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Skyward Sword
is a 2011 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii. A mainline entry in ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, ''Skyward Sword'' is the first game in the ''Zelda'' timeline, and details the origins of the Master Sword, a recurring weapon within the series. Series protagonist Link, a resident of a floating town called Skyloft, sets out to rescue his childhood friend Zelda after she is kidnapped and brought to the abandoned lands below the clouds. As Link, players navigate Skyloft and the lands below it, completing quests that advance the story and solving environmental and dungeon-based puzzles. The mechanics and combat, the latter focusing on attacking and blocking with sword and shield, are reliant on the Wii MotionPlus peripheral. Development took around five years, beginning after the release of '' Twilight Princess'' in 2006. Multiple earlier ''Zelda'' games influenced the developers, including ''Twilight Princess'', ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo EAD
commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EAD and formerly known as Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department (abbreviated as Nintendo R&D4), was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. It was preceded by the ''Creative Department'', a team of designers with backgrounds in art responsible for many different tasks, to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged. Both served as managers of the EARD studios and were credited in every game developed by the division, with varying degrees of involvement. Nintendo EAD was best known for its work on games in the ''Donkey Kong'', ''Mario (franchise), Mario'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''F-Zero'', ''Star Fox'', ''Animal Crossing'', ''Pikmin'', and ''Wii (video game series), Wii'' series. Following a large company restructuring after the death of company president Satoru Iwata, the division merged with Nintendo's Software Planning & Development division in September 2015, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majora's Mask
is a 2000 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was the second ''The Legend of Zelda'' game to use 3D computer graphics, 3D graphics, following ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Ocarina of Time'' (1998). Designed by a creative team led by Eiji Aonuma, Yoshiaki Koizumi, and Shigeru Miyamoto, ''Majora's Mask'' was completed in less than two years. It features enhanced graphics and several gameplay changes, but reuses elements and character models from ''Ocarina of Time'', a creative decision made necessary by time constraints. A few months after ''Ocarina of Time'', the character Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link arrives in a parallel world, Termina, and becomes embroiled in a quest to prevent the moon from crashing in three days' time. The game introduces gameplay concepts revolving around a Time loop, perpetually repeating three-day cycle and the use of various masks that transform Link into different forms. As the player progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameCube
The is a PowerPC-based home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64. As a Sixth generation of video game consoles, sixth-generation console, the GameCube primarily competed with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast and Microsoft's Xbox (console), Xbox. Nintendo began developing the GameCube in 1998 after entering a partnership with ArtX to design a graphics processing unit. The console was formally announced under the codename "Dolphin" the following year, and was released in 2001 as the GameCube. It is Nintendo's first console to use Nintendo optical discs, its own optical discs instead of ROM cartridges, supplemented by writable GameCube accessories#Memory cards, memory cards for saved games. Unlike its competitors, it is solely focused on gami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Princess
is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii. Originally planned for release exclusively on the GameCube in November 2005, Nintendo delayed the release to refine the game, add more content and port it to the Wii. The Wii version was a launch game in North America in November 2006, and in Japan, Europe, and Australia the following month. The GameCube version was released in December 2006 as the final first-party game for the console. The game takes place over a century after ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Majora's Mask'', in an alternate timeline from '' The Wind Waker''. Players control Link, who tries to prevent Hyrule from being engulfed by a corrupted parallel dimension, the Twilight Realm. He takes the form of both a Hylian and a wolf, and he is assisted by a mysterious imp named Midna. ''Twilight Princess'' was acclaimed. It received numerous game of the year awards, and has been called one of the greatest video games ever ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganon
is a character and the main antagonist of Nintendo's ''The Legend of Zelda'' video game series and franchise, as well as the final Boss (video games), boss in many ''Zelda'' titles. In his humanoid Gerudo form, he is known as A massive and malevolent porcine creature, Ganon first appeared in the original ''The Legend of Zelda (video game), The Legend of Zelda'' game in 1986, while his alter ego, Ganondorf, was introduced in ''Ocarina of Time''. He has since appeared in the majority of the games in the series in various forms. He is the archenemy of the protagonist Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link and Princess Zelda of Universe of The Legend of Zelda#Hyrule, Hyrule and originally the leader of the Gerudo, a race of humanoid desert nomads before becoming the ruler of his demon army. His specific motives vary from game to game, but most often involve capturing Princess Zelda and planning to conquer Hyrule and the world at large. To this end, he seeks the Triforce, an omnipotent art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fi (The Legend Of Zelda)
is a high fantasy, high-fantasy List of video game franchises, video game series created by Japanese Videogame designer, game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments have been outsourced to Capcom, Vanpool (company), Vanpool and Grezzo; as well, Monolith Soft has assisted in the production of some mainline titles. The series' gameplay incorporates elements of action game, action, adventure game, adventure, and puzzle video game, puzzle-solving games. The series centers on Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link, the Player character, playable character and protagonist who is often tasked with rescuing Princess Zelda and the kingdom of Hyrule Field, Hyrule from Ganon, who is the series' primary antagonist; however, other settings and antagonists have appeared in several games. The plots commonly involve the Triforce, a relic that is a set of three omnipotent golden triangles. Since the origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
