NGC reveals Zelda TP WILL use rev controls

[Shaze_Nab]

http://www.gamesradar.com/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=38489&subsectionid=2504

NGC has confirmed or at least pretty sure that TP will be released on the gamecube, but will take full advantage of the revolution controller... The delay was supposidly to add the new features.

They also said the UK rev launch will be late 2006. Yay :grin:

[Demuwan]

Sweet this game is gonna be AWESOME

[DiemetriX]

I've said this so many times :) Just glad it's finaly true :)

[nicolasmasset]

I don't know what to make of it. You really think nintendo would allow an unofficial UK magazine to be the first to break this big news? I bought NGC for years until I finally realised the internet was much quicker with the news, so what gives? :wtf:

[DiemetriX]

scans from NGC magazine

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[Shaze_Nab]

Leaks that's what... IGN has had a few leaks, and so I would expect NGC to have some. Besides remember NGC reporting that capcom would release Resi Evil DS, but most believed it was fake? Well it wasn't and this was a month or so before any site :p.

[Charlie]

I hope they're updating the graphics, the version I played in August has good graphics for the GC but I wouldn't want to see them on a next-gen console.

[Pestneb]

aren't NGC future, and future = official nintendo magazine.... so it makes sense.

[Dante]

I dont believe the magazine till Nintendo say so. Also there are rumours that Zelda:TP is going to be out in April and the Rev in November. Would you wait that long just see how the game will play and control like on the rev?

[gaggle64]

NGC is a very, very reliable magazine, and I am more then willing to take this as the truth. My only hang up is that I won't be able to read it for myself until I can get back to my college in-box in January. Bah!

EDIT: Now the news has been allowed to sink, and after having a quick brush over the scans, I am now positively wetting mysef with excitment. Seriously, I am drowing in my own piss. Great stuff.

[Stefkov]

the only thing im thinking about is that Link will now becom a right hander for the majority of people. Link is a left handed guy.

also i just thought something. i was eading the mag article and, myiamoto said that link was the 'link' between the player and the world or something, now its the link between the two systems. eh eh. maybe not

[Konfucius]

Wow I really hope this is true and from a marketing standpoint offering full Revo control support is the best thing they can do to sell the console, so there's a high chance of it being true - I sure am excited.

[DS MaNiAc]

This is awesome news :D :D

[Fresh]

Excellent news!

[Mike]

Until Nintendo confirm this, I can't see it being more than speculation. I mean, the front of the magazine screams 'Revolution Release Date Revealed! Exclusive!!' at you, and inside, it says, 'Well.. It's the end of 2006 sometime... Probably November.' As if we couldn't have guessed that ourselves. If you want my opinion, NGC are just hedging their bets and making a few informed guesses to fill out their 2006 preview. Because, let's face it, there aren't exactly many confirmed facts about what Nintendo's doing after March next year yet, are there? And a preview of Zelda with 'confirmed' release dates and Revolution compatability sounds a lot more exciting that, 'Play Animal Crossing and Partners In Time months after the Americans! Wario Ware: Twisted - Out over a year late! We might even get Electroplankton, Chibi Robo and Metroid Prime Pinball if we're lucky'!

[Migraine]

aren't NGC future, and future = official nintendo magazine.... so it makes sense.

nah, i think Future publish the official PS2 magazine but not Nintendo's official one, just NGC.

Anyway... this is awsome! I hope they get a chance to squeeze in some more rev-exclusive content like spanglier graphics and downloadable content.

[E3wannabe]

Well to be honest all though this is good news and if this is the reason for the delay then its i suppose a reasonable reason to do so. I just can't see how this 'incredible' new feature makes up for however many months it will be postponed for. If this is the reason for the delay it isn't that good of one, although it is good for all future revolution owners not everybody will be able to take advantage of the features. For gamecube owners this isn't too exciting and for them the features won't be useful at all.

[monkeyDluffy]

nah, i think Future publish the official PS2 magazine but not Nintendo's official one, just NGC.

Anyway... this is awsome! I hope they get a chance to squeeze in some more rev-exclusive content like spanglier graphics and downloadable content.

Nintendo UK have just announced a deal with future to start publishing NOM with them from january!

[christophicus]

NOM will be with future for the feb issue i think?

Also this rev contoller support is probably going to feel very tacked on.

[Edjamakated]

I don't know why you would think that considering the Metriod Prime 2 REV demo was made in two weeks. Though the controls weren't super polished, they were damn good for TWO WEEKS.

