First Look At New Zelda Game’s Concept Art

i saw an interview with miyamoto at IGN. they asked why isnt there a sword. he simply said no no, i dont want you guys to misunderstand, we are working on that. (Something like that).

we'll see what happens. either way, CANT WAIT ALREADY!andits just a picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm all into the GIRL = SWORD thing, but isn't anyone else worried that maybe she doesn't turn back into a sword?

LINK - SWORD = FAIL

J.Bourne

@EricLecarde: no way.

@Cridia: of course he has! Trolls have access to all games early

@Silveth: Mate, I'm not the one calling for revolution.

Gene-ius

@MasterNinja:
but will he smash commies?

Twilight Princess 2.5?

Furysetzer

@fELIXADER: ...

No, not going to touch this. Later.

@LedRush: different Links in different ages. Even if they are reincarnations of each other or whatever, I guess one of them didn't get the left-hand memo.

...come to think of it, is it really that big of a deal? lol

@Combine: You can't just boil games down to an objective list and expect everyone to simply agree with you because your list 'proves' that one game is better on an objective and/or technical level.

Sometimes, you know, people just LIKE a game better. Subjectively. Because, that's what they like.

Personally, I preferred the top-down isometric view of LTTP far better than OoT's 3D. Is it technically better? Perhaps not. You obviously don't think so. There was also something in the story of LTTP that resonated better with me. Something in the way the play elements came together that resonated with me.

You can't understand why people don't like OoT better simply because you yourself like OoT better.

Stop trying to understand the tastes of others, and just enjoy what you enjoy.

@Superlocke:

Adlez fo Dnegel Eht! Emag etirovaf ym! Dnah gnorw eht ni dleihs S'knil si yhw?

@-[[CHoZO]]-: O.O

Link is doing the same head-turn-around pose that the zombie from the RE1 cut scene did. Clearly this is some sort of sign.

GtuFest

@lorekeeperofmrow: Yeah well. MC wouldn't be in it of course, although I see what you were shooting for there.

@Superlocke: Well done.

1Grand_Marquis

@zachncheeze: This wouldn't be an issue on a non-waggle system.

@Bichatse: You, sir, should be the Martin Luther King of lefties. Amazing.

Then again...considering the last paragraph, maybe the Malcolm X of lefties.

1Grand_Marquis

@Rauzaruke: "Hey Mr. Owl, why is Link on fire and the girl have inward bent knees?"

"Let's find out! One, A-tw-hooo, A-three." *CRUNCH!* "Three."

"That...never mind."

1Grand_Marquis

@I jizzed in my pants like a boss on a boat: CHARGING STAR!!!!

Zero254

@MaxDragon7: This thread is amazing.

1Grand_Marquis

@Silveth: And by Marcus Fenix, I meant Marcus Wright.

It was my right hand that messed up the joke, I swear!

@Go Go Gadget: Thugmunk: Haha I'll be the Marcus Fenix and infiltrate the Right-Handed Headquarters.

Viva la Resistance!

@fearing: Oh no doubt, I'm not disputing the fact. I just thought it was kinda silly how excited everyone was getting over so very little. I guess the announcement that there will be a new Zelda on the wii is pretty significant, but all in all, it was what all of us were suspecting anyway no?

On the other hand, the clue about the girl being the sword, I guess thats pretty rad.

@Silveth: Damn man, I'm sorry.. They got to you.. but no more! This injustice and genocide stops.. today. >:[

@computor:

i will be very angry if link does not wield a sword...

@FanBuoy: Learn to lighten up, damn.

@Bichatse: And to you, Bravo. I was left-handed as a child, but when I got into school I just thought you had to use your right because everyone did, and that's how they taught me, so now I have really terrible penmanship at 20, ha.

@mcderek3000:

it's a glorious combination of all three. i call lefty courage", righty "wisdom", and then for obvious reasons i call my member "strength".

There is some plausibility that she is the incarnation of the Master Sword. There are various Western and Eastern myths, legends, fiction, etc. that have weapons becoming sentient over time whether they were forged through magical means or not. The darker sorts of these weapons tend to achieve this after much bloodshed. There is also Shinto belief that every thing possesses a kami, even man made objects eventually depending on conditions. Not to mention an entire subset of youkai that were inanimate objects. Unless the Master Sword is completely inert which is understandable as it does serve as a seal at times, it should be sentient to someone degree considering its origin and history of use.

Kurokawa

Mlong128ir @Bichatse: Bichatse I love you. You are win.

All the lefties in the world UNITE!

@Gene-ius: I would appreciate if Nintendo at least gave us a left-handed option. If they don't, I'll be upset. Not only because Link, by his history, has always been left-handed, and was a "cool" character trait (especially for us lefties), but because it is indeed a small victory in the oppressive right-handed regime.

>:[

@nworobes: Ah, another Majora supporter! It's still my personal favorite Zelda.

Yeah, I take exception to the notion that all we Zelda fans wanted was more of the same. Link to the Past had a lot of new ideas and weapons, and Ocarina can't really be knocked for being a little samey because it was in 3D, so every new place and weapon felt new anyway.

