by Nick - 05.17.05

The rumors were true. Link can morph into a wolf! Link seems to be a regular beast master in the new Zelda game.
Lets have some media, shall we?
E3 Trailer (right click & save as)
UPDATE: New Huge Trailer and Interview
Im really impressed with the tone of the game and the sheer graphical prowess the game is displaying. I cant wait to get my hands on this.
UPDATE 2: New story details revealed:
Updated. Nintendo have just released the press release for the game, which contains some interesting new story information.
“Link, a young man raised as a wrangler in a small, rural village, is ordered by the mayor to attend the Hyrule Summit. He sets off, oblivious to the dark fate that has descended upon the kingdom. When he enters the Twilight Realm that has covered Hyrule, he transforms into a wolf and is captured. A mysterious figure named Midna helps him break free, and with the aid of her magic, they set off to free the land from the shadows.” Additionally, the game is said to feature a return for some old faces from previous games - Tingle, anyone?.
2nd Update! A Nintendo roundtable today has brought more information to light. The “Twilight” part of the title represents the dark and evil force spreading throughout the world and there will be a light/dark world-esque element to the game, with some puzzles requiring you to go back and forth through the two worlds. The creature riding wolf Link in the trailer is originally an enemy, but eventually teams up with you to fight a “greater evil”.
Also confirmed is that Link is able to communicate with animals, and they can teach him abilities. The overall size of the game is much larger than Ocarina of Time, and features more dungeons than OoT. Additionally, the title will be fully orchestrated - a first for the series.











Oh Zelda, how I love thee.
Kerry - 05.17.05 7:25 pm
This looks like it could be a great game
I hope I’m not disappointed with it like I was with the previous few zelda games…
Zork - 05.17.05 7:33 pm
Wolf…Link…must..buy!!!
luigi7667 - 05.17.05 7:47 pm
hmm,I wonder if they’re still using the WW engine since they use some of the same effects from it still.
This new wolf rider guy looks kinda cool. Much better than tingle if he’s permanent.
hokku - 05.17.05 7:56 pm
yeah, i love the hand on his head
CoffeeMan - 05.17.05 7:56 pm
It appears that there is a “dark world”.
spoilers****
Remember in WindWaker, the black and white castle scene? Maybe theres a whole black and white world?!?!
octorok - 05.17.05 8:01 pm
The person riding on wolf Link’s back is a girl
luigi7667 - 05.17.05 8:20 pm
That Zelda trailer was some epic s***, yo. It had that same feeling as like a multi-million dollar movie and s***. This is at the top of my must-buy list. Period.
(Just to let y’all know, I cuss when I’m happy)
Jhussle - 05.17.05 8:47 pm
Has anyone downloaded those 5 vids? I can’t seem to get them to work. :/
Kerry - 05.17.05 10:28 pm
Only #’s 1 and 5 are working for me, and only the first 30 seconds of #1…
It calls the horse Epona though!!
Daedalus - 05.17.05 10:29 pm
These are video’s of the playable demo (I think), so they should be widely avaliable tomorrow, on Gamespot, for instance.
I might wait until then instead of worrying about 2, 3 and 4.
(sorry for the double post)
Daedalus - 05.17.05 10:31 pm
Ive got em…took forever though. They are really getting hammered right now.
Nick - 05.17.05 10:31 pm
Think you could try to send them to me via aim or something? You know, if it’s not a hassle.
Kerry - 05.17.05 10:32 pm
Nick, could you upload them?
Daedalus - 05.17.05 10:34 pm
Well I was thinking doing it via aim and just trying to share it with as many people as possible to save his bandwidth, like a p2p thing. Because the second he put them up, I bet he’d get hammered as wel..
Kerry - 05.17.05 10:35 pm
Okay, in that case, torrent them? Or will you wait until tomorrow?
Daedalus - 05.17.05 10:41 pm
the way I see it , it’s more influenced by majora’s mask, the little fella put a curse on link to change it into a warewolf and control him, and as reggie said link change his nature so you have to do evil things when you’re cursed….I guess, it looks pretty complicated and I can’t wait to put my hands on it…
SILVERSURFER - 05.17.05 11:45 pm
Call me crazy but I have come up with somthing that could end up being the story. First off, mabye when you go to the dark world, you apperance changes.So mabye that blue creature is really Zelda. Mabye Zelda needs Links help so she forces him through to the dark world. If you look on www.Nintendo.com it says that the blue creature is a girl. This could end up being the story line or it could just be me speculating
luigi7667 - 05.18.05 7:24 am
I’m just thrilled to hear that Link is almost certainly not an actual werewolf. That idea was so un-Zelda it wasn’t funny.
