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NWR Forums Discord / Dang, I done dis-a-peared

« on: July 22, 2009, 08:25:49 PM »

Last post was... June 26, 2009, 12:11:28 pm. Yikes.

Well, I got a new job back at the end of June, and it's kinda consumed my life. On top of that, my roommate / good friend moved away and took her TV with her. So, aside from an hour or two of GC DK Jungle Beat + bongos weeks ago (which I found at a flea market and have enjoyed quite a bit), I haven't even been able to play my Wii. No Conduit. No Little King's Story. No Let's Tap.

I just realized I didn't get to participate in the discussion of Ninja Spirit, either! Man, I am a terrible poaster .

Anyway, I'm not going to pretend that I'm some legacy poster around here - or much of a significant poster in general, really - but for anyone who noticed or cared (anyone?), I didn't disappear because I wanted to, and I'm going to continue being a ghost on these forums not out of desire. I've just been real busy.

One of these days, I'll be back. I just don't know when yet...

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Nintendo Gaming / The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

« on: June 04, 2009, 11:23:44 AM »

Back in 2008, Iwata gave a vague and near-useless "reveal" that the Zelda team was working on something after Twilight Princess' release. Finally, at E3 2009, Miyamoto gave a more concrete confirmation of another Zelda for Wii during his roundtable discussion. He gave very little info other than these tidbits (gleaned from Jonny Mett's writeup):

-Players will again control Link to explore dungeons on his next adventure.

-The game will be released in 2010 at the earliest, though 2011 is more likely.

-The game will use Motion Plus, and may even require it (will this depend on how well Wii Sports Resort and MotionPlus sell?)
EDIT: Miyamoto has clarified in a Wired.com interview by saying the goal is to make Motion Plus "required."

-The archery and swordplay controls from Wii Sports Resort may give a good indication of how some of the new Zelda's controls will work.

No footage was shown, despite Miyamoto's hopes that something would be ready for the show. There was, however, a piece of concept art, which was not supposed to be captured by camera (but of course was anyway in very blurry form (EDIT: excellent quality image nabbed!)):



The next day at E3, Miyamoto had an interview with IGN and revealed that this new Zelda would not be directly connected with Twilight Princess. He also made sure to point out that Link is carrying no sword in the image. Interesting...

All sorts of speculation has been going on ever since on several threads throughout the site. What say ye all we do some consolidatin'? Bring your new Wii Zelda ideas / hopes / doubts and any further updates or rumors here.

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General Gaming / The Last Guardian

« on: June 03, 2009, 01:57:05 PM »

Formerly referred to as "Trico," Team ICO's PS3 game The Last Guardian is meant to be the third and final chapter in the ICO/Shadow of the Colossus trilogy. Like previous entries, it stars a seemingly clumsy young man on a quest. This time, he's accompanied by a... giant bird-dog. Thing. It looks great, though, and is sure to be another atmospheric success from Team ICO. Here's the debut trailer, and here are some screens I yoinked from bingegamer.net:











EDIT: An early interview between IGN and the game's director, Fumtio Ueda.

It looks from the trailer and interview to be a mix between the castle-crawling puzzle-solving of ICO and the awesome interactivity with giants from SotC. Man, I've got to find a PS3 I can borrow when this comes out! Anyone else as excited for this as I am?