Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Aonuma: New 3DS Zelda in the works, Majora's Mask a possibility]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/04/aonuma-new-3ds-zelda-in-the-works-majoras-mask-a-possibility/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/04/aonuma-new-3ds-zelda-in-the-works-majoras-mask-a-possibility/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/04/aonuma-new-3ds-zelda-in-the-works-majoras-mask-a-possibility/#comments It will swallow your soul. Speaking to Portuguese site MyGames, The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma shed some light on the franchise's future on the 3DS. Aonuma noted that a new Zelda title is indeed in the works for Nintendo's handheld, which isn't too surprising in itself. Given the success of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the 3DS, however, it may be somewhat surprising to learn that the next Zelda will not be a remake of Majora's Mask. The title will be a new adventure, though Aonuma states it will utilize ideas from previous console iterations of the series (a boomerang, perhaps?).

He didn't rule out the possibility of Majora's Mask in the future, stating that he has even talked with Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto about bringing the bizarre sequel to 3DS. Aonuma added that Nintendo is "seriously considering" the possibility, but felt that it wouldn't be right releasing another remake directly after Ocarina of Time. Let's just hope the 3DS version isn't haunted.

JoystiqAonuma: New 3DS Zelda in the works, Majora's Mask a possibility originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsEiji-Aonumamajoras-masknintendothe-legend-of-zeldathe-legend-of-zelda-majoras-maskFri, 04 Nov 2011 12:35:00 EST<![CDATA['Haunted' Majora's Mask story concludes in playable followup]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/28/haunted-majoras-mask-story-concludes-in-playable-followup/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/28/haunted-majoras-mask-story-concludes-in-playable-followup/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/28/haunted-majoras-mask-story-concludes-in-playable-followup/#comments Last September, the curious story of the haunted Majora's Mask cartridge had us captivated. The compelling tale ended up being part of the larger, augmented reality game Within Hubris, which is set to end in a playable continuation of "the Haunted Cartridge" story.

"Players will finally get a chance to fight back against the 'entity' that haunted the protagonist in the original story," author Jadusable told us. "The game itself is not a traditional video game -- instead of being a standalone product, it's used as one of many tools players will have to use together to progress in the story." The playable conclusion is "close" to being released.

The transmedia experience is described as "symbiotic," with players unlocking new content on the website via the game. For example, the game may direct you to a URL with emails that will give you additional clues. "The catch is that, in order to defeat the entity, you have to download the game," said the author. "But if players download the game, they're inviting the entity into their computers just like 'Jadusable,' so expect some rather disturbing, fourth-wall breaking moments."

"I would compare it to Silent Hill 2 in terms of what kind of horror it is," Jadusable teased. Watch the debut teaser after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>argaugmented-realitylegend-of-zelda-majoras-maskmajoras-masknintendopcthe-haunted-cartridgewithin-hubrisMon, 28 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[YouTube musician covers Zelda's Song of Healing on wine glasses]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/08/youtube-musician-covers-zeldas-song-of-healing-on-wine-glasses/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/08/youtube-musician-covers-zeldas-song-of-healing-on-wine-glasses/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/08/youtube-musician-covers-zeldas-song-of-healing-on-wine-glasses/#comments Don't ask us why, but this time of year, we love watching YouTube users' creative takes on musical themes from Zelda games -- and they don't get much more creative than Sp0ntanius' wine glass rendition of Majora's Mask's "Song of Healing." It's watchable in the video posted below.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>coverdsmajoras-masknintendonintendo-64wiizeldaWed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:00 EST<![CDATA['Haunted Majora's Mask' ARG brought back to life by players]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/27/haunted-majoras-mask-arg-brought-back-to-life-by-players/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/27/haunted-majoras-mask-arg-brought-back-to-life-by-players/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/27/haunted-majoras-mask-arg-brought-back-to-life-by-players/#commentsJadusable's tale of a haunted copy of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask wasn't just a well-executed creepypasta. It was also an ARG! Coded messages in Jadusable's 'recent activity' log led players into a narrative in which the occupant of the cartridge escaped and trapped the character of the hapless person who found it. Players interacted with the game in part by leaving comments on the YouTube channel, including the magical songs from the game.

