Zelda: Skyward Sword Due November

By Jorge Ba-oh 17.08.2011 22

Zelda: Skyward Sword Due November on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Stop the presses. Nintendo has confirmed a European date for the eagerly awaited next chapter in the long-running Legend of Zelda series.

As well as confirming a new Wii model for Christmas, Nintendo today sent over a selection of must-have titles across the Wii, 3DS and DS this fall - including Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Kirby's Adventure - all hitting a store near you before the clock strikes midnight on December 31st.

NINTENDO 3DS

Release Date

Nintendo 3DS Download Software - 3D Classics Urban Champion (Nintendo)

18-Aug

Virtual Console (Game Boy) - Gargoyle's Quest (Capcom)

25-Aug

PAC-MAN & Galaga Dimensions (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

26-Aug

DRIVER: RENEGADE (UBISOFT)

1-Sep

DualPenSports (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

2-Sep

Star Fox 64 3D (Nintendo)

9-Sep

Virtual Console (Game Boy) - Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (Capcom)

15-Sep

Nintendo 3DS Download Software - 3D Classics TwinBee (Nintendo)

22-Sep

Angler's Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

30-Sep

Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Pyramids (Enjoy Gaming LTD)

Sep

Skylanders Spyro's Adventure (Activision)

14-Oct

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (UBISOFT)

20-Oct

James Noir's Hollywood Crimes 3D (UBISOFT)

27-Oct

Spider-Man: Edge of Time (Activision)

Oct

Need for Speed The Run (Electronic Arts)

15-Nov

Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights (KONAMI)

Nov

Frogger 3D (KONAMI)

Nov

Happy Feet 2 (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)

Nov

SUPER MARIO 3D LAND (Nintendo)

Nov

Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)

Dec

Super Pokémon Rumble (Nintendo)

Dec

Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Mutant Mudds (Renegade Kid)

Dec

Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Mighty Switch Force (WayForward)

Autumn

Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Zen Pinball 3D (Zen Studios)

Q4

Virtual Console (Game Boy) - Super Mario Land 2 6 Golden Coins (Nintendo)

Q4

Virtual Console (Game Boy) - Metroid II - Return of Samus (Nintendo)

Q4

Michael Jackson: The Experience (UBISOFT)

Q4

Tales of the Abyss (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Q4

Ace Combat 3D (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Q4

One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Q4

Ben 10 Galactic Racing (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Q4

Virtual Console (Game Boy) - BIONIC COMMANDO (Capcom)

Q4

NINTENDO DS

Release Date

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (Disney Interactive Studios)

15-Sep

Nintendo DSiWare - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - (Nintendo)

Sep

X-Men Destiny (Activision)

Late Sept

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker2 (Nintendo)

7-Oct

Kirby Mass Attack (Nintendo)

28-Oct

Spider-Man: Edge of Time (Activision)

Oct

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance (Activision)

8-Nov

Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call (Nintendo)

Nov

Wappy Dog (Activision)

Nov

Beyblade Metal Masters: Nightmare Rex (KONAMI)

Nov

Power Rangers Samurai (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Nov

Happy Feet 2 (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)

Nov

Ben 10 Galactic Racing (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Q4

Nintendo DSiWare - Cave Story (Nicalis)

Q4

NINTENDO WII

Release Date

WiiWare - Flight Control (Firemint)

18-Aug

Xenoblade Chronicles (Nintendo)

19-Aug

Driver San Francisco (UBISOFT)

1-Sep

Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident (Nintendo)

9-Sept

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (Disney Interactive Studios)

15-Sep

Nintendo Selects The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)

16-Sep

Nintendo Selects Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)

16-Sep

WiiWare - escapeVektor: Chapter 1 (Nnooo)

Sep

X-Men Destiny (Activision)

Late Sept

Just Dance 3 (UBISOFT)

11-Oct

Skylanders Spyro's Adventure (Activision)

14-Oct

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (UBISOFT)

20-Oct

Disney Universe (Disney Interactive Studios)

27-Oct

Spider-Man: Edge of Time (Activision)

Oct

Need for Speed The Run (Electronic Arts)

15-Nov

Family Trainer Magical Carnival (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

18-Nov

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)

18-Nov

PES 2012 (KONAMI)

Nov

Rayman Origins (UBISOFT)

Nov

Power Rangers Samurai (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Nov

Happy Feet 2 (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)

Nov

Kirby‘s Adventure Wii (Nintendo)

Dec

Go Vacation (Namco Bandai / Nintendo)

Autumn

White Wii with Wii Party & Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Q4

Ben 10 Galactic Racing (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S.)

Q4

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)

Q4

WiiWare MotoHeroz (Redlynx)

Q4

WiiWare La-Mulana (Nicalis)

Q4

The Last Story (Nintendo)

Europe in 2012

Pandora’s Tower (Nintendo)

Europe in 2012

Which of these games will you be picking up for your Wii, Nintendo 3DS and DS? Will you be serving up Mario, Zelda, Kirby with your turkey this year?

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Marzeee is offline. Marzeee 17.08.2011#1

Where's Rhythm Tengoku?

I'll probably end up importing it now anyway.

 
Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 17.08.2011#2

I see no Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny either.

 
Duggler657 is offline. Duggler657 17.08.2011#3

Awesome! I figured if they were set on releasing Skyward Sword this year it would be around that date. Twilight Princess was released Nov. 19th 2006 in the states (That's before Japan even got it.)
Crazy to think its been five years since the last proper Zelda title...

