Hot Coldman
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BGBW said:
Nintendo PR have got yer back there.
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Game Informer October cover story revealed: The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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Nintendo PR have got yer back there.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Bad ass cover.
Ketchup Boy
Junior Member
Omgosh, so hyped!!! Skyrim and Zelda within a week of each other!!! Freaking can't wait!!! Effing A! I'm going to devour these games Thanksgiving weekend!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I have stopped resisting. As long as Nintendo doesn't release trailers with what I'd consider to be crucial cutscenes or something like that, I'll live.BY2K said:
I know for sure I won't be watching the GameTrailers review until I beat the game, however.
The Last One
Member
Man, Metal Gear HD, Uncharted 3, Zelda and Revelations at the same month... My head will explode.
Typographenia
Member
BY2K go on complete Skyward Sword media blackout?BY2K said:
Impossible! You'd never make it!
Dark Schala said:
There's 5 Exclusive Videos, a Video Preview and a surprise (which I'm pretty sure will be a new trailer, or a soundtrack sample.)
There is no way something won't be spoiled somewhere.
Typographenia said:
Of course not. Plus, I have the GAF Plays Zelda thread to keep a eye on. It will just keep getting me hyped for more Zelda.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Oooh, you're right. Oh well, I'll deal.BY2K said:
Nintendo seems to be showing a little restraint since TP, imo. I just hope they don't reveal too much with regards to plot and key figures.
TacticalFox88
Banned
Skyward Sword? Seriously? -___- We know enough already. Jesus. It's TWO months away from release and you do a GI cover? WTF is this bullshit?
TacticalFox88
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I find it extremely odd that a game that's less than 3 months away finds itself on a GI cover.BY2K said:
KefkaTaran
Member
Dark Schala said:
BY2K said:
We're releasing a number of Skyward Sword videos throughout the month, but they're pretty much purely gameplay. The video preview will be footage from this videos spliced with me and my coworker Dan talking about our experiences going hands-on with the game. And the surprise definitely won't be something spoiler-y. That's actually a retrospective thing.
TacticalFox88 said:
It's called "marketing". Nintendo has done this for a few years now, announce a game, not talk very much about it until a few months before release, then go batshit insane with marketing.
KefkaTaran said:
Oh. Then, ALL ABOARD! (The gameplay videos will show new areas, no?)
KefkaTaran
Member
BY2K said:
Yep. Some stuff that was shown super-briefly in the E3 vid, I think, but actual minute-or-so-long clips of full gameplay.
Black-Wind
Member
I say, the more I see te more I think they have just discovered the prefect LoZ art style.
Make the games look like this art on the WiiU LoZ and they will make a LOT of the fan base happy.
Make the games look like this art on the WiiU LoZ and they will make a LOT of the fan base happy.
TheCongressman1
Member
Came here to post a clean version, but of course it's already been done. Oh well.
ShockingAlberto
Member
So I take it you rioted in the streets in September of 2009 when the cover (two of them, in fact) were of Beatles Rock Band which released that month.TacticalFox88 said:
Did it also bother you when December 2010's three alternate covers were just art of game characters and not advertising any one game in particular? Like, did you actually punch a wall or something?
KefkaTaran
Member
ShockingAlberto said:
I would add in our eight issue #200 covers a couple years ago, which were all for games that were released a long-ass time ago.
Mariah Carey
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TacticalFox88 said:
...what is your objection to, exactly?
RPGCrazied
Member
I'm glad they are doing it. Since when do big Nintendo games get cover stories in other magazines other than Nintendo Power? We still don't know very much about Skyward Sword. I'm glad its not another FPS on the cover like every other month.
TheCongressman1
Member
RPGCrazied said:
This. A thousand times, this. Game Informer should just merge with Firearms monthly.
Asking that question feels bad and awkward, especially considering that the story was written by a GAFer, but... when can we expect that the content of the story leaks / the first people get their issue?
I'm in Europe, so I have no clue about the release dates of US magazines :S And I can't wait for more pieces of Zelda information...
I'm in Europe, so I have no clue about the release dates of US magazines :S And I can't wait for more pieces of Zelda information...
KefkaTaran
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RPGCrazied said:
TheCongressman1 said:
Whenever I see comments like this, I feel like people must not know what they're talking about. Here's our cover line-up from 2011 so far:
Tomb Raider
Skyrim
Battlefield 3
Saint's Row
Mass Effect 3
AC: Revelations
Darksiders 2
Dishonored
Borderlands
Zelda
That's two (2) first-person shooters in ten (10) months. Three if you write off Dishonored as just a shooter. Granted a few of the other games have guns in them, but we're not just pumping out shooter stuff every single month. We pick the games we're most excited about across all genres.
wrowa said:
Issue should start showing up to subscribers next week-ish. No hard feelings as long as you promise to go to the website and watch those videos.
TheCongressman1
Member
KefkaTaran said:
I'm referring to 'Shooters' in general, not just the first person flavor, and over half the covers on that line up are shooters.
Edit: Granted, that genre is over saturated at this time, but there are plenty of other games to get excited about, some of which are on your line up. I'm actually impressed this time around, but when you think over the years, it isn't hard to notice the large number of shooter cover stories.
Anasui Kishibe
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KefkaTaran
Member
TheCongressman1 said:
I count arguably half (Battlefield, Saint's Row, Mass Effect, Dishonored, Borderlands). I suppose you could argue for Tomb Raider, but I haven't seen any gunplay in that game and don't think we mentioned any in our story. But even with that number, writing off games like Mass Effect, Saints Row, and Disonored as just "shooters" without anything else special or interesting about them is silly and unnecessarily reductive.
TheCongressman1 said:
I would argue that in the past few years we've done an increasingly good job of diversifying covers. But mainly, like I said, we try to pick out the stuff we're most excited about across/regardless of genre. There are a lot of shooters around right now and lot to be excited for if you dig that stuff, so they end up on the cover a fair amount. I don't think it's been overkill lately, though.
Edit: To be fair, I'm pretty biased on this topic since I a.) work for GI and b.) mostly dig shooters. But I am in the boat of generally being more excited for non-shooter covers, so I understand where you're coming from.
Ether_Snake
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The art is nice, but the character on the left is designed like some Dragon Ball Z villain.
Dr.Palutena
Member
That cover reminds me I really want a Skyward Sword Poster. In fact I really hope nintendo updates their club nintendo zelda poster series for the 25th anniversary. Also hmmmmmm to continue my black out or get this awesome edition of GF?
TheCongressman1
Member
KefkaTaran said:
I understand your side as well. Personally, It doesn't bother me too much, but I would like to see some more variety. Like I have said, this year's line up looks pretty good though.
Either way, I'm super excited to see the Zelda article.
KefkaTaran
Member
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I am quite relieved to hear that! Sounds like really good stuff to look forward to.KefkaTaran said:
Oh wow. I guess that partially explains why Zelda games aren't as difficult as the NES ones.
Marvelous was the game where you controlled three kids to find treasure, right? iirc, it got a few Satellaview releases. I can kinda see some similarities between it and ALttP. But it's more obvious in the Satellaview games, I think.
TheCongressman1
Member
Busaiku said:
Wait. Is that
Midna?!?!
It's either that, or a fist with a finger pointing up.
Edit: This reminds me of SSBB on the Nintendo forums. We all tried to see what shapes of characters we could see in the evil clouds.