Or they did, until Jadusable declared that the game was on hiatus due to lack of funds. Instead of walking away from an amusing web game, players actually donated money to the project in order to keep it going. Jadusable plans to release the next chapter of the game this holiday season, along with " an interactive videogame for download in tandem with the final phase of the story." Get caught up with the game here if you're interested in jumping into this world.

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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is already a rather creepy game. The darkest iteration of the franchise yet, MM's tale of a world constantly on the verge of ending is oftentimes haunting. But what if the cartridge were actually haunted? What would the game look like?

A tale credited to Jadusable has been chronicled on Creepy + Pasta. The story begins with a mysterious shop keeper and an odd cartridge -- "It was the standard grey color, except that someone had written Majora on it in black permanent marker." Given away for free, the recipient played through the game without a problem; the only noticeable glitch involved NPCs calling him BEN, the name assigned to the cartridge's first save file.

Activating the Day 4 glitch, however, spawned a number of odd, unexplainable events that only a ghost (or a very determined hacker) could produce. One of the game's most iconic lines -- "You've met with a horrible fate, haven't you?" -- repeats throughout the eerie series of events, chronicled on YouTube. Who is BEN? And what could this all mean?

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Information has bubbled up from the Japanese 2chan message board about the new Wii Zelda game and, while 2chan's record on rumors hasn't been bad (they've broken information on Japanese anime, Resident Evil and other games that later turned out to be true), these rumors are crazy. Like Majora's Mask crazy. See what we mean after the break.

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[Image credit: Rich Lem]
Eiji Aonuma has spent a lot of time developing Legend of Zelda games. In fact, he's been in a managerial role on the franchise ever since the series' arguably most popular installment, The Ocarina of Time. So when Mario creator (and his boss) Shigeru Miyamoto asked Aonuma and his team to develop an "Ura Zelda" (a flipped version of Ocarina of Time -- what would eventually become the Master Quest), Aonuma protested. Miyamoto's compromise, though, instead turned out to be a much greater challenge -- produce a sequel to OoT within one year.

"We were supposed to make its sequel in a year ... at first, we had absolutely no idea what sort of thing we were supposed to make, and we just kept expanding our plans," Aonuma told Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata during a recent Iwata Asks column."in the beginning, it was all trial and error ... ultimately, we adopted the 'three-day system,' and made it so that, if you couldn't clear the game inside of three days, the world was destroyed." Aonuma claims this concept was what allowed Majora's Mask to be created and released just 18 months after OoT came out. He also adds that lessons he learned from the development of Majora's Mask -- from having to remember a sequence of events in order to proceed, to "deep, compact play" -- helped to shape the development of the most recent Zelda release, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

We'd like to say that Aonuma will have a break from the series after serving as producer on Spirit Tracks, but he's the man in charge of the upcoming LoZ game for the Wii. We're sorry, Mr. Aonuma! Keep on truckin'!


[Via Gamasutra]

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Every week, we like to check out what's new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we're pushy jerks.

JoystiqVC in Brief: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 18 May 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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JoystiqThis Week on the Nintendo Channel: 300 VC games (and growing) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 18 May 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week, NintendoWare Weekly brings us the second-most requested title for the Virtual Console: Majora's Mask. With its arrival today, that can only mean one thing: Earthbound is next! When is "next?" Well, yeah, that might be a problem ...

