The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U)

sligeach · 13-11-2015 1:07am #1

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD arrives on Wii U on 4th March 2016 with a bundle containing a detailed new amiibo figure modelled after the Wolf Link and Midna characters, plus an official soundtrack.

The game will also be compatible with five other The Legend of Zelda amiibo from the Super Smash Bros. Collection

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD - Footage from Nintendo Direct Reveal Nov 2015 (Wii U)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob3oTKYqvxs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob3oTKYqvxs

Zelda Twilight Princess HD WiiU VS Gamecube/Wii Version Graphics Comparison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaW_0Z_Y95A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=73&v=QaW_0Z_Y95A

Boxart.

Tantalus are helping with the development of this game.

Corholio · 13-11-2015 2:54am

The other Special Edition that contains the soundtrack

Pac1Man · 13-11-2015 10:35am

Amazing box art!

Myrddin · 13-11-2015 10:48am

Any idea when this will be available for pre-order? (The edition with the soundtrack)

sligeach · 13-11-2015 10:55am

Myrddin wrote: »

Any idea when this will be available for pre-order? (The edition with the soundtrack)

All bundles come with the soundtrack. The boxarts for the bundles are just mockups I think. It came from the American Amazon website and pre orders were sold out within an hour or so. The boxart for the game itself is real though. As for when pre orders will be available in Europe, who knows?

gouche · 13-11-2015 11:03am

Wind Waker HD and now Twilight Princess HD.
Might need to get a WiiU for Christmas!

Buying new consoles to play old games though - what a strange industry!

sligeach · 13-11-2015 11:15am

Here's a better comparison video between old and new.

Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Head-to-Head Comparison (Wii U vs. Wii, GameCube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSjP7qxsSzk

sligeach · 13-11-2015 11:26am

Japanese boxart.

Star Lord · 13-11-2015 1:26pm

That Japanese box art is like "The Spoiler Edition"...

Ace Attorney · 13-11-2015 2:31pm

excited for it but not blown away by any footage so far, hopefully they will keep refining it until its released.

Wolverine359 · 13-11-2015 4:02pm

I wonder if it'll be based on the Wii edition's mirrored world version with right-handed Link. So this will be the third successive Nintendo console for Twilight Princess to appear on: GameCube, Wii, and now WiiU, all in physical forms too. And I expect there'll be an ultraHD-super-4K version ready for the NX in spring 2017. :pac:

sligeach · 13-11-2015 4:31pm

I'm fairly certain it's the Gamecube version HD'd.

Machismo Fan · 13-11-2015 4:42pm

It's weird, the cutscenes don't look much better but the actual gameplay sections looks considerably better (for example the Hyrule Field segment in the above video, and there is still three months to go).

The_B_Man · 13-11-2015 6:11pm

It might be the case that the videos are already rendered, so all they can do is upscale them and maybe tidy them up. Or at most re-render them at a higher resolution. Whereas the action scenes will use graphic assets that can be replaced completely with newer, higher res, better colour ones.

CiDeRmAn · 13-11-2015 7:07pm

Looks a little too much like "Here's the Wii version without the soft visual filter and a return to the sensible controls of the Gamecube version"
I have the Wii and GC editions, so I'm having difficulty seeing why I would buy this one too.
I know I will, eventually, but it's hardly a must have.
I wonder if they'll flip the world back to the proper GC orientation, seeing as they mirrored it for the Wii edition?
As much as I enjoyed it, a real "greatest hits" of the LoZ franchise, the Wii controls shoehorned in were a pain, almost as much as the ones in Skyward Sword

sligeach · 13-11-2015 8:47pm

Another thing, how much is this going to cost? Resident Evil 4 HD, a Gamecube game originally as well costs $20 or speaking of Cloud, the forthcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake will be $16. A lot of HD remasters are around these prices. Nintendo overcharge for games, just look at VC as an example or the Wii U, still €300. The TP/amiibo/soundtrack will be $60 according to Amazon. I can see Nintendo charging $50 for the game alone. The game is a remaster not a remake. What do people feel is fair or think Nintendo will charge? I bet it'll be €50. Nintendo are terrible with pricing.

CiDeRmAn · 13-11-2015 10:27pm

I can see the appeal alright of TP and Resi4, plenty of people who gave never played them and deserve the chance to, but for me, there's only so many times I'd be willing to spend money on games I already own.
I have OoT in 5 different ways, MM in 3, WW in 2, TP in 2, LttP I have twice, OoS I have once, MC I have twice, LA I have twice, the LoZ collecting is a sickness!