Majora was fresh from a story perspective where it really made Link even further involved with the people of a town and helping everyone to where by the end of it you felt like some kind of god, much how Okami made you feel.

Wind Waker was fine. Again, it was different enough visually that everything felt new, and it had a good bit of innovation.

Twilight, however, was pretty samey. I liked it, but a clawshot? You can't fool me. The dradle was cool, but the Lake Hylia, the Goron Mountains, the (Gerudo) Desert... It was basically Ocarina with a new paint-job. And while Ocarina was amazing, you can't just keep redoing the levels. Twilight still had a poorly told story, and without a good story, it just felt like a rehash. Everything looked really nice, but I blew through that game once. It was very fun, and Ninty did a fine job at making a great game, but please, don't Mario Galaxy 2 the next one.

Sword woman, GO!

@XFiraga001: I saw it.

GhostKamikaze

could be another Zora Princess.

@fearing: I've got concept art right next to me that are as detailed (sometimes more) and colourful than this one. I must say however that it must represents the current direction of the game since it is released.

slimky

@tinky XIII: I have the Triforce on my left hand as well, but it's done in UV ink so you can only see it under a blacklight.

Then I get to make a wish.

@myketuna: That would look funny...

guy in a green tunic with a s-word running around with a fairy while Master Chief just stands there and goes lawl.

Zora?

Link should be left-handed again.

The girl is his sword AND Zelda at the same time, dawg!

@MushroomBoy1022: I would love if they would stay away from that idea. Thanks.

I would be more interested if there is a futuristic Zelda game.

@-[[CHoZO]]-: I think so too, her torso has the shape of a sword handle on it, and with her belt/skirt bottom having a bit of the sword's guard look I'd say there's a pretty good chance she's the Master Sword, and the gem or her head would act as the pommel at the end of the handle.

It's not Chibi Link!

<3 <3 <3

Moonshadow101

@Bichatse: Thank you, you made my Friday morning.

For those of you right handed people who think this is stupid, well think about the disadvantages we go through every day:

Pen, pencil, and toothbrush labels/logos appear upside down when held in the left hand.

The pictures on a ceramic mug which normally face away from you to show your awesome mug to your coworkers instead remain hidden and face only you when held in the left hand.

Nintendo DS games are slightly more difficult for lefties because our natural hand position for writing (over the top of the writing) obscures the top screen, so we must use the unnatural right handed way of holding a stylus.

Spiral notebooks and 3 ring binders are a pain in the neck for lefties to write in, the rings and spiral interfere with our writing, we don't have bad penmanship, we just keep running into crap.

Most written languages cause us to write left to right, causing our hands to smear the ink and pencil while righties enjoy a nice grace period for the ink to dry.

Link being a lefty is a small victory for us, to have it stripped away from us is very disappointing.

@BradOFarrell: Glad I'm not the only one who thought s/he looked like the Zoran Prince from TP.

EmeraldDragon

@Bichatse: From your left handed brethren, thank you for the small history lesson for those who don't know.

@Bichatse: You failed to mention the literally hundreds of deaths caused every year by those disgusting righthanded scissors and knives. This isn't just about training schoolchildren, they're culling our herds.

FrakEarth

@Bichatse: heyyyy!! im a lefty too!! and miyamoto said "note that there is not sword" so if you only have a shield to use as a weapon, wich hand would you use to hold it???
EXACTLY¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

computor

@Kousetsu Kitsune: For the record, it's not what I'd prefer.
I was fine with Ocarina of Time essentially rehashing Link to the Past, because hey, it was their first foray into 3D, and why not go with something that works.
Majora's Mask was fantastic, because it took the same basic gameplay of Zelda but in a different setting with a unique mythology to back the game up. The different forms you could turn into were fairly well done, I thought.
Wind Waker was back to the same old "rescue Princess Zelda, stop Ganon from taking the Triforce" business, but at least they put it in a significantly different setting than last time, a setting that very few games EVER have tried to use (an expansive ocean). That was enough difference to satisfy me.
Twilight Princess, on the other hand, is back in regular old Hyrule, with just about the same old plot. There wasn't even a very fleshed out "alternate worlds" mechanic like in Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time, because when you do each area in the "twilight" version, it's pretty much exactly the same, just brown, and there are a couple areas you can dig with Wolf Link and some weirdo twilight enemies. And you only have to do the twilight version of the area once; there's no exploring it later to find hidden things or anything. And the wolf form was near useless, and never seemed worth using except for when you specifically needed one of the abilities. At least the different forms in Majora's Mask were cool enough to warrant staying in sometimes, and there were 3 of them, goddammit.
So personally I'll be disappointed if Zeldas continue being like Twilight Princess.

nworobes

@nworobes: please do not use "samey" when that's what you all wanted. If you didn't then carry on.

Kousetsu Kitsune

Looks like they're using the same kind of stylization they used in Twilight Princess, kind of dark and strange (think Zant, the Twili), which makes me very happy :) That girl looks amazing, great character design! *bounces in anticipation*

@Bichatse: The fact that you proclaim there will be a "sinistrist revolution" just confirms that righties were "right" all along!

