Kotaku are reporting that the next Zelda game for the Wii will be out in 2010. No confirmation if this is Japan only or worldwide - I've got a sneaky feeling it will be Easter 2011 for Europe - but this is great news for Wii owners. I've been playing the latest Zelda game - Spirit Tracks on DS - over Christmas and have throughly enjoyed it despite the over-familiar gameplay mechanics. You can blame nostalgia. There is so much goodwill invested into the Zelda series by older gamers that a tinkle of the music alone is usually enough to renew the love affair. Roll on E3 in June, where we should get more details and hands-on.
Nintendo also talked DS too. It looks like a new version of the handheld device - now the fastest selling console in European history - could have motion control.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said about the new DS:
[It will have] highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing.
What he means by "highly detailed graphics" is up for debate. After all, Nintendo long since pulled out of the graphical arms race. Could we see PSP standard or better? More interesting is the motion sensor. Do we really want that on a handheld device? Sure, it will be fine at home but do you really want to be waving your hands in front of your DS while on the bus or train? It's bad enough blowing into the mic while playing Spirit Tracks.
What do you think then? Excited by the new Zelda game? Think that motion control will work on the "new" DS.