CastorTroy · 14-11-2015 4:55pm

I've played and finished on the Wii. Was going to replay the Cube version on Dolphin but struggling to run at times, so since this version is based on the Cube version, I'll get it.

sligeach · 17-11-2015 1:04pm

Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Analysis - Nintendo Direct Trailer (Secrets & Hidden Details)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyiZG4HoimQ

sligeach · 17-11-2015 11:17pm

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD with official soundtrack and amiibo is now up on the Smyths website for pre order. It's €64.99. It's not a great price but it's not awful either. Break it down and it's say €15 for the amiibo, €10-15 for the Soundtrack, so that leaves the game at €35-40 for the game. I'm not overly keen on the price, could be worse though so I've pre ordered it myself.

http://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-tablets/c-743/nintendo-wii-u/p-15851/the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess-hd-with-amiibo/

Wasn't going whether to put it in the bargain thread as I'm not sure if it's a bargain. I think I will and let ye make up your own mind.

Ace Attorney · 25-11-2015 10:16pm

Dont know if its been mentioned already, but the game is gonna be compatible with nunchuck and wiimote, i wonder does this mean that both wii and gamecube versions are on the same disk, with having to be mirrored for the wii, to use the wii mote.

sligeach · 25-11-2015 11:06pm

That's on the Swedish Nintendo page so it's not official yet. But I'd like Wiimote and nunchuk controls but this time with motion plus. I'd probably play the original view as I finished it on the Wii back at launch.

CiDeRmAn · 25-11-2015 11:56pm

Honestly, the way to play the game is via control pad.
The only games that really improved with the addition of the Wiimote were Metroid Prime games and Pikmin.

sligeach · 26-11-2015 12:19am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Honestly, the way to play the game is via control pad.
The only games that really improved with the addition of the Wiimote were Metroid Prime games and Pikmin.

All the FPS games. The COD's and Goldeneye were brilliant with the remote. I hate dual analogue controls.

The only good thing about Skyward Sword were its controls minus the constant resetting.

CiDeRmAn · 26-11-2015 7:57am

Eh, I'll have to break with tradition and disagree.
While I enjoyed the likes of the COD titles on the Wii they paled before the same titles on the 360, the visuals were sharper, controls more immediate. Throwing a grenade in the heat of battle shouldn't be a miming exercise, just press a button and move on.
Even the likes of Mario Kart Wii, the digital control option was the way to go as the tilt controls just weren't precise enough.

I'm hoping for a Skyward Sword remake but with regular controls someday.

MilesMorales1 · 26-11-2015 10:56am

I don't think I've seen many people praise skyward swords controls, mainly cos they're terrible. I mean you can see the intention there and I think its commendable, but they miss it, and it pretty much ruins the game for me, even putting aside the game is a pretty weak Zelda anyway for my 50 cents.

Sure the Wii remote was in theory a great way to play FPS's, but I agree with cider, the only games that truly benefitted are the three metroid games. The other FPS's were either not much good, had technical issues, and played a thousand times better on regular controllers.

I mean that version of COD 4 on the Wii is an absolute shambles, while the PS3 version is legit one of my favourite FPS's ever.

Star Lord · 26-11-2015 11:23am

I loved Skyward Sword. The only parts of it I didn't like were Fi telling you constantly about low batteries, and the occasional resetting of the motion plus controls.

Would it have been better with a more cohesive overworld? No, I don't think so, as that wouldn't have fit with the story (which I really liked!)

The_B_Man · 26-11-2015 11:51am

Well with the Wind Waker remake, they revamped a good few things.
Maybe with this Twilight Princess remake, they'll tighten up the controls and make them what they should have been from the start!

sligeach · 26-11-2015 1:12pm

Skyward Sword should be burned at the stake. Awful Zelda game. Easily the worst I've ever played. I've played all the 3D and most of the 2D Zeldas. I enjoyed all the others but Skyward Sword, I hate nearly everything about it.

tailgunner · 26-11-2015 1:28pm

Hang on, are you saying that you don't like the game or what's the story? It's a little unclear from your post.

CiDeRmAn · 26-11-2015 1:55pm

He earlier said the only thing he liked about the game were the motion controls, aside from the resetting thing.

readyletsgo · 26-11-2015 2:01pm

sligeach wrote: »

That's on the Swedish Nintendo page so it's not official yet. But I'd like Wiimote and nunchuk controls but this time with motion plus. I'd probably play the original view as I finished it on the Wii back at launch.

I kinda guessed they would include both gamecube and wii controls since its a HD up res, I've played the wii version, loved the game, can't wait to play it as it was meant to be played. Also, I think TPHD looks amazing from what we've seen, much more clearer and less muddy visuals.

Now Skyward Sword, I never even finished it due to the pants controls and the muddy visuals, and found it a bit boring.

That game needs an HD update and use of the gamepad AND proper motion controls, which, no doubt will happen on the NX in the future.

I also preordered that limited edition in Smyths last week. Can't wait to play it all over again.

CiDeRmAn · 26-11-2015 2:01pm

sligeach wrote: »

Skyward Sword should be burned at the stake. Awful Zelda game. Easily the worst I've ever played. I've played all the 3D and most of the 2D Zeldas. I enjoyed all the others but Skyward Sword, I hate nearly everything about it.