@Bichatse:I love you. <3

Makoto

one thing is for sure. that man is Link.

legendofmike

@BradOFarrell:
Also, I just made this image to clarify: [11.media.tumblr.com]

BradOFarrell

i really dont want my sword to talk. first navi buzzing in my ear, LINK! LOOK!then,that damn minish cap, then some pepod girl riding my back and tuggin my hair...now i gotta chat with my sword? i wanna be the LONE reluctant hero, who wants to fish and herd goats, but has to take up sword and wander the lands alone for the greater good! i dont want company but my silent a loyal horse. pass. that said ... NEW ZELDA WOOO! FUK YEAH! WHO IS THAT GHOSTY GIRL! YAHOO! I CANT WAIT EEEE!

@Bichatse:
That was epic.

@aniki21: We?

kamonX

That girl's hair and face and body is basically identical to the Fairy Queen from Mother and Child Island in Wind Waker: [www.zeldauniverse.net]

(Spoilers)

Also, the Fairy Queen appeared in Four Swords Adventures where she was split into two Zoras and regained her form when the Zoras were united. Mother and Child Island in Wind Waker is geographically located around the Zora's Domain in Twilight Princess (which actually has a rock in it that a Zora refers to as 'Mother and Child Rock'). The whole subplot of the Zora Kingdom in Twilight Princess was the Zora Prince lamenting the Zora Queen's death. At the end, we can see the Zora Prince near Mother and Child Rock looking sad, and then we see the ghostly Zora Queen.

It's possible that the Fairy Queen is not necessarily a 'real fairy' but a ghost (of a Zora? Or two Zoras?) who takes on the form of a fairy using magic, which is also implied by the fairy doll she carries around in Wind Waker, as if it's her alternate body in waiting.

Not sure how any of this fits into the Master Sword design similarities, but there's definitely a connection between her and the 'Fairy Queen' character. Then again, it could just be what all female ghosts look like in Zelda, but that'd be kind of lame.

ALL THAT SAID, if this is the same character, it means that this story probably takes place directly after Twilight Princess, and before Wind Waker. It may even be the same Link.

BradOFarrell

That would make it a Mistress Sword.

Johnny156

I'm digging the fairy's fishnets.

Let me guess, the girl gives you hints as you play the game. If you plug in your DS you can get more hints.

You'll need to collect 3 things before being able to collect 6 things that let you get the light arrow to kill a bad guy whos name resembles "Gannon" in order to save hyrul.

Along the way you'll fight a dinosaur, an octopus, and a sand worm. You'll go to a rock palace, a fire palace, a water palace, and a forset palace. You'll pick up some new boots, a bomb-bag, a hookshot, a boomerang, a jar, etc...

You'll shoot targets on the wall and push blocks that sit in giant holes in the floor. Each palace will look like a maze but it's not because the only path you can follow is the path that takes you to the palace treasure gaurded by a mini-boss (probably a knight). Said prize will be needed to pass previously unpassable obsticles that now lead directly to the boss... who you will also need to use the prize on to defeat. Why they call this a 'puzzle' I'll never know.

You'll have to play a song to do a repetative task all the time... chances are you'll need to chance something about the environment (Your shape, the wind, the sun, etc..) When and where to play these will be easily marked with huge off-colored stones with giant markings on them.

The game will take 2 years to develop even though it's pretty much exactly the same as the last game... it'll play just like the last game, look just like the last game, and even have a story just like the last game. The last game looked just like the one before it, which was just like the one before it, which was just like th SNES version, which was the last original Zelda game made.

It'll be boring and predictable but will still get rave reviews and fly off the shelf because Nintendo fans have a brain disorder.

Am I right? Actually, don't answer that... I don't care what you think.

Feel free to flame away, I won't know you responded nor will I ever read what you say.

lolomfgisuck

@mitch_93: fucking*

mitch_93

@choral_music: Link is not a fucken gay vampire!

mitch_93

A Zelda game similar to ICO?

WOW Really looks like the comments that have been reported of Miyamoto and team looking to "shake things up" and do something new with the series is going to be another gimmicky thing like Wolf-Link....

I would love to see the space Legend of Zelda game that Giantbomb talked about on their podcast be made before I play another pandering to the masses, no risk approach. At least with Metroid they went to FPS for awhile and it paid off.

d1nonlyclo

@XFiraga001: How old are you "Link's returning to his original look". Using the term "emo" as a pejorative statement.

If Link was returning to his original look he'd look like this: [www.bermuda.ch]

Doesn't really look like that now does it?

d1nonlyclo

@TRT-X: Clearly it's an S&M game then. Oh, Japan.

I have a distinct feeling that this game will be exactly like every other Zelda from the last 10 years. This is exactly what I want to get in the next Zelda game. Nothing could possibly be better than this outcome. Really.

SENKOBEAN

@Rauzaruke: Hoot Hoot Hoot hoot Hoot hoot. Hoot Hoot Hoot.

