the 3DS once again, though some discussion of Skyward Sword precedes, given its strong showing at the conference.
A look at how the item upgrade system works in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. This game will be available for the Nintendo Wii on November 20, 2011.
Traversing the uncanny valley
It was in the late 1970s that Masahiro Mori first observed what was later termed the uncanny valley. Through his work in robotics he noted that the human emotional response to his machinations would become more positive as they became more human in appearance and mannerism. This general upward trend in positive emotional response would continue until the robot achieved a level of near human realism, at which point the human reaction would drop off to the point of revulsion. The human reaction would remain in this uncanny valley and would only rise again once there was no discernable difference between the robot and a living, breathing human being.
The game will land on November 20th.
In a press release, Nintendo confirmed a November 20th North American release date for the latest update to the Zelda franchise. While doing so, Nintendo also made certain to note Skyward Sword would lay the foundation for the story told in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The press release also suggested those interested in Skyward Sword can visit this link for more information, but at the time of press, the link supplied redirects to an E3 information page for the game.
In this trailer we are teased with a few new characters, including a Goron.
Matt captures more video from the show floor.
Three videos from E3 show Link fighting an enemy and trying to use the remote-controlled beetle. They're pretty much the best videos ever recorded, so click to see all of them.
