New Legend of Zelda Details

[James]

From IGN:

When a cinematic trailer of an upcoming - and less cartoony - Zelda game was unleashed upon us at this year's E3, many of us were pleased to see a game with a visual style we had originally hoped to see with The Wind Waker. However, newer details about the upcoming game have made us both disappointed and intrigued.

As it turns out, the new game will not be in the adventure genre as its predecessors. Instead, it will be a rhythm and action game, similar to Dance Dance Revolution or the upcoming Donkey Konga.

The game will play in a series of battles ranging in difficulty and theme. As the battle goes on, new and classic tunes from the Zelda series will play, and you will need to press buttons in time with the beats and the action on screen in order to carry out actions in battle. Miss too many cues, and Link will meet an unfortunate fate, while completing a battle successfully may unlock new levels or even new characters.

As surprising as all this may be, the idea does interest us. We can only hope that the final product will deliver an entertaining experience. We'll have more details on the game as they're available.