 
Squidboy (guest) 17.08.2011#4

I believe the Zelda date/slot is a worldwide one, Nintendo are looking a worldwide launch.

Stulaw is offline. Stulaw 17.08.2011#5

Actually Squidboy, we're getting it over here 2 days before the US, their release date is the 20th.

Good to see a solid release date, I probably won't be playing it until Christmas though.

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Ultima is offline. Ultima 17.08.2011#6

These release dates are for Europe and not US?

 
Canyarion is offline. Canyarion 17.08.2011#7

Sweet. Smilie Can't wait for it!!

 
bornforthis43 is offline. bornforthis43 17.08.2011#8

Nice, I was worried that Nintendo was gonna push Skyward Sword into December.

 
jesusraz is offline. jesusraz 17.08.2011#9

Azuardo said:
I see no Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny either.

It won't be hitting Europe...under that name Smilie

Marzy said:
Where's Rhythm Tengoku? I'll probably end up importing it now anyway.

Q1 2012.

Ultima said:
These release dates are for Europe and not US?

Yep, just Europe. Great to see La-Mulana, Cave Story DSiWare, MotoHeroz all coming. Also great to see a WayForward title appearing on 3DS download!

The DS line-up is definitely short on content, though. Where is the new Fire Emblem, Chibi Robo, Tingle, Soma Bringer, Starfy, Glory of Heracles, both Fossil Fighters games...etc?

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Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 17.08.2011#10

jesusraz said:
It won't be hitting Europe...under that name Smilie

Ooo, the suspense is killing me Smilie

Well, I'm glad to hear that it's not been abandoned for us.

 
Ikana is offline. Ikana 18.08.2011#11

One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP, YES!! Was getting worried that it wouldn't get localised. Unlimited Cruise 2 on Wii is stupid expensive and hard to find now. Smilie
Good list of things to look forward to this year!

 
Phoenom is offline. Phoenom 18.08.2011#12

Wait, Tales of the Abyss is out this year? Sweet. ^^

Also glad to see Super Mario Land 2 on there, awesome game. Quite a bit of 3DS support in general really.

 
Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 18.08.2011#13

Phoenixus said:
Wait, Tales of the Abyss is out this year? Sweet. ^^

That's my next preview ;]

Metroid II is on there as well, so some great GB games coming.

 
Stulaw is offline. Stulaw 18.08.2011#14

Just thought after looking at it, but this is an official confirmation that The Last Story and Pandora's Tower are coming to Europe in 2012. Smilie

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jb is offline. jb 18.08.2011#15

I thought there'd be more excitement... Zelda... 3 months away!!

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Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 18.08.2011#16

jb said:
I thought there'd be more excitement... Zelda... 3 months away!!

I think a lot of people are taking this one as it comes, not getting their hopes up too much, but still expecting a quality title. Everyone's mad for it, but after the hype a lot of games have received as of late and then them not quite living up to most fans' expectations (Metroid Other M, DKC Returns), I think most people are just trying to not go overboard this time.

It's one of my most anticipated games of this year and next though, and I'll be buying it day one (I will only be buying 2 games day one this year - this, and Uncharted 3), so I definitely can't wait for it.

 
Phoenom is offline. Phoenom 18.08.2011#17

Yup, Skyward Sword is relatively underhyped for a Zelda game, but I'm glad to see it that way; hype is what killed Twilight Princess, and to a lesser extent, Smash Bros Brawl.

 
SirLink is offline. SirLink 18.08.2011#18

Heh, well if you're doing a media blackout on a game you don't have as many things as usual to get hyped about. What I know and have seen of the game right now is very, very little, so there's not much stuff to go all nuts over. I destroyed my experience with Twilight Princess around 5 years ago because I couldn't resist and just read/watched everything I could find, so this time I'm taking it easy. However, you can be sure that when I'll finally have it in my hands, I'm going to jump around in excitement like a little kid (and do the Get Item pose). Smilie

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Marzeee is offline. Marzeee 18.08.2011#19

It's hard to get excited about a game we hardly know much about. Nintendo have held back a lot and it's probably for the best.

 
Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 18.08.2011#20

Yep, I echo you two, SirLink and Marzy - I don't know anything about SS due to my blackout too, which is great, so it's difficult to get hyped about it. But this is the way to do it.

Gonna be a busy November for me though. Uncharted 3 on the 4th, then that will keep me occupied till SS on the 18th. Don't think I'll be able to fly through SS like others here, but making it last will be a good thing.

 
Marzeee is offline. Marzeee 18.08.2011#21

I forgot about Uncharted 3. That will have to wait though, Skyward Sword is enough to last me probably the whole of November and likely into December. Then there's Mario Kart 7 to get, which will probably be a Christmas gift, I guess.

 
Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 18.08.2011#22

Ah mate, you need to get on U3. Maybe for Christmas? Did you ever play online at all on U2? I'm worried I'm gonna get addicted to U3 online and not wanna come off it for SS... Nah, I'm sure I'll put it down as soon as Zelda arrives ;]

Finding the time to get both games done in between work and stuff is going to be hell. I have a week off during when U3 comes out, but SS will take longer.

( Edited 18.08.2011 21:22 by Azuardo )

 

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