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☆ NintendObs Weekly – Monday, May 19, 2014 – Sunday, May 25, 2014.
- Japanese release date: August 14th.
- Retail price – 7,980 yen, eShop price – 6,980, Premium Box Set price – 11,664.
- Premium set comes with a Triforce shaped clock, and serial codes for 6 special costumes.
- Will also be a “Treasure Box” version available on Amazon and Tecmo Koei’s online store “GAMECITY,” but no details yet on what it includes.
- Developed by ωForce, co-developed by Team NINJA, supervised by Aonuma.
- Story goes that Link, an in-training soldier, must rescue the Princess Zelda from the witch Shia, who has been turned evil somehow.
- 2-player mode where one person is on the GamePad, while another is on the TV. When playing alone the GamePad acts as a menu.
- Equipping different weapons onto characters will change the way they fight, weapons including speed focused one-handed swords to heavier weapons that focus on damage.
- Weapon upgrade system and character growth/improvement.
- Musou action combined with Zelda series’ Z-targeting means you can avoid attacks and focus on enemy weak spots.
- Zelda series’ spin attack appears instead of the Musou of the Warriors franchise.
- Bombs make an appearance and won’t just be used for throwing at enemies.
- Impa, a captain of the Royal Army, appears as a playable character wielding a giant long sword.
- Several other characters are playable too. Aonuma was surprised by how many.
- Playable at E3.
- Development is 70% complete.
Source: Sinobi via StreetsAhead.
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