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Four for Virtual Console (Landstalker: The Treasure of King Nole - Virtual Console)

Sep 4, 2007

Sept 4, 2007 Four new retro titles have arrived on the Wii Virtual Console, the most notable of which is the excellent Genesis adventure Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole. For the ignorant, it has you play as elvish treasure hunter Nigel (yes, Nigel) as he undertakes a quest to gather treasure through the villages, caves and dungeons of Mercator Island. Joining Landstalker (which is the usual 800 Wii points, by the way) is NES side-scroller Adventure Island, obligatory TurboGrafx ...

Holiday Download Guide (The Legend of Kage - Virtual Console)

Dec 21, 2007

Dec 21, 2007 December is the month of giving and, better yet, receiving. December is the month when sugarplum visions of $400 consoles and $60 games dance through your head. And, of course, December is the month when your loved ones usually just cheap out and buy you a gift card instead. So long as that gift card is an online points card from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo, however, you'll be alright. With so much downloadable content available for so little money, you could stretch a few ...

Four new classics up for download on Wii (The Legend of Kage - Virtual Console)

Feb 20, 2007

Slowly but surely, Nintendo is populating its Wii Shop channel with every tiny piece of our collective childhoods. This week is one of the better batches thus far, with Donkey Kong Country, The Legend of Kage, Streets of Rage and New Adventure Island all seeing release on the Virtual Console. Donkey Kong Country (Super NES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) Still as fun and colorful as ever, this is the huge side-scrolling adventure that started the “apes jumping on crocodiles” craze ...

Legend of Sypro: Dawn of the Dragon "last chapter of Spyro trilogy" (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)

Apr 29, 2008

Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon senior producer Chris Wilson said the game will be the last in the current trilogy.

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The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Features Plenty Of Hollywood Talent [screenshots] (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)

Apr 29, 2008

Sierra Entertainment has announced details on the third part of the Legend of Spyro trilogy. The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon will come packed with a cast of Hollywood voice talent, which includes: Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman, Christina Ricci, Blair Underwood, Mark Hamill and Wayne Brady. See more details, gameplay features and screenshots.

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon revealed (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)

Apr 28, 2008

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon will be coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2 and DS this autumn. PS3/360 shots right here.

Both Elijah Wood and Gary Oldman will return to voice Spyro and mentor Ignitus respectively, and the pair will also be joined by Christina Ricci and Mark Hamill. Our childhood hero and adolescent fantasy girl together at last! Sweet!

Dubbed the last chapter in the Spyro ...

Colorful new Spyro revealed, first screens (The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night)

Jul 6, 2007

Vivendi is adding to the growing list of games due this autumn with the second game in the Legend of Spyro trilogy, subtitled The Eternal Night. Some Ape King dude turns up at the Temple of Souls and starts acting all evil and stuff, predictably plunging the land into darkness. Meanwhile, Spyro is having strange visions, and it's up to you to unravel the mysteries of these visions and defeat the Ape. In other words, more fire-breathing platforming antics. There'll be new breath powers and ...

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night Announced - 23 New Screens (The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night)

Jun 8, 2007

Sierra announced the second entry in The Legend of Spyro trilogy. Scheduled for release fall 2007, The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, developed by Krome Studios and Amaze Entertainment, is a scorching jump'n run game featuring Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood as Spyro and Harry Potter's Gary Oldman as the dragon Ignitus.

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Looking back: The Legend of Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Virtual Console)

Sep 28, 2007

Sept 28, 2007 Nintendo currently owns four of the top 10 best-selling franchises in the video game world. Number one? Of course it's Mario, the bouncy platform king everyone knows. Nipping at his heels are 493 super-powered Pokemon. Charging right behind them, however, is one lone figure riding atop his tireless steed, sword held high in utter triumph and hard-nosed defiance against all other comers. So, even though Mario and Pokemon outrank Link by a wide margin, the latter's mindshare and ...

Miyamoto suggested first-person Ocarina (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Virtual Console)

May 9, 2008

Nintendo front man Shigeru Miyamoto has spoken on the development of the Zelda series, dropping a few anecdotal nuggets like Ocarina of Time was almost made in first-person perspective.

"At first when we were developing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I even proposed using a first-person perspective," he said.

