New Legend of Zelda game for Wii U coming in 2015

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Jun 10, 2014 at 12:23p @Megan_Nicolett

Nintendo's next entry in The Legend of Zelda franchise will allow players to explore "the new world of Zelda," a vast land with few boundaries when it arrives in 2015, Eiji Aonuma announced today during a Nintendo Direct presentation.

The game, which has yet to have its full title revealed, is the first entry from the franchise to launch for Wii U. Speaking about past titles, Aonuma explained that previous games were designed with small, confined areas. Putting these parts together helped create a large world, he said, but players still couldn't "cut through the boundaries" to truly explore.

"As far as what you can do with such a vast field to explore, as soon as those boundaries are removed, it means you can enter any area from any direction," Aonuma said. "So the puzzle solving in this game begins the moment the player starts to think about where they want to go, how they want to get there, and what they will do when they arrive. This is a clean break from the conventions of past games in the Zelda series, where you had to follow a set path and play through the scenario in the right order."

Players will be able to explore "any area they can see from virtually any direction." The move to a boundary-free world will help create gameplay not experienced in previous titles, the designer added. However, players will still have to look out for powerful monsters as they travel.

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"As you know from the Zelda series, the world in these games can be quite peaceful," Aonuma said. "However, it is a Zelda game after all so strong enemies will certainly appear, even in this setting. Powerful enemies appearing in such a peaceful world is one of the defining features of the Zelda series."

Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii in 2011. The latest entry in the series, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds — a sequel to the SNES title A Link Between Worlds was released last year. For more on the game, check out our review.

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Nintendo has started working on a new console

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The Wii U is now two years old, which means Nintendo has undoubtedly begun looking to its next big console. And some new proof suggests that the wheels are very much in motion.

A new job posting calls out for a "lead graphics architect in the system-on-chip architecture group" who will work with the group responsible for Nintendo's consoles. Note that it says consoles, not portables.

What's most interesting of all is the fact that this role is being advertised for the US instead of Japan, which suggests that Nintendo may be hoping to bring in its own Mark Cerny (lead architect on the PS4).

The Wii U isn't exactly flying off shelves, and unless Super Smash Bros brings a drastic change in fortunes, we doubt we'll see things get much better for the console.

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That said, it'll probably be some time before we see Nintendo announce a new console. Chiefly because it won't want to betray the customers who did buy a Wii U, but also because these job advertisements make it sound like the next project is still in the very early stages.

Rumours surfaced earlier in the year that Nintendo was set to reveal a new console named 'Fusion', which the company flat-out denied.

But no harm in starting speculation as to what the next Nintendo home console will be called. The Wii You? The Lu-Wii-Gi? The Super Nintendo Chalmers?