Haivng pieced together more of the story than I really should have found out about beforehand between the trailer and the Nintendo.com synopsis, the alternative really does beat all.
zigg - 05.18.05 9:54 am
holy shit you guys have you seen the animation of link when he comes out of a crawlspace? THEY LIKE USED MOTION CAPTURE OR SOMETHING! it looks so awsome!
norebonomis - 05.18.05 10:23 am
I agree. Thats the most amazing crawlspace i’ve ever seen.
drGherbik - 05.18.05 10:28 am
Oh my god! This shots are incredible! Thanks! thanks! hehe
Congrats for your blog, i love it..
eunice szpillman - 05.20.05 2:27 pm
Hi!!! I’m a girf from Norway!!! And i LOVE ZELDA game’s =P
-DEV!L-GIRL- - 06.02.05 6:41 am
They started with the Wind Waker engine, but they made so many changes, it’s a totally different one!!
Emm - 06.08.05 4:28 pm
wow this looks so cool but when does it come out
bobobo - 06.11.05 4:27 pm
um well i know a secret well its a hint in a link to the past, when Aganim sends you to the dark world on the pyramid you can see a mountain in the back and if you look closly it seems a wolf is on the mountain howling
Hunter - 06.14.05 1:58 pm
I’m assuming you’re referring to this pic?
Looks more like a building to me, but anything’s possible
Matt - 06.14.05 11:05 pm
Dang, it didn’t post the pic, let’s try a link:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/WaveRiderDX/lttp_dark _pyramid.png
Matt - 06.14.05 11:06 pm
OMG YOU POOR PEOPLE! I luff the zelda games and Im sure you do too but GEEZ! O_O It’s the “TWILIGHT REALM” …not your ” dark world” –; and everytime Link enters the realm, he changes into a wolf. The creature on him is Minda. She is a native of the Twilight realm. NOT Zelda. And for some reason she is helping link save hyrule. ANNNNDD!!! O_O in the new game you can NAME your horse yourself!!! T_T the horse is NOT Epona.
sorry… but yaaah… my zelda info HAS to be correct. ^^ everything I’ve said has been confirmed by the creators of Zelda. :3 This game is soooo totally gonna rock ^^ thaaankkkssss
Koro - 06.15.05 6:42 pm
thankyou!!! all those comments were annoying
Blink180thew - 06.16.05 1:46 pm
But im not trying to offend anyone im the biggest zelda nerd here.
If anyone wants to c some cool 3d work ive done email me at thewstud@yahoo.com.
Blink180thew - 06.16.05 1:48 pm
That portal thing that spits out the squid head things looks very cool I cant wait to find out what it is the squid head things remind me of cthulu
Seanan - 07.19.05 10:12 pm
ok come on were tingle
i mean come on he was the best becuze you could abuse him lol
ya definatly pre ordering this one
Rudyface - 07.20.05 5:01 pm
y really love zelda, so i expect there’s more secrets to be told, like the mystery of the Triforce, could it would be possible it will appear in this game?
Orichalcos - 07.28.05 2:58 pm
I am THE zelda fan i have everysingle zelda game ever!! and i have all the nintendo consoles ever!!
quite francallythis is by far THE BEST GAME IN THE WORLD so will they hurry up and release it cu i NEED to play it!!1!
Chrystalwing - 07.30.05 1:19 pm
I WILL have this game.
Ganon6 - 08.16.05 1:53 am
I like Zelda more than you, Blink180thew, so there.
Ganon6 - 08.16.05 1:54 am
I have made a Zelda game on Game Maker6. It is based on all previous Zelda games. Ithought of all the things wrong my every other Zelda game and made a perfect game. BUT THEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS GAME!!! It is about 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times better than anything I could even dream of making. This game is the greatest game ever. I would buy it if it cost $1000.
Ganon6 - 08.16.05 2:04 am