Although many fans and members of the press expected Nintendo to debut their next Wii U Zelda game during this morning's Nintendo Direct, the company instead deflected attention to the previously announced Wind Waker HD Remake. No mention was made of the upcoming sequel.
A new trailer accompanied the discussion of a reworked feature from the Gamecube original. Years ago, the Game Boy Advance could connect to the GameCube to access the "Tingle Tuner" feature. This feature, which allows players to leave bottles, filled with messages or photos, in their friends' game worlds, will now function through the Miiverse. Nintendo is also adding the ability to speed up Link's boat to the game.
Recently, Eiji Aonuma, the creative director of the Zelda franchise, told Edge Magazine, "I think the new additions will make players see the game in a different way...And, of course, we'll introduce even more unexpected elements in the Zelda game that we're making for Wii U."
What exactly these changes are remains to be seen. However, fans of the series are likely familiar with long waits, so the lack of a sequel's concrete presence at E3 isn't entirely unprecedented. Months ago, famed developer Shigeru Miyamoto told MTV the following:
"Probably the thing we struggle most with when we're developing each game is what style Link is going to appear in. I think being able to showcase that and also the timeline itself - certainly the stories of each individual game are important but Zelda is also the series where we've paid the most attention to how the games piece together in that timeline. So being able to share that was great."
Although the next Wii U Zelda is shrouded in mystery, fans still have the 'A Link to the Past' sequel for the 3DS and the Windwaker reboot for the Wii U to look forward to. Latinos Post will provide updates as soon as they become available.
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