Miyamoto Discusses New Wii Zelda

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It seems Mr. Miyamoto wanted to save a little something for his own private roundtable, rather than simply blurt it out at the big Nintendo conference. At a closed door, no-photographs-allowed discussion with a select group of journalists this afternoon, the man who created Link dropped details and showed off artwork of the unnamed new game.

The next console Zelda adventure will feature a Link who is more mature than any we have seen before, and will show off a swordplay system that is far more advanced than that of the preious games. The game is being considered to ship as a MotionPlus only game as well, which should give you a vague idea of the swordfighting scheme that is in the works. "Think of Zelda while you're trying some of the archery and sword play in Wii Sports Resort," Miyamoto said. If the next Zelda is going to employ MotionPlus to allow for more complex controls, it would be an interesting new direction for the series. "There are people who think of Zelda more as an RPG with simpler controls, so trying to figure out how to make everybody happy is something that's going to concern me," says Miyamoto.

Reader Comments:

Posted by zen 03/06/2009 7:15pm

OH...MY...GOD! zelda with actual working swordplay! :shock:
believe it when i see it

Posted by Master Chief 03/06/2009 8:11pm

See Nintendo Press Conference thread for more discussion on this

Posted by moodycj 03/06/2009 10:27pm

Don't care about the details much but I am pretty pumped for a new Zelda. As long as they don't ruin what makes Zelda awesome by concentrating on motion plus swordplay. I would prefer the motion controls complement the game like prime 3.