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JoystiqNintendoWare Weekly: Majora's Mask (and stuff that isn't Majora's Mask) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 18 May 2009 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>art-styleart-style-pictobitscrystal-defenderscrystal-defenders-r2DSlegend-of-zelda-majoras-maskmajoras-maskn64Nintendonintendoware-weeklysilver-star-chesssquare-enixvirtual-consoleWiiwiiwareMon, 18 May 2009 12:01:00 EST<![CDATA[VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Majora's Mask arrives in another region]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/07/vc-wiiware-tuesday-majoras-mask-arrives-in-another-region/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/07/vc-wiiware-tuesday-majoras-mask-arrives-in-another-region/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/07/vc-wiiware-tuesday-majoras-mask-arrives-in-another-region/#commentsOn one extreme, this week Japan's Virtual Console offers one of the most technologically advanced games the service can support, on one of the first systems the Virtual Console emulated: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on N64. On the other extreme, it offers a game that happens to be ancient for the brand new Virtual Console Arcade service.
As if Majora's Mask weren't enough, WiiWare is loaded with stuff, not all of which is Evasive Space! In fact, two welcome retro revivals make their debuts, hopefully hastening their arrival outside of Japan.

JoystiqVC/WiiWare Tuesday: Majora's Mask arrives in another region originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>majoras-maskspace-invadersvctuesdayvirtual-consolewiiwareTue, 07 Apr 2009 09:30:00 EST<![CDATA[VC Friday: Majora's Mask, DSiWare available in Europe right now]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/03/vc-friday-majoras-mask-dsiware-available-in-europe-right-now/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/03/vc-friday-majoras-mask-dsiware-available-in-europe-right-now/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/03/vc-friday-majoras-mask-dsiware-available-in-europe-right-now/#commentsThis is probably the best day for downloads on Nintendo consoles in years. If you got a DSi today, you've probably already begun perusing the new DSi Shop and downloading some DSiWare, including the two Art Style games available! But even if you didn't get a DSi, you'll probably be happy with the downloadable selection this week. Well, that is, if you didn't get a DSi and you have a Wii. If you've got neither, this might just irritate you.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has arrived! And we don't even have to make any disclaimers about making sure you have space to download it.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask -- N64-- 1,000 Points
Art Style: AQUITE -- DSiWare -- 500 Points
Art Style: CODE -- DSiWare -- 500 Points
Birds & Beans -- DSiWare -- 200 Points
DSi Browser -- DSiWare -- free!
Paper Plane -- DSiWare -- 200 Points
WarioWare Snapped! -- DSiWare -- 500 Points

JoystiqVC Friday: Majora's Mask, DSiWare available in Europe right now originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Why? Two reasons. First: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Like Ocarina of Time, it costs a painful 1,200 Wii Points -- and like Ocarina of Time, it will probably drop to the usual 1,000 in North America. Second, and possibly even more exciting: Phantasy Star! The Sega Master System RPG masterpiece is also coming to the Virtual Console. Maybe it's not a big deal to those of you with Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, but personally, it's awesome news.

We fully expect to see both of these games in North America soon. Neither SMS games nor N64 games seem to take long to make it overseas. Also of interest: Hudson's PC Engine port of the NES Ninja Gaiden. And the arcade version of Space Invaders, which marks the third time the "original" Space Invaders has been released on VC.

The full list is after the break.

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JoystiqMajora's Mask, Phantasy Star on Japanese Virtual Console in April originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The chaps at GamesRadar have compiled a list of the most annoying female game characters of all time. It's a standard "Top Whatever" ranking, with seven (not six, not eight?) entries. For the most part, it seems to accurately summarize the worst characters in a few non-Nintendo games, but we're a bit shocked at number one.

Navi, everyone's favorite helpful fairy from Ocarina of Time is deemed as the most annoying. The reasoning behind this is simple -- LISTEN! HEY! HEY! HEY! LISTEN! HEY! LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN! HEY! ... sound familiar? Sure, but was it really that bad? Some might call Navi's sweet little voice a siren song, other might want to smack the little insect with a giant flyswatter. What's your take on the pint-size companion?

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Most Zelda fans can brag about beating Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. Yet, how many of us can boast that we've beaten those four games in 48 straight hours? Probably none.

Cameron Banga and his friends will soon have that right, though. They've made it their mission to not only trek through the four 3D Zelda games, but beat them in a 48 hour deadline (which expires tomorrow at 5PM CST). They are also showing their exploits to the world by webcasting the event here.

So, are these guys gods among men or just in need of a new hobby? It's up to you to decide.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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