Would you like to hear it again?
Yes No

Mad-Hobo

@Omelet: And you obviously know this because you played it, right?

Cridia

@Verios: Well, you could, you know, read the bit beneath the picture? Or read the first page? That pretty much answers your question.

Cridia

@Go Go Gadget: Thugmunk: They made Link right handed because that's the way people primarily hold the Wii-Remote.

It's been three years...how do you not get this?

@FanBuoy: Actually there is no sheath...just a strap that would hold the sheath on.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. He's still right-handed! Damn it all!

@MasterNinja: That would be indeed be the greatest Zelda game of all time.

The Master Sword is...... female? BEST TWIST EVER!

@Neon: His fists are not The Sword. (The Sword is his penis.)

This concept art just raises more questions than anwsers. And since they probably won't be showing any more of this for a long while we're going to analyze it till our eyes bleed. X_X

sweetie55

@ganpondorodf: It's not. I'm not nearly as interested by this art as everyone else commenting on this is. The concept art suggests we're just going to get Twilight Princess 2, which is going to have to work pretty hard to impress me, given how samey Twilight Princess was compared to previous Zeldas.

nworobes

@DylanGallagher: My first thought. Which is good, I really liked that fairy and it bugged me I didn't see the Fairy Queen after that.

Although, that may have something to do with being terrified by OoT fairies and wishing they could be avoided.

madammina

@kitenai: fuckin' a, that was awesome. hearts for you!

mat1cs: virtuous mission

@Neon: The way she's standing kinda puts her on Link's back where his sword would be too sorta. Yeah, looks right to me.

remember, miyamoto said he wanted to announce the new zelda for wii at E3 next year, so its gonna take a while!

LINK IS LEFT-HANDED! The Wii has replaced him with his mirrored clone.

@jakinov: Yeah, the girl is kinda lined up on his back the way his sword would be, so yeah, I'm guessing some kind of living embodiment of the Master Sword as was said in the article.

@DMan304: Ah, no thanks. Wind Waker was perfect the way it was. I'd rather have an all new game.

Yeah, noone's gonna see this comment. But, you know, im glad it looks like link's returning to his original look, and he didn't take the emo path as the prince of persia did.

XFiraga001

bankai

gpasoyf

@NeVeRMoRe666: It's concept art, not promotional art. It looks a lot more detailed (and colorful) than most concept art usually is.

@MaxDragon7: Wrong commenter, lol!

@jakinov:

He has a sheath on his back

Fail

@Esper mind tricks:

OHMYGOD

LINK IS LEFT HANDED

THIS GAME WILL FAIL

Grow up.

She looks kinda like a robot/android. And the thing link is standing in front of looks like some sort of portal.

Hmm could it be:

Link gets transported to a sci-fi type world.

@Gene-ius: This has got to be the most pathetic thing anyone on Kotaku has ever whined about

Listen, you - you right-handed bigot! Us lefties have been discriminated against since the dawn of time. You remember how it wasn't too long ago people were having their left hands tied behind their back because you dextrists are too afraid of those of us who don't conform to your comfortable little ordered world? It runs deeper than that. Knives and scissors are manufactured to only work when held in the right hand, to train schoolchildren that left-handed people are clumsy. You know that trick in detective movies where the good guy throws a ball and the bad guy catches it with his left hand and gets caught out? Clearly nothing but anti-left-handed propaganda, reinforcing in people's minds from a young age that left-handed people are fraudsters, murderers and thieves. It's even built into the very language we speak - you think "right" has the same meaning as "correct" by accident? Bigotry. "Sinister" is the Latin for 'left', but it's taken to mean something else, these days; bigotry!

And now you're taking away our icons, our heroes, forcing them to conform to the petty whim of your right-handed hegemony. And why? Because you're afraid. Because you don't understand. Because you're jealous of our obvious genetic superiority, because you've bought into the centuries of oppressive propaganda, because you don't think for yourself and believe everyone has to conform! Because you're honestly scared of the thought that the guy who saves the Princess Zelda might not write with the same hand as you!

One day there will be a reckoning. When the sinistrist revolution comes, people like you will be first against the wall!

Bichatse

It looks like the Zoran Prince from TP.

EmeraldDragon

a zora as a sidekick?

or maybe its princess zora that you got engaded to lol

maybe link will have a whip or somethin, the master whip

@kdrummer87: See, late 2010 is scary. That means it will have been FOUR YEARS since TP.

PH and ST don't really count =D

@cheeseboybeans: "AGAIN"

@wox42:

Isn't that... you know... in the post?

@Mit: the original is around 3000x5000...

curly haired boy

@myketuna: I think they should hold off doing this until next gen.

All I could think about when looking at Team Ico's new games trailer was how amazing it would be if zelda was on the PS3.

@Chibirazi: So...you didn't like that Twilight Princess focused on the Twilight Princess?

...ooook then.

Queen Fairy from Wind Waker?

malmario

link's gonna grab her by the crotch and swing her at the bad guys?

the little guy's finally grown up... *sniff*

typingfromwork

WANT WANT WANT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!

