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Yeah, the Kirby game HAL's been working on, or on and off, or starting and restarting, no one knows, for like five or seven years now seems to be back on again... and with a trailer, too!

It's pretty low definition, but it does look good.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/eve...oundData=1

Here's the Kirby GC trailer, from years back: <iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yy2l5BSBSL0" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>

Translated on GAF, also from today's conference:

Quote:Last year we released Kirby's epic yarn in America. However a new mainstream product featuring the swallow and spiting changing shapes kirby we've made folks wait a long time for. We are now developing a new Kirby made by Hal laboratories. please look at this movie, we are planning to release it this year.

Also, there's this... some Zelda 25th thing coming?

Quote:Quote:
As a software development plan this year, has already announced that The Legend of Zelda has Skyward Sword]. Last year, Super Mario was released 25 years, from just this year is the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda came along. Incidentally, in 2011, might be the Pokemon 15th anniversary, might be the 25th anniversary of Dragon Quest is also a milestone year anniversary of a variety of software.
Wii Motion Plus, Wii has now become an integrated remote control plus, a new operation system that allows this controller to take advantage of these genre of games, and you feel very comfortable as the play, Miyamoto has received from our reports. Now contains the finishing touches.
Zelda on the classic Ocarina of Time [Nintendo 64 era, but has been remade Nintendo 3DS for, launch, Nintendo 3DS [Ocarina of Time for It will be first.

And a new game announcement for the Wii, we know no gameplay (or even genre) details yet:

Quote:Also, Wii uses a new new year] [Tower of Pandora is that the Wii will be available for the software. This software is nearing completion and is scheduled to be released in the first half of this year. Now, it plans to gradually expand information, please wait for further news.
The hit on [Nintendo DS] Rhythm Tengoku well, Wii is a new work being produced. Please see the movie.

I totally forgot about that Kirby project. I love anything Kirby.

Zelda 25th thing eh? So... Zelda 1 and 2, and OOT on a single disk, minus Majora's Mask unlike the Gamecube version? Yeah, they'll have to do a lot to redeem themselves after that ridiculous anniversary of Mario.

About that 3DS OOT remake? Annoyingly, I read they are "simplifying" the Water Temple. Ugh... Stop with this easy mode stuff! I loved how long it took me to make it through the Water Temple! It made it challenging! This is like the GBA rerelease of LTTP where they simplified the Ice Temple. That said, I'd be perfectly fine with it if you could pick the difficulty level of the game's puzzles at the start. A "jr. mode" for new Zelda players, "original" mode with everything identical to the original", and "Master Quest" mode with the super hard versions from the Gamecube release.

Quote:Zelda 25th thing eh? So... Zelda 1 and 2, and OOT on a single disk, minus Majora's Mask unlike the Gamecube version? Yeah, they'll have to do a lot to redeem themselves after that ridiculous anniversary of Mario.

"Zelda 25th Anniversary" stickers on Skyward Sword and OoT 3D? Just being realistic... :)

There are lots of cool things they could do for the Zelda anniversary, but yeah, I'm not betting on them doing them. Not when all Mario got was a retail SNES re-release, with part of a soundtrack and a small Mario history book included to make it supposedly worth the money.

Quote:About that 3DS OOT remake? Annoyingly, I read they are "simplifying" the Water Temple. Ugh... Stop with this easy mode stuff! I loved how long it took me to make it through the Water Temple! It made it challenging! This is like the GBA rerelease of LTTP where they simplified the Ice Temple. That said, I'd be perfectly fine with it if you could pick the difficulty level of the game's puzzles at the start. A "jr. mode" for new Zelda players, "original" mode with everything identical to the original", and "Master Quest" mode with the super hard versions from the Gamecube release.

The Water Temple has always been one of my favorite dungeons in OoT, it'd really be too bad if they made it easier with no option to play the original version of the dungeon... :(

On the other hand I've always disliked the Forest Temple (seriously, I've only beaten that stupid dungeon like twice ever, and there are multiple OoT games where that's where I've quit and not come back), I wouldn't mind if they made that one optionally easier...

Certainly "optionally" is a key part. For my part the Forest Temple was probably my favorite, at least close to the Shadow Temple. The whole place just had this great feel to it, and those twisting alien geometry style tunnels really sealed it. I wandered around that place for a long time before getting a handle on things the first time.

Yes, I can see why they might want an "easy mode", but certainly it should be optional. Also, as I said, Master Quest mode should be in there. It's a shame the only real release those super hard dungeons got was as a pre-order bonus package.

Oh about the Mario thing, don't forget the part that really demonstrates just how little they cared about that particular product, the fact that they didn't even bother using the best version of All-Stars, the "Plus Mario World" version.