Nintendo at E3 2016: all of the latest news and announcements
No new console this year, but Nintendo is making a really big deal about the highly-anticipated Legend of Zelda.
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Nintendo's new game is the Zelder Scrolls
The new Zelda game is called Breath of the Wild, we found out today, and while it's still jam-packed with Zelda series conventions — you still play as blond boy Link, you're still in Hyrule, you still love hurling ceramic pots around — it also seems to represent quite a break with the prescribed paths of previous Zeldas. Breath of the Wild seems to have taken its cues from huge western RPGs like Skyrim, giving Link free reign to run around its huge map, and allowing players to dictate how...
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Nintendo confirms Link’s never nude status
Midway through Nintendo’s E3 live stream, one of gaming’s oldest and most storied video game publishers answered a question fans have speculated on for eons: is Link a never nude?
Yes. We now know the protagonist of The Legend of Zelda series is permanently contained by a pair of skintight shorts. Computer: load "Nude Link."
(Paul Rudd Voice) "computer, give me a nude link"
— Chris Person (@Papapishu) June 14, 2016
"Does not compute"
"NUDE. LINK." pic.twitter.com/sjmSsAy6Rc
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Nintendo NX: everything we know so far
Last night Nintendo announced some big news: the company's next home console, code-named NX, will be launching globally in March 2017. That's a quick turnaround from the Wii U, which launched in November 2012. However, even though it's releasing in less than a year, we know very little about what the NX actually is. Nintendo has been very quiet about what the device will be, but thanks to a number of reports and rumors, we can at least piece together some details on the Wii U's successor.
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Nintendo confirms new NX console for March 2017 release
Nintendo’s mysterious NX console is getting closer. Today the company announced alongside its annual financial results that the NX platform will see a worldwide release in March 2017. Nothing else has been revealed about the system so far, beside Nintendo's claim that it's a "brand-new concept."
If this seems like an inauspicious way to announce an important new console’s release, know that it’s Nintendo’s modus operandi. The company issued similarly brief press releases ahead of the 3DS...
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