The Legend Of Zelda: The Spirit Of The Master Sword

Has a nice ring to it, although it's too similar to Spirit Tracks. Plus, it's supposed to be the Legend Of Zelda, so Zelda should play amajor role in all the Zelda games.

Perhaps it could be something to do with the Tri-Force? If the Tri-Force were attached some way to Zelda, and this were the spirit of one of the goddesses which created the Tri-Force, then that would make more sense. After all, throughout Zelda canon, it's obvious that the characters of Link, Zelda, and Ganon are always intertwined with the Tri-Force - As are the spirits of Farore, Din, and Nayru...

I bet he somehow flies in the new game. That's the only thing left for Link to do.

This has got to be the most pathetic thing anyone on Kotaku has ever whined about, and God knows the bar has been set high.

OMG MARCUS FENIX SWITCHES HANDS ALL THE TIME TOO CASUAL CASUAL CASUAL

Gene-ius

@ghastlyprotector: Majora's Mask has the finest story, not just in the Zelda series, but in gaming full stop.

[www.4colorrebellion.com]

[www.torontothumbs.com]

Gene-ius

@Showmeyomoves!: The only reason Link was left-handed in the first place is because Miyamoto is, too. For the Wii-version, you hold the remote (= sword) in your right hand, so it only makes sense to see your in-game avatar do the same.

Showmeyomoves!

Hm to me sh looks more like Midnas "decursed" "endform" from Twilligth Prinzess.

Perhabs it is a daughter or something from her?

And if she is the Mastersword, perhabs the Mastersword is a Person from the Twiligth world? Well or perhabs my brain is flipping of.^^

@SuprShin: "to accomodate American gamers"? What, people in Japan are all left-handed or something? :D

Showmeyomoves!

@heirofthedyingday: Aren't the girls always?

@paulrenzo: It could also be that this is just intendet to let her look innocent, vulnerable and sweet.

Living incarnation of The Master Sword?....That'd be interesting...

Steffanic

@mcderek3000: He has three of them? Oo

@teknx: Since when is anyone so shure that Link is short?

@zachncheeze: He did in the Wii version of TP as well.

cheeseboybeans

@RockyRan:
Although I kinda agree that Midna was one of the more enjoyable sidekicks imo she still took the dynamic out of the Zelda and Link relationship you normaly have(well not in more recent titles though).
Dunno I just didnt like that Twilight Princess focused so much on her and Zelda was kinda just a small key-character for one plot point and then forgotten.
If they really want to go that road again I hope they dont include Zelda at all and fully focus on the new char instead.

@MushroomBoy1022: >Twilight

Get out.

@Mit: Yep thats true. I would just like to see it also on the Wii.

The Legend of Zelda: The Spirit Child

I'm calling it!

@NeVeRMoRe666: I hate right handed people for corrupting link then. I say less is more. Chop off a few right hands here and there and we're good to go.

Can we have a new setting please? Sci-fi or steampunk would both be acceptable. We don't need another medieval one; that particular deceased equine has been thoroughly beaten.

Hopefully it's the Twilight Princess follow-up.
Definitely looks like it.

@rupeokong64: I agree with you. I liked Wind Waker a lot, but I prefer this style. I wish they didn't try to make the DS Zelda games 3D, though. I hate the jaggies.

GhostKamikaze

I dunno about you guys, but I have a strong inclination to play TP again.

sits

@robbishrob04: Do you call your nuts Strength, Courage and Wisdom?

mcderek3000

@physalis925: I think they will play this one closer to the chest. Saying that even before TP was out they were working on this version of the game. Tp was done at that point i think it was the point they started with or fixing up the wii version since it was done then. But I think this is a 2010 title but late really late maybe even early 2011. I am saying it will be out before a year after they would show it. So before the next E3 it would be nice to see a tasted later this year during a nintendo even.

kdrummer87

This is what Nintendo should have been talking about at their press conference, not the shovelware.

moonrad

@ninjablaze: Yeah, y'could've told me that it was discarded Twilight Princess concept art and I'd have been fooled. How is this different from earlier Zeldas?

Can you guys post that picture in its full resolution?

GhostKamikaze

The master sword is actually invisible in his hand: This is to make swinging the Wii remote feel more authentic

dandank

@jamesjohnson01:

It's driving me mad, who is that!?

Huatnee

@undefined:

Raziel

i wonder if this game will tell me what a fucking compass does every time i find the bloody thing.

xbulletholes

@rupeokong64: Meh, I found the look of TP really disapointing. I'd much rather have toon link back.

Phew, it's staying with the TP art style. I like the Toon Link style as well, but for an epic home console Zelda I prefer it to be more serious

rupeokong64

YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS...

Manuel Melo Andrade

Yes she looks like the master sword indeed! Can't wait to find out.

data_monkey

AWESOME!! Can't wait!

Gentlemen, start your SPECULATION ENGINES.

I figure the game has a lot to do with that Zora girl, in that we could be leading her around Ico style.

