What may be the worst kept secret recently from Nintendo, the rumored announcement has been confirmed to be real.
Just now during the latest Nintendo Direct, Nintendo has officially announced The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD for Wii U.
Tim and Luis talk about what they’ve been watching and playing along with the news from the past week, including the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, the Borderlands movie, four Xbox games going multiplatform, PS5 Pro rumors, Helldivers 2, and more!
Nintendo Directs are usually full of RPGs, and while this might turn off some gamers, it's a way for the company to reclaim its former glory.
Can't stand boring ass games with garbage turn based combat, I think Worms was the only game type I enjoyed that had turn based combat.
During the February 2023 Nintendo Direct, developer Monolithsoft announced that Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster will launch for Nintendo Switch in the Summer of 2023.
Glad this turned out to be true. The art featured in the direct had leaked recently but I still wasn't sure if it was 100% legit. I missed out on the orginals. I skipped them based solely on the card system back then and when I realized my mistake years later as the games were actually good the prices shot up dramatically. Definitely picking this up.
I like how they hand pick rare expensive physical versions of these games and decide to make them digitally available. Not sure if it's out of giving those with thin pockets a chance to play the game they can't afford, or it's out of spite and greed. An attempt to kill the physical value while capitalizing on its rarity.
I feel this will get released physically somewhere. Even if it's playasia with English islts better then digital imo. I doubt it's out of spite, but I'd if I was a developer and I had games that sell for crazy amounts I'd want to remaster to. Shows a little demand plus like you mentioned it gives people that can't afford 100 200 dollars a chance to play a classic (most of the time)
I don't think digital games have had much, if any, effect on the collector's market. Emulation has been around forever, it's relatively easy to use, and prices for physical copies on the collector's market are healthy, even for games that are easily emulated.
@henbayward. Wish I could agree with you. But as a collector myself I can tell you for fact that digital releases and re-releases on physical are killing original titles values. Emulation was never a credible threat because it was never the ideal way to play an original game. One example I'll give you is klonoa door to phantomile. At its peak it was worth nearly 700 in 2021. The remake was released in July 2022. By August 2022 it dropped to 400. That might seem like a small hit but as a collector that's huge and infuriating. That's just one of many. The original metroid trilogy on wii same thing it's taking a hit already due to this re-release of the first one. I've collected some of the rarest games and one by one they messing up my investments. I can only hope they don't do kuon, but I have a feeling haunting ground is next.
I was hoping for a 3DS version too. Oh well, Twilight Princess Wii U is still great!
Looks great!
Twilight Princess is amazing, probably i will buy it again.
Ugh I said I wouldn't buy anymore Wii U games....
One of my favorite Zelda games are coming to Wii U. My top 3 Zelda games are:
Ocarina Of Time
Twilight Princess
Wind Waker
Still playing Wind Waker HD on my Wii U. Best remaster I have played on my platforms I own with WiiU/PS4/X1