Celebrate Zelda’s 25th Birthday at E3?

[Demon_Skeith]

For a company with such storied franchises, Nintendo sure does a terrible job in commemorating them. Mario got a red Wii and a repackaged game for his 25th birthday, and Zelda got...bupkis.

That may be changing come E3, as Nintendo's Masahiro Sakurai went to the trouble today of posting his E3 access pass on Twitter. And went to the trouble of making sure we could see clearly his lanyards.

One is for Skyward Sword, which is to be expected. It'll be a big part of Nintendo's show. The other, though, is celebrating Zelda's 25th anniversary, hinting something might be shown off next week.

It may be a game, it may be a party, it may just be for shits and giggles, who knows! But the series deserves something special, so let's hope it gets it, even if the party is a little late.

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come on! I want E3 NOW!

 

[GracefulAssassin]

PS3 Zelda, PS3 Zelda, PS3 Zelda! Nah, that would never happen. I want a collection of all the Zelda games for NES, SNES, GB/C, and GBA (maybe even DS) for the 3DS. What a win! O:

 

[Demon_Skeith]

be a very nice win, but I doubt it. A PS3 zelda would be a major surprise.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Pf, DS I was kidding. It's Nintendo owned property. I think it is literally impossible for Zelda to come to anything other than them.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I think someone once kidded about FF going to xbox.........

 

[GracefulAssassin]

....Yeah, I was mad... but that's not literally a Sony series. They had a contract with Square, or Square was cool enough to just keep it Sony exclusive. Then they became money whores... Something Nintendo doesn't really need.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

not with their money printing machines and handhelds.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Nintendo? Yeah, I know, that's what I said basically...

 

[gone777]

Isn't it also Metal Gear's 25th birthday this year too?

 

[GracefulAssassin]

I believe so, yes. First Metal Gear came ou tin 1986, same year as Zelda I.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I believe so, yes. First Metal Gear came ou tin 1986, same year as Zelda I.

I think it's 87 actually.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

No, it's 86. 1986+25=2011. Metal Gear is 87 though... Why is Konami celebrating it this year then? Oh, I think the MGS games are coming out NEXT year for the anniversary.

 

[gone777]

That might be it, either that or they have something even BIGGER planned for next year if that was possible and I for one would love to see the original MGS given the same graphical finish as 4

 

[GracefulAssassin]

GASP, MSG 5 MUCH?!