Then again this is CONCEPT art, and seeing as Shiggy doesn't even know whether this is motion plus yet I doubt he's hammered out any concepts.

@Go Go Gadget: Thugmunk: HEY GUYS, I FIXED IT.

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Superlocke

So it's the Fairy of Evil's Bane?

Tuckiozi

@grobo: Yeah and its equally dumb. Now if you showed Master Chief igniting a sticky, Kratos glaring menacingly, and Link drawing back on an arrow, all facing off in one picture I do believe my dick would explode.

trunkenmath

Her dress reminds me of an hourglass though...

Is this what came out from the Mayamoto round table?

aihuman

Th' f*** Nintendo.
Give the (Small Group Of) People What They Want!

Oh no, I was really hoping that they dropped the Twilight Princess look....yeah well.

Basselito

Oh Come On! If you can not figure out the Sword is the girl, You need your head examined. I bet the whole story revolves around Linke- and his sword and their love..... blah blah blah

JASONSPAZ

@Rauzaruke:

Isn't it a Japan thing only? Something related to how their parents carry their children or something...

paulrenzo

What a friggin tease...

At least 1) I'm going to like the art style of the next Zelda and 2) It's a helluva lot better than that fake picture shown a few days ago.

paulrenzo

@andrewwyatt: But Goofy is awesome in Kingdom Hearts T_T

SuprShin

@FalconMbuster: Well Twilight Princess for the Wii Link was right handed to accommodate American gamers so yeah I wouldn't of thought of the living carnation of the master sword but now it makes sense.

SuprShin

@DMan304: Lol, the hero of twilight and the hero of time are 2 different people.

@kagekiri: Just saying he doesnt have a master sword doesnt mean he wont have a sword though. I mean, the minish cap didnt have the master sword, it had the picori blade. so i bet for this game they will use "semantics" and just give him another sword. (because they really are just the same sword)

NOOOOoooo! It should be a windwaker Wii title. Argg...

@ShadowXion:

Yeah, and showing (or even mentioning) Kratos or Master Chief gives millions of people erections. What's your point?

@Mit: You are, in fact, forgetting another fairy from Wind Waker. This one.

[www.zeldauniverse.net]

Age'er up a bit, add a jewel to her forehead, and voila. Plus, there's the fact that that particular fairy is the Queen Fairy (not a member of Queen), which explains why she might be a focus in a new Zelda game.

And I have to say that they all look better than the fairies from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. *shivers*

@robbishrob04: It's on my taint. Ok, its on my shoulder. But those two go hand-in-hand. Don't they?

do want

9a3eedi

@zachncheeze: Yeah, but isn't that change just logistics what with the wiimote and most people being right handed and everything...

@Mit: Yeah, looked like someone just went behind the curtains and did a quick sketch with pencil crayons..."aaaand there, that should satiate the angry masses for a while longer!"

@ghastlyprotector: I had a SNES but never got to play LTTP on it. I went and played it on Virtual Console. Pretty much OoT took LTTP, made it 3D and fixed up issues it had (many of the items in LTTP were pretty useless throughout the game, except for one or two spots), while expanding the world and sidequests tenfold.
I played through OoT for the third or fourth time a year ago, and it was still a blast. It was still fun, and I found it more enjoyable then LTTP. If I had to write down all the reasons as to why LTTP is in fact flawed in certain areas it would be a reasonable list which I couldn't justify spending the time on. As said, I think the Zelda games since have identified nearly all those problems and corrected them.
Thats not to say LTTP wasn't a good game, it just isn't the be all and end all like some people would try have you believe. I would put MM above OoT if I wasn't so scared of the daunting task of replaying it and the difficulty of parts of it.
OoT's field is sadly much better then TP's. Which to me was the empty one.

@FalconMbuster: Unless it were for the Wii, the only console in which Link is left-handed. Twilight Princess Wii Link was right-handed, so if he appeared in other games, it would make sense to keep him right-handed.

Or his shield IS his weapon, which rates high on my awesomeness scale. He's certainly a better representative of a shield's offensive power than *Goofy*.

The girl is the Master Sword.

Twilight Princess direct sequel -

Link's right-handed.

metaslugx

If you can see the whole picture in one screen, you'll notice that Link's legs look awkwardly long

So many questions...

pinoy78

@Neon: already knowing a big part of the plot, now we got to wait at least two years before trying it

A princess from the light world? Ah, who cares... adult Link > all.

AlucardsQuest

@Esper mind tricks: I'm sure some type of interesting transformation obviously takes place first..but yeah.

@[www.zeldauniverse.net]

That's almost as vague of a comparison as calling all Chinese people Jackie Chan.

The style seems like typical Twilight Princess fare. Looks like a Zora to me. Perhaps they'll take a different approach to the storyline with this one, and use the same Link, and give us something like Majora's Mask.

I'm down.

@ninjablaze: Agreed. They also thought that that was Zelda -.-

The only way he looks older to me is his height and arms seem to be a bit larger.

@TiKiMaN1: There are Zelda games on DS, and they utilize the Wind Waker style quite well.

