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Nintendo Non Commital on Zelda 2010 Release

by Chad Lakkis on November 7, 2009 at 1:13 am

zelda-2010-fat-chanceAccording to Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett, Nintendo’s North American President and COO, Reggie Fils-Aime, wouldn’t commit to a 2010 release of a new Zelda title during his recent Q&A session with GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley, stating:

“We haven’t committed to Zelda in 2010″

I must admit, I watched the same video earlier today, however I lost focus around the part where Reggie said that the New Super Mario Bros. would “absolutely” outsell Modern Warfare 2. At that point, I thought my time would be better served doing something more productive like holding my breath and counting to one thousand. This proved to be only marginally true.

As for thinking a new Zelda title would be released in 2010, I’m with Luke in saying that’s just “stupid”. You can’t realistically expect to see a title released next year when it hasn’t even been shown off formally yet. We need time to do things like pace back and forth. Sheesh!

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Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks releases December 7 in North America

by Sam Naylor on September 16, 2009 at 5:14 am

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Destructoid reports that via a holiday release list, Nintendo have announced the release date for the upcoming DS title The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks will be December 7 in the US. There is no official word on the EU/Australian release dates yet, but rest assured that it will probably come out there at some point, maybe.

The is good news for Zelda fans globally of course, because of the lack of region protection on the DS. If you fancy playing Spirit Tracks and you live in the EU, simply import an American copy. It’s not like you won’t be able to understand the story, unless it relies heavily on the use of the words “faucet” and “diaper”.

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PAL Virtual Console gets Majora’s Mask

by Sam Naylor on April 3, 2009 at 3:22 am

Nintendo have thrown us PAL customers a bone today, releasing The Ledgend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask on the Virtual Console Wii service. with a price of 1000 Wii Points, about €10. It’s a good price for what is widely considered as the hidden gem of the Zelda series. It’s one of the few Zelda games that doesn’t follow the “Princess is taken away, Link saves the Princess” storyline; instead, a dark tale involving the most terrifying character of all time, Tingle. Remember, you’ll need a GameCube or Classic Controller to play this, as it’s an N64 game.

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Rumor: Ocarina of Time Wii Remake on the Way

by Dylan Duarte on March 30, 2009 at 1:25 am

When I first read the headline that said Zelda: Ocarina of Time was coming to the Nintendo Wii, my first thought was “I thought it was already on virtual console.”

It is already on virtual console and I’m just an idiot. Read more…

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Shigeru Miyamoto teams up with a trio of video game characters he created in an impressive short illustrated and animated by Newgrounds user, Awkward-Squid.

The concept behind the flash animation, titled “Legend of Miyamoto”, involves Mario, Link, and Donkey Kong helping their video game father make his way through their world. Squid says that the work was rushed a bit due to the fact it was being done as a university assignment, but I think it turned out great.

Check it out after the jump. Read more…

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Available as a 288 page paperback, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy Book has got to be the missing link to every Zelda lover’s quest for inner peace. Not to mention that it will make a damn fine addition to your NES coffee table.

What type of information can you expect to find in the book? Hit the jump to find out. Read more…

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Miyamoto Talks Tradition: Mario Game In Works

by Chad Lakkis on July 25, 2008 at 11:48 am

In a recent interview with the UK based Telegraph, Miyamoto stated that there are teams working on new Mario, Zelda, and Pikmin projects.

“They are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects … And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them.”

Not exactly sure who “all” is, because surely the entire company is not working on a new Mario title — who would be left to fine tune Wii Music? Ok, ok, I will let it go.

Miyamoto adds that traditional games are his area of expertise and offers insight as to how the company rotates staff internally to ensure that the “traditional” titles always have people working on them.

“Making these ‘traditional’ games is what I am best at. Because games of that nature take upwards of two or three years to make, we always have to keep the teams working on those projects going. At any given time, the team could be five to ten people, or it could be 50-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams.”

I can’t help but feel like this is all damage control 101, but even if it is, it shows that the company does care to some extent about its hardcore gamer base. It would seem that they realize their E3 presentation didn’t have the impact they had hoped for.

All we can ask now is that they learn from their mistake, and keep the traditional teams closer to 50-plus, with five people working on the next Wii Music.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

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When it comes to bling bling, Hollywood has long relied on the services of big names such as Jacob the Jeweler. Soon, the gaming world may call on a jeweler of their own.

Third Project Juno has hand-crafted a slew of gaming related jewelry pretty enough to make Jay-Z holla-at-ya-gameboy! See what I did there?

While the Triforce pendant (14 karat yellow gold) is currently listed as one of a kind, TPJ states that anyone interested in having one made would be looking at around $2,000 in labor and materials. The Metriod pendant (sterling silver) is also one-of-a-kind.

If you like what you see (we did), start saving up your paperboy money and give this geeked-out jewler a reason to make more.

Check out more of TPJ’s amazing gaming jewelry at thirdproject.net.

Have something you think we should show on Geeked-Out? Email it to us.

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Japanese Magazine Famitsu Gives Super Smash Bros. Brawl Perfect Score

by Dylan Duarte on January 16, 2008 at 4:53 am

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Only six games had ever walked away from Famitsu with a perfect score and Super Smash Bros. Brawl just became the seventh. Read more…

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Smash Bros. Dojo: Sheik Confirmed

by Dylan Duarte on January 16, 2008 at 4:40 am

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Fans have been anticipating this one for a while. Today’s edition of Smash Bros. Dojo confirmed that the character of Sheik will indeed be returning. Read more…

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Five Awesome Wii Designs

by Dylan Duarte on January 14, 2008 at 5:14 am

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Are you looking to aesthetically mod your Wii? Well don’t look here, because these designs are so good that they’ll surely discourage you from doing anything of the sort. Read more…

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