Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Besides the Micro and some more Revolution details, the Nintendo Press Conference also set our eyes on a new trailer for the upcoming Legend of Zelda title. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, to be precise. Gamespot has a run-down and the trailer. From the article: "Yeah, we'll repeat that for emphasis: in the new Legend of Zelda game, Link will apparently be able to turn into a werewolf. The gameplay effects of this are only hinted at in the new trailer; oddly enough, it appears that Link will have some kind of partner in crime that will actually ride him like a horse while he's in wolf form." Update: 05/18 19:42 GMT by Z : Changed link to Gamespot's more in-depth trailer analysis.

Comments

werewolf?

[kryogen1x]

he looks like a regualar wolf to me. not a half man, half wolf sort of thing.

Re:werewolf?

[Anonymous Coward]

Isn't a werewolf, a man who turns into a wolf, and back?

Also, you're retarded.

Re:werewolf?

[frikazoyd]

From dictionary.reference.com: werewolf also werwolf Pronunciation Key (wârwlf, wîr-, wûr-) n. A person transformed into a wolf or capable of assuming the form of a wolf.

Wolf or Werewolf?

[Daetrin]

Do they mean to say that he turns into wolf, and therefore he might be termed a werewolf, or that he actually turns into a werewolf?

In once case it's just a change of form from one natural creature to another, which we've seen before in the series. In the other it's (depending on which mythology you choose to believe in) a curse which turns you into a supernatural creature.

Is he going to be vulnerable to silver and have to change during the full moon? Or will he just be a wolf some of the time? I'm guessing that the use of the term werewolf in the summary was probably a mistake.

Free Video link

[Anonymous Coward]

http://media.nintendo.com/zelda/universe/_img/game /legendzelda/e3_zelda_tp_480.mov
Right click and save.Mod this up please.

Wolf and Eagle Details

[Agilus]

From this article at IGN:

http://cube.ign.com/articles/615/615045p1.html

it appears that they think Link will turn into a wolf by night, and Zelda into an eagle (or falcon, or something) by day, sort of along the lines of the characters in the movie "movie Ladyhawke." I'm just basically parrotting this from the article, though.

I think it could lend itself to some interesting gameplay. Maybe cooperative multiplayer, sort of like with Tingle in the The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker? Hopefully it would be more in-depth than that was, though.... My wife was bummed to have to sit out all of the boss fights. :(

Re:Wolf and Eagle Details

[Agilus]

For those of you totally confused by my parent post, it appears that Link will have an eagle companion (you can see it in some of the screen shots). Also, a masked creature rides him while he is in wolf form in another screenshot. I have no idea what this creature is, but it's remiscent (to me at least) of the deku scrub antagonist from Majora's Mask, who wasn't really a bad guy until the mask possessed him. *shrug* Hopefully there are tie-ins like this. I always like when sequels reference past games. :)

Re:Wolf and Eagle Details

[Anonymous Coward]

I haven't seen the eagle mentioned anywhere, although I did notice it in the trailer, but from what the previews I've read say about the story, I'd wager that the eagle is not Zelda. The person riding wolf-Link is apparently named Midna, and my guess is that she's the Twilight Princess from the title. In the screenshots of her riding on Link, it's clear that she has a similar appearance to the black portal that opens up in the sky in the trailer and dumps out monsters.

The previews have also noted that Link transforms when he enters the "Land of Twilight." This rules out a day and night basis for the transformation. However, your post does make me wonder about something else. If Link becomes a wolf when he enters Twilight, perhaps Midna, as a creature of Twilight herself, is transformed when she leaves. It's just as likely that she simply waits for him to come back, though, and the eagle is something else entirely. Perhaps the ocarina returns as a way to communicate with animals. Who knows?

Zelda/Sheik

[AztecL0B0]

I think it is Zelda that rides Link when in wolf form, but only that she rides him when SHE turns into Sheik.

Re:Zelda/Sheik

[tratch]

There's going to be some creepy furry-porn based on that, I guarantee.

Re:Zelda/Sheik

[Erioll]

I think it is Zelda that rides Link when in wolf form, but only that she rides him when SHE turns into Sheik.

Zelda rides Link?

leave it alone...
leave it alone...

=)

Wow... who knew?

[xplenumx]

Link will have some kind of partner in crime that will actually ride him like a horse

I wonder what the ESRB rating will be.

New Artwork

[osrevad]

http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss1.jpg
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss7.jpg
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss2.jpg
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss3.jpg
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss4.jpg
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss5.jpg
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss6.jpg

A reason for any future delays...

[StocDred]

Unfortunately, this game will be delayed when Yamauchi returns to Nintendo for the company's free employee breakfast on Friday and happens to stray past some Zelda screenshots showing a wolf. He will comment that perhaps the game would be better served as a new Starfox title, and thus will be born Starfox: Hyrule Planet. Thus the franchise that can do no wrong is turned into the franchise that everyone keeps trying to murder in its sleep.

Spoilers!!

[Rukasu]

Don't worry about putting a spoiler on the main page of slashdot. Month of ignoring all information about the newest Zelda game isn't that big of a deal...

Some kind of partner huh?

[jayhawk88]

HEY, LISTEN!

*shudder*