@jamesjohnson01: So link holds her by the legs and smashes her head through stuff???
O_o

Am I the only one who is sad the style from Wind Waker is not used any more?

Anyone got the full-res image? The thumbnail image up top is clearly a higher resolution than the final image shown.

Oh i know, she turns into a train.

@zachncheeze: Yup my first thought too.
LINK IS LEFT HANDED! DAMMIT!!!

Hmmm... If that's the Great Fairy from Wind Waker... Than perhaps... This'll tie up WW's loose thread that Phantom Hourglass didn't even TRY to tie up... That being Gannon and the Master Sword. They cannot stay at the bottom of the sea. Gannon has to come back to terrorize people and the Master Sword needs to come back to terrorize HIM. :p

GenRedLeader

@GameBuddy: If that turns out to be it, you will win internet god-dom. Great prediction.

wox42

@DoomDoomDoom:

QFT

Xaevier

oh it will end up being Princess Zelda in the end. There's only 3 characters in that dang franchise. Every other character is a gameplay gimmick, a misdirection or could be replaced with a wooden sign that says "Take X to Y for Z".

Yawn.

The day Legend of Zelda has an complex and interesting plot will be the day i eat hats and crows while watching pigs fly.

Noodle-Works

@jamesjohnson01: xxxtremexxx

Sounds legit.

Also, the Wii version of Twilight Princess can suck it for making link Right handed.. :(

has anyone commented on the face to the left of link?

@DylanGallagher:

@-[[CHoZO]]-:

@GameBuddy: wow, nice theory! i likes it!

mbk337

Anyone else notice his right hand is starting to look more like a claw?

Like, you see one finger, and the rest is very claw-like.

@Thanatos: That makes you an honest human with an opinion, better than the legions who refused to try wind waker because of the art style and it not starring hero of time Link.

I prefer the looks of Ruto and Midna.

ppppp

She looks like the sword, her clothes are very similar to the master sword's hilt upside down and the fact that her skin is... silver.

If she is the Master Sword im going to be kinda disappointed as its my favorite weapon from a videogame. - Well Gordon's crowbar i guess is a close second.

@Rauzaruke: Just ask the gossip stone! But don't forget the Mask of Truth! (Or else it'll just plain out ignore you.)

*equips Mask of Truth*
"Gossip stone, 'why is poor Link here on fire and why are female characters commonly portrayed with knees that look permanently bent inward?'"

-"Well, in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue..."-

"Drat!.. Wait a sec..
..who the @#$% is Columbus?!

*Takes Mask of Truth off, stomps on it*

@GameBuddy: Oh my god, you're right. And he doesn't have a sword either. It fits so perfectly. That would be awesome.

Monolith

@MasterNinja: Somehow, I highly doubt this.

CosmicElement

@Sandbox_Emperor:

I know, but I like to think he was left-handed and I saw the mirror image of him on the Wii. In art and reality he should still be left-handed.

@Neon: Check out her legs. at first i thought it was fishnets, but the designs on her legs look like the wrappings of a hilt.

@Demonbird: I tried Wind Waker, even passed it and i still didnt like it, it wasnt the art style either i loved the celshading it was the lack of challenge and dungeons and the damn sailing and i didnt like the story at all. I love OoT of time and its still one of my favorites but Link to the Past doesnt get enough love sometimes.

@MushroomBoy1022: You seem to be the second person to use the word 'rad' in like a million years. :P

Here's what I'm talking about:
[kotaku.com]

Windwaker + Twilight Princess = Win

@Marios_shadow: No way, look at the outfit... Dark blue... Gold trim... that gemstone.

It's Franziska VonKarma with a mask!

So, when you inevitably piss her off and she refuses to fight for you, you're going to have to run around with a wooden stick trying not to get killed?

Krytha

An Ocarina of time clone, at least in style. You know, not every zelda fan is ONLY OOT ALL THE TIME.
You know, the ones who were willing to try wind waker because they weren't too shallow.

I hope to god they use the WW cel-shaded art style, but not the ocean aspect. Adult Toon Link would be... amazing.

@EricLecarde: Ehh...

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@MasterNinja: It does seem odd that he's got the shield in his lest hand. Nintendo doesn't allow images of their characters to be flipped,and since link is traditionally left handed it probably is a weapon.

@ZenOfThunder: I thought the same thing. If his hat could turn out to be some enchanted bird-creature, so can his sword.

Kamakazie

/a> Ooooooh, I forsee ICO syndrome... I want it. Now.

@Ollivander: Look at the picture above, then imagine Link grabbing her by the neck and as he swings her towards an oncoming enemy, her legs transform into a massive blade, slashing the enemy in half.

-[[CHoZO]]-

@Combine:

well, the problem here was likely when you grew up and the fact that you had to go back to play a game out of its generation after hearing so much about it. that never helps any game experience at all. but don't fret, we all have our own opinions. i, for instance, think OoT is uninspired boring crap with a lacking story(like all zeldas) that overall felt empty...just like the vast empty field you have to traverse that does not lend any feeling of an epic adventure to me. whenever i think back to when that game debuted, i'm always reminded of how cold it left me feeling in comparison to the glowing reviews and fan adoration it garnered.