"I thought that the FPS system would be the best way of enabling players to take in the vast terrain of the Hyrule ...

Looking back: The Legend of Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Virtual Console)

Sep 28, 2007

Life-size Link hat and other Zelda papercraft goodness (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Dec 13, 2008

Check out the most robust wearable papercraft. You can plop that thing right on your head and look like a guy wearing paper on his head.

Zelda Director Won't Quit Until He Betters 'Ocarina of Time' (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Nov 26, 2008

In the latest issue of Nintendo Power magazine the longtime director of the Legend of Zelda franchise, Eiji Aonuma, made it perfectly clear that he will not quit his post as director until he surpasses 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'.

New Book: The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Aug 13, 2008

From the article:

"A new book has popped up on Amazon.com titled The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy. It will be edited by Luke Cuddy and will be released on November 28. The Legend of Zelda is the first video game to get the treatment from any of the philosophy publishers. However, Popular Culture and Philosophy also has World of Warcraft and Philosophy lined up for release sometime in 2009."

Wii Update 3.3 Kills Feeloader Too? (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Jun 17, 2008

Reports starting to trickle out of Australia that the latest Wii update (3.3) has done more than block the Twilight Princess save-game exploit, it's killed Datel's Wii Freeloader as well. Bad news for game importers.

72 Hour Gaming Marathon Helps Children with Autism. (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Jun 14, 2008

A group of North Texas gamers are staging a 72 hour non-stop Zelda marathon, in which they hope to complete all seven main storyline games in only 72 hours.

The thing is, they're doing it for a good cause...

For more, including information on how you can help, just check the read link.

Nintendo Considering Wii Balance Board Games (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Jan 30, 2008

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto did give a few hints on future plans in an interview in the latest issue of Famitsu.

First, the Balance Wii Board, the peripheral that's included with Wii Fit. The magazine noted that Wii Fit has been quite the success story for Nintendo so far. To this, Miyamoto responded that if the game sees success overseas as well, Nintendo may end up releasing separate titles that make use of the peripheral.

The magazine also asked Miyamoto the inevitable question about sequels, and he gave the expected answer. In case you have to hear to to believe it, Miyamoto is indeed interested in making a Super Mario Galaxy sequel. He's also thinking about the next Zelda title.

Kotaku:Nintendo Million Sellers Revealed (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Jan 29, 2008

Wii

Wii Sports - 17,850,000
Wii Play - 9,230,000
Super Mario Galaxy - 5,190,000
Mario Party 8 - 4,350,000
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 4,300,000
Super Paper Mario - 2,160,000
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 2,000,000
Mario Strikers Charged - 1,650,000
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 1,140,000
Link's Crossbow Training - 1,070,000
Wii Fit - 1,050,000

Nintendo DS

Nintendogs - 17,790,000
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - 14,170,000
New Super Mario Bros. - 13,140,000
Brain Age - 11,710,000
Brain Age 2 - 9,840,000
Mario Kart DS - 9,670,000
Animal Crossing Wild World - 9,200,000
Super Mario 64 DS - 5,780,000
Big Brain Academy - 4,610,000
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 3,820,000
Pokemon Ranger - 2,610,000
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness - 1,540,000

Marathon Zelda Gamers at it Again (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Jan 20, 2008

You may remember last weekend when Kotaku posted about the guys at cameronbanga.com who tried to make it through four Zelda games in 48 hours. Due to some glitches, they weren't able to squeeze in all four games but still managed to raise over $1200 for Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. So, in an attempt to make up what they couldn't finish, the boys are at it again but this time they have given themselves eleven hours to complete Twilight Princess. The marathon gaming session will again benefit Child's Play and will be the first in a series of charity driven weekend gaming sessions.

CES 2008: Zelda-ish Wii Remote Sword and Shield (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Jan 8, 2008

January 7, 2008 - A half dozen vendors at CES 2008 in Las Vegas this week were showing off a variety of accessories for Nintendo's Wii console, some of them more licensed and legal than others. In the photos below, you can see IGN's own Nintendo monkey Matt Casamassina going hands-on with not-Zelda-but-Zelda-like sword and shield attachments for the Wii remote and nunchuk, courtesy ezGear. These are different from similar sword and shield attachments because they are made to look like wood.