Shigsy Talks Mario 128 And Zelda

Blank · 04-09-2005, 07:33 AM

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Gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto speaks very interesting things on Japanese radio about Mario 128 and Twilight Princess, plus also hints mysteriously about Zelda Revolution...

Why wait so long to release a new installment of Mario? The wait is frustrating players everywhere...

Mario is and always has been a concept title from his birth. We are always looking for new ways of playing with him, manipulating him, to create something new and unique. We're in the midst of preparing something special for his future, something never before seen. You'll understand when you see it that we can't quite release it right away. The new Mario game will surprise many people. Give us the benefit of the doubt. I think we'll present you with a new way to have fun. There's even a new character by his side.

Mario 128 will be released for Revolution then?

Yes, of course! It's no surprise, but of course we will rename it, obviously. That won't be the only surprise of next year though. We based the Revolution around this new type of game. Mario 128 played a large role in the Revolution's conception, much like Mario 64 in it's time. But we won't just be focusing on Mario. We're working on some very impressive games which push interactivity to the max. Games of a new era.

The new Zelda, it's not really good news that...

Please allow me to interrupt you by saying that you will have to be patient, really. This will be, without a doubt, the last Zelda game as you know it in its present form. I worked on it personally, moreso than Wind Waker! I haven't invested as much into any game as I have this one. Our goal was to make the best Zelda game ever. The most rich/satisfying and melancholy. We've really improved it in just a few months. Everything's coming together much quicker. We may have some last minute ideas...

You're going to move it to Revolution?

No, it is a Gamecube title.

In any case, you want to preserve the air of mystery around Nintendo?

We will be revealing many details soon. It's true, we do like surprises (laughs). While our gamers are sleeping, we're busy thinking up new ideas. But while they're playing - we're playing as well.

So what is this special "never before seen" thing in Mario 128? And who's the new character by his side? How will Twilight Princess be the last Zelda game as we know it? Has this game really seen more of Miyamoto's magic than any other? Nintendo's air of mystery continues, though for how much longer until all is revealed..?

Source: Cube-Europe

Hmm....it's interesting to hear that there'll be a new Mario character added. I just hope that it's not something like 'Wapeach' or a 'cool' Koopa, Toad or Goomba with a backwards cap and bandana.

I wonder what Shigsy means by 'the last Zelda games as we know it'....

Grumpy Old Fart · 04-09-2005, 07:56 AM

Nice find Blank

I'm really looking forward to the Revolution, another system I'll be picking up at launch

I'm really excited about Mario 128, and Metroid Prime 3. If both of those are launch titles I'll be one happy chappie

George · 04-09-2005, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy Old Fart

Nice find Blank

I'm really looking forward to the Revolution, another system I'll be picking up at launch

I'm really excited about Mario 128, and Metroid Prime 3. If both of those are launch titles I'll be one happy chappie

Nice find

ace2cloud · 04-09-2005, 08:17 AM

Interesting.

"This will be, without a doubt, the last Zelda game as you know it in its present form."

The above sentence, however, bothers me, but also intrigues me. I have played and beaten every Legend of Zelda game since a Link to the Past on NES, and I love the current format. Zelda is easily one of my favorite franchises and I don't want it changed.

However, I'm now even more anxious to find out what makes the Revolution controller so Revolutionary that a simple Third-Person Action Adventure game like Zelda can never be the same again.

Hopefully the Tokyo Game Show will provide answers to these questions and more.

G4everX · 04-09-2005, 12:06 PM

Ahhhh!! More questions that I have to wait longer to find the answers to!

Oh well, I'll be happy when I finally get to play all these games!

Dawn · 05-09-2005, 08:22 AM

Its nice to have a bit more info, even if its leading to more questions than anything else. I cant wait to find out more about the new revolutionary Zelda - I would hate to see the franchise change too much as I love it as it is and cannot on the surface of things imagine how it could be improved, but then I might have said the same about Mario on the SNES, and then Mario 64 came along.

bennyboo03 · 05-09-2005, 02:49 PM

man oh man. mario 128. i wonder how good that will be and i wonder where will be the setting? will it be a big outside environment? will they still have jump in paintings? we will just jave to see. anyways, super mario 64 DS is suiting me right now

gamergurl · 05-09-2005, 04:55 PM

Nintendo: Release The Info Now!

MH_prophet · 05-09-2005, 05:10 PM

Hmmm...the last zelda game "as we know it". Plus, Aonuma comments in the latest EGM (about the DS Zelda) "I think one of the important elements of the Zelda series has always been that you feel like you're in the world doing the things that Link is doing, and touching the things that Link is touching." First person perhaps?

Jeet · 05-09-2005, 05:22 PM

Maybe the Revolution's controller is like the Power Glove 2.0