...i also feel that link's awakening is lightyears ahead of the rest of the zelda titles.

ghastlyprotector

@ZenOfThunder: That was my exact thought the moment I saw it. I have no doubt that that is the case.

Brand0

@Neon: Do not try to turn the girl into a sword; that's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth: There is no sword.

spannu

@chimp_o_death: If people were to cheer only based off of this singular picture and not the games shown during their presentation, I fear for the future of our hobby.

@eipxen: AND FLY IN THE AIR WHICH IS NOT TECHNICALLY THE GROUND

digitalmethod

@eipxen: SO BE BRAVE, AND NOT A SISSY COWARD!

Mini-Boss

@-[[CHoZO]]-: Could be. I think that would be interesting to see.

@LedRush: he was right handed in Twilight Princess, for the sake of the Wii remote being right handed. I'd assume future Zelda Wii games would do that too

@choral_music: I was thinking a dirty joke, but you never know...

@tinky XIII:

i have it on my nuts.

Yeah seems like the girl is a sword spirit. heck the diamond in her chest reminds me of the diamond in the master sword a little.

billysan

Didn't the Shigs say that was a Zora at the roundtable?

@Ollivander: I think SHE"S the sword.

I hope they bring back masks as part of the gameplay. It was so cool in Majora's Mask to morph into something else or trick somebody with a mask.

Maybe I should start wearing masks....

-[[CHoZO]]-

Now how hard would it have been to have a 5 second teaser clip of this at E3? Just show that awesome picture, the logo, play the music then fade to black!

Stoked to see it though! Zelda FTW!

can he NOT be right handed again. as a left handed supremacist I am DEEPLY OFFENDED by this.

@Neon: You may be on to something.

@Calvin: A FAIRY WILL COME AROUND

eipxen

@myketuna: OoT was better then LTTP. I've said it so many times, I really don't understand why everyone thinks LTTP is better. I played LTTP after hearing so many people saying its the best. and it has quite a number of flaws that other Zelda games addressed.
Last great Zelda game I played was MM. Thats not to say TP wasn't fun, and wasn't good, I thought it mirrored OoT too much in some ways while leaving out its abundance of sidequests and puzzles that you would do when not tackling dungeons.
Either way, if this Zelda is done right with Motion plus it could be the next real memorable one.

@AxCrusnik: not in TP wii.

kdrummer87

I came. I want new Zelda game!

nerve11

Consider my interest piqued.

I find it interesting how much more exciting things like this get when something like this is released.

I think it'd be awesome if that style of art was the style of animation. But no sword?

@Verios: yeah it definitely is the Master Sword

TheNocturnalSun

@[www.zeldauniverse.net]

From Windwaker :D

yanipheonu

@ShadowXion: It's not just the image, it's the fact that it's been in development for many years coupled with the fact that Miyamaoto said that it's going to be completely different and you won't have the master sword

@Marios_shadow: It also looks like the Zora Prince from Twilight Princess, though.

RyderJ

The girl is the master sword. Look at her dress it looks like the hilt. Plus in a interview with IGN he said look link has now sword.

kdrummer87

@kitenai: SHIELD SLASH!

omg cannot wait!!

@Neon: She looks like the weebos from twillight princess.

@DranzerKire: Poor thing. Will get strangled when he gets his hands on.

@Neon: yah. agreed since its really obvious he should be holding the master sword in his right hand.

i pray with all my heart she isn't some sort of re-imagined navi...

I actually like this art, it looks different but familiar.

@Neon: My mind has been blown.

wow, nintendo should've just showed this poster in their e3 presentation. oh well, i cant wait to see more. even though it's going to be a year away...

DominicGeschpeght

Link's mastersword sure got a lot weirder looking...

XCha0s

@JJBro1:

New instrument is Cups. Link serenades Zelda in the castle by whipping out a spoon and a cup. I can see it now!

HokemPokem

@jakinov: the girl is the sword

Those legs are really really long.

@2001: A Space Odyssey: AND WHEN YOU'RE FEELING ALL DOWN

@DylanGallagher: I may be going out on a limb here, but do you think he/she may be a physical manifestation of the spirit of the Master Sword? Some of the details like the jewels, coat shaped like the hilt, and color scheme just scream "Blade of Evil's Bane" to me.

@Neon: Right there with ya.

Tell me something, am I crazy or did all Nintendo need to do to get a five minute standing ovation at their presser is put this art up on the giant screen? If you're going to pass it around a table a couple of days later, it couldn't have been that big a secret...

chimp_o_death

@MasterNinja: The girl is the Master Sword. It makes sense. Seriously.

@Chroma3000: my thread, is one tenth of this whole articles :3

Dammit link is supposed to be a kid ocarina and twilight were a nice change of pace but come on. Zelda is supposed to be about a young on a giant adventure.
Also the face of the girl looks like the queen fairy from wind waker.

Concept art... so everything in that picture is subject to change then?

I'll just pretend I didn't see it.

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