Also, this is the biggest team ever to make a Zelda game, so I wouldn't be surprized if they had a part of the team focusing on REVO controls.

Plus, even if it were to come out in April, that's 7 months after the delay announcement. 7 months is definetly enough time to add another control scheme and polish the entire game. Hell, some full games are made in 7 months.

[EchoDesiato]

Reading those scans has really made me even more excited about this game.
I think I'm going to watch the trailers now.

[triforce_keeper]

I dont read NGC instead I read NOM. so i dont know how reliable NGC are! But i wish this is true...it would be awesome!!!

[phez_boy]

the only thing im thinking about is that Link will now becom a right hander for the majority of people. Link is a left handed guy.
lol finally something in my life that will be suited to my natural left-handedness!!!! so for the sake of all leftees lets hope they keep link the same lol

[Zero Seven]

This is fantastic! A Zelda game that will use Revo controls at launch! Id love to hear about the ideas of how things will be done.

I was thinking like if Link jumped and grabbed hold of the rop and started to swing, you could make him swing by moving the remote forward and back and then pressing A or something to let go.

of course then there is the sword swinging idea alot talk about but what about if you held the remote diangonal like a bow. If it switched to first person and where ever you moved the remote like a bow, Links bow would move in the same direction.

of course then the hook shot which could be an obvious idea of just point and shoot.

[Mike]

Another thought, if this is true, and I still don't see any reason for us to think it is, would it be the first game in which Link is ambidextrous? Or would we have to hold the Revolution remote in our left hand (the hand Link usually uses for his sword)?

[Tphi]

Besides remember NGC reporting that capcom would release Resi Evil DS, but most believed it was fake? Well it wasn't and this was a month or so before any site :p.

That's exactly what sprung to mind when I saw this. I would be very suprised if this wasn't legit.

It's great news, I just hope TP isn't delayed too long because of it - I want it for the summer, not in the autumn when Revolution launches! Cube will well and truly be dead by then.

[Zero Seven]

Another thought, if this is true, and I still don't see any reason for us to think it is, would it be the first game in which Link is ambidextrous? Or would we have to hold the Revolution remote in our left hand (the hand Link usually uses for his sword)?

Maybe it might not even matter if your left handed or right. If you used your right hand to use the remote, I guess you could have Link to swing his sword left by just using your right hand to swing left (start on the far right with your right arm and swing in to your left) as opposed if you wanted to swing right you could start on your far left, Swinging the remote around to your right. If you want you could try out that thought by holding your tv remote and see imagine it to see for yourself.

it doesnt seem like a problem when you think of it, either way im fine as i am Left handed but even more the reason why I dont think its a bad idea.

[/ nando /]

..maybe you'll get to select which hand to equip the sword in..

..and for some reason, when I was thinking about what the revolution controller could be used for in mini-games, I remembered the bowling from Ocarina of Time with the bomb thingies (can't remember the name) but it made me really think about the possibilities for other games (not in Zelda) that hadn't even crossed my mind before.. like actual bowling, a snooker/pool game (which nintendo consoles have been pretty bereft of) where the controller is ur cue (maybe even with a little darts game thrown in where u are in complete control of what u do with the dart).. and maybe those were crappy ideas.. but I'm actually pretty excited by the endless possiblities :) ..

..and zelda looks amazing!

[King_Mushroom]

Great news.

Even though i was sure TP would sell more than a million on the cube i was a little pissed of that it wont get the recognition it deserves.
With this title on the revolution as well, it will become a 'must-have' .....the buzz will be huge.
It will also be a perfect showcase that tight controls, amazing gameplay, and massive amounts of style and art direction far outweighs the importance of that techinical jargon.

[Shenlong]

I'll tell you what though if this isn't true, they should feel like wallies - or we should feel bumped (or those who bought it) looks like an awful lot of pages dedicated to this rumour, although in fairness it would be quite cool.

[pedrocasilva]

Here are the NGC magazine scans, I found them on other site and went to the work of "thumbnailing" and re-hosting them, as imageshack images tend to get too much traffic thus being removed when they first appear, I did them for the other thread, so I might aswell post it here...

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Pretty good read... I honestly can't wait for this game, hope they still release it in spring tough.... but obviously... not rushed, I want enhanced graphics for revolution tough (I'm such a graphics whore)

[21st century cowboy]

Excuse me for for the ignorance but are they the first actual in game screenshots? and also there going for the same top right corner display for the items so how on earth is that going to work with the revo-mote? even though the pictures are a bit blurry it does seem to look good enough to be the kinda next- gen game it's probably going to be touted as.

