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Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Posted by Zonk on from the woof dept.

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.

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  1. Wolf or Werewolf? by Daetrin · · Score: 3, Insightful
    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.

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  2. Free Video link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

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

  3. Wolf and Eagle Details by Agilus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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. :(

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  4. Re:Zelda/Sheik by tratch · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  5. Wow... who knew? by xplenumx · · Score: 5, Funny
    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.

  6. New Artwork by osrevad · · Score: 5, Informative

    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

  7. A reason for any future delays... by StocDred · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.