Nintendo sidestepped sharing the highlight with all the opposite gaming corporations at Summer time Sport Fest final week, promising its personal Direct later in June. And that occurred yesterday, teasing quite a lot of new video games with Nintendo favorites. Mario video games, sure. Zelda video games, sure, and even a brand new Metroid recreation, confirmed. (Extra on that under the fold).
The humorous factor is the brand new Zelda recreation is all about… Zelda. You play because the princess in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge. It opens the place most Zelda video games end, with Hyperlink defeating Ganon. However simply as he frees Princess Zelda, our normal hero is sucked into an alternate dimension. The sport is performed top-down and borrows the artwork fashion of the Hyperlink’s Awakening remake. Nevertheless, Zelda’s major weapon and power is the trirod. With this, she will copy many objects and use these “echoes” to navigate the world. You’ll be able to even create echoes of monsters to battle for Zelda.
Nintendo’s 40-minute replace additionally included launch dates for the forthcoming Dragon Quest remake, a brand new Mario Celebration title and information that feline journey Stray is coming to Change.
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