[BeerMonkey]

would be more logical to just hold up zelda, upgrade the graphics further..add some stuff and have it as a release title for the rev. I wouldnt mind have a killer launch title then

[ViPeR]

This news doesn't surprise me at all really. Wasn't there an interview ages ago where Miyamoto or Aunoma said that Revolution Zelda will build upon the new ideas used in Twilight Princess. If that's the case then it seems Nintendo are trying to get people used to using the new control style, while also having the option to use standard, before they change the control system completely for the next console.

[pedrocasilva]

would be more logical to just hold up zelda, upgrade the graphics further..add some stuff and have it as a release title for the rev. I wouldnt mind have a killer launch title thenwhy hold it? the game already seems next gen, and judging from games from other generation passed onto the next, the graphics are never "really" next gen, they should use the extra power the revolution has, but that's all... not remaking the game. Zelda is a curent gen game, a gamecube one, and nothing is going to make it a real next gen game, i'd rather see them using the extra power for extra eyecandy.

extra bump mapping, better textures through a path, all this is possible and should be done.

as for it to run on a gamecube, that's the system it was supposed to, I was to buy a xbox for kameo and they canceled it and putted it in xbox 360, I was so pissed the game was near finished, it would be better to release it and make a sequel for x360... i'm not going to pay 420€ just to play kameo, luckily the other day I played the game and hated it... but you get the point.

Also bare in mind that nintendo provides two Zelda games for each generation, "zelda 1 and zelda 2" on NES, "OoT and MM" on N64... "WW and TP" on gamecube... i'd rather have this one on gamecube and two this gen exclusive for revolution... than the other way around, 3 zeldas in a generation for the same console would not only look too much as nintendo are probably not willing to go against tradition... I want two zeldas on revolution, and the "new" gamecube one :P

[mario114]

I dont read NGC instead I read NOM. so i dont know how reliable NGC are! But i wish this is true...it would be awesome!!!

Well i rember when ngc reported that there would be a resi ds, then nom 1 month latter said it was all lies , then the issue after they were showing all the pics.

nom allways get the news last, it will be better when future takes over, and i won't miss nom's crappy jokes.

[triforcemario]

Doesn't all this seem a bit of a coinsidence, if my memory is correct, I think I remember someonelike Eiji Aomuna, or Shigeru miyamoto, or the reggienator saying that some major news on twilight princess would be releaved before the end of this year, well, it appears this is the news.

[MonkeyPunch]

It's strange NGC is the first to break the news but I have no doubt this is real. The boys at NGC wouldn't just make this kind of thing up.
NGC is a respectable magazine, not some unreliable weblog. It's really awsome to hear this.

[EchoDesiato]

This image sums it up pretty well.
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Hell. Yes.

[kav82]

How will they tackle the spinning attack and the jumping downward thrust...

Hmmm...


If this is confirmed to be true then I think it's a good move on Nintendo's part. It'll give the game a greater replay value (play it through again with an entirely new take on control! awesome!) and it for those who don't own a Cube but that get a Rev, it won't seem as much as an "old" game!

[Fresh]

This image sums it up pretty well.
http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/3356/zeldarevo2oi.jpg
Hell. Yes.

im SO turned on by that picture!

[DCK]

Now I really want the Rev controller to have a speaker. Imagine the sword slashes coming from the controller... All I need is a Rev, TP and a green hat and I'm done :awesome:

[E3wannabe]

You all seem to be forgetting one of the things said about this game that TP would be the last time zelda would be played like a regular game, or something to that effect.

[Glenn_Returns]

You all seem to be forgetting one of the things said about this game that TP would be the last time zelda would be played like a regular game, or something to that effect.

Yeah that's a good point. I still treat this just as a rumor, the scans do make it seem more likely though.

[DCK]

Maybe we're exaggerating and we'll only get to play revmote minigames. It still beats having it without Rev control.

I think it would be smart marketing, having the remote control the sword.

[Shenlong]

You all seem to be forgetting one of the things said about this game that TP would be the last time zelda would be played like a regular game, or something to that effect.

To be fair though there plans could have changed, i.e. Revo won't launch last, but if that thread in the other's console section is true, they will be last. So it could be the last game to play with conventional controls in terms of on the gamecube, and the revo control is only put into play on the Rev so its still true to some extent. But like the dude above me i'm not really expecting full blown controls for some reason, it'd be a great bonus, but this game will be amazing regardless.