Just be thankful you haven't played these....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mHw5g55oC4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bydXlsUqYZk

sligeach · 26-11-2015 4:30pm

I checked with Bergsala (the Scandinavian distributor of Nintendo-products) regarding the listing of Wiimote+Nunchuk-support, and they said (translated from Swedish):

This is a bit speculative on our part. We will remove this information until we can say for sure what the control scheme will be like, this has not been confirmed by Nintendo.

So there you go.

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?p=186853391

Ol' Donie · 26-11-2015 6:36pm

sligeach wrote: »

The only good thing about Skyward Sword were its controls minus the constant resetting.

Good lord!

Mr.Saturn · 27-11-2015 9:18pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm hoping for a Skyward Sword remake but with regular controls someday.

That would go ways to making that game considerably more playable. They'd also have to pull a deguffinization and drop the handholding stuff that makes the game's start the most tedious thing in the history of anything. It'd be similar to how they removed a bit of the needless padding in the Wind Waker remake.

sligeach · 27-11-2015 10:30pm

Skyward Sword would need to either kill Fi, shut her up or give her a personality. The game needs a soundtrack. It needs a proper world, not 3 disjointed areas. Create some proper minigames. Skip chat bubbles. Not tell me for the 1,000th time I've collected a piece of tumbleweed. Stop repeating the boss battles, create new areas instead of recycling assets for things like the musical notes and the Silent Realm. Fill the empty sky with some interesting things to do. Give a proper reward for healing your man, I won't spoil it for those who haven't played it. But the effort is not worth it for the s*** reward. The game is awful. Fix those problems for starters.

Ol' Donie · 30-11-2015 12:48pm

sligeach wrote: »

Skyward Sword would need to either kill Fi, shut her up or give her a personality. The game needs a soundtrack. It needs a proper world, not 3 disjointed areas. Create some proper minigames. Skip chat bubbles. Not tell me for the 1,000th time I've collected a piece of tumbleweed. Stop repeating the boss battles, create new areas instead of recycling assets for things like the musical notes and the Silent Realm. Fill the empty sky with some interesting things to do. Give a proper reward for healing your man, I won't spoil it for those who haven't played it. But the effort is not worth it for the s*** reward. The game is awful. Fix those problems for starters.

Best game ever.

jos22 · 05-12-2015 11:35pm

47 pounds from Amazon Uk at the moment
what odd is it is sold by amazon and wont ship outside the UK

Wolverine359 · 05-12-2015 11:49pm

jos22 wrote: »

47 pounds from Amazon Uk at the moment
what odd is it is sold by amazon and wont ship outside the UK

It's €62 on Amazon.de, with another €5.50 postage to Ireland, but it might be worth it if you wanted to add something else to the order that'd be cheaper than elsewhere (the postage only goes up a small bit when you add more items).

McLoughlin · 06-12-2015 12:59pm

jos22 wrote: »

47 pounds from Amazon Uk at the moment
what odd is it is sold by amazon and wont ship outside the UK

use the parcel wizard or parcel motel service

Ace Attorney · 06-12-2015 1:11pm

jos22 wrote: »

47 pounds from Amazon Uk at the moment
what odd is it is sold by amazon and wont ship outside the UK

you could order it from smyths and opt for home delivery for 65 euros, same thing as the 47 pounds from amazon.

jos22 · 06-12-2015 10:06pm

Ace Attorney wrote: »

you could order it from smyths and opt for home delivery for 65 euros, same thing as the 47 pounds from amazon.

forgot that smyths did games

I see Gamestop are 90 euro

sligeach · 06-12-2015 10:44pm

It wouldn't be Gamestop if they sold a game at a fair price.

sligeach · 12-01-2016 8:27pm

This week's Famitsu magazine will have 4 pages on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. The scans should start appearing tomorrow.

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201601/12097087.html

Star Lord · 12-01-2016 8:33pm

Looking forward to this! Got a pre-order of the special edition as a birthday present! I've never managed to get my hands on the GameCube version, so it'll be interesting playing the mirrored (or non mirrored rather!) version.

sligeach · 13-01-2016 6:25pm

European boxart.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91CNKDOnSML._SL1500_.jpg

From the Famitsu scans, it seems there are fewer Tears of Light needed to be collected in Lanayru Province. The original Wii and GameCube versions had 16, but this version only appears to ask for 12. It wouldn’t be surprising to see this change extended to Faron Province and Eldin Province as well.

http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-twilight-princess-hd-has-fewer-tears-of-light-to-collect-in-lanayru-province/

Ol' Donie · 13-01-2016 6:32pm

WAAAAANT.

WANT WANT WANT.

(Do we know is there any option for Wii controls? I don't care, I liked them.)

MilesMorales1 · 13-01-2016 6:57pm

Cut out some of the worst parts of the beginning as well, like the farming bits, and I'm well on board.

Corholio · 13-01-2016 6:59pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

WAAAAANT.

WANT WANT WANT.

(Do we know is there any option for Wii controls? I don't care, I liked them.)

I loved the Wii controls as well. Hopefully it will be an option in this one too.

Star Lord · 13-01-2016 7:09pm

I know the game is 10 years old later this year, but do they have to put spoiler images on the box art?

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U)

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