RPG aficionados are buzzing over the impending release of The Legend of Zelda 64. So far, very little official information is available from Nintendo, but a few facts have already leaked out. This intel suggests this installment will push the Zelda series to the next generation. Shigeru Miyamoto, famed creator of Zelda and the genius behind Super Mario 64, is heavily involved with development. Like SM64 before it, Zelda 64 will shed its traditional 2-D perspective in favor of the varied 3-D environments and camera angles. Soon, games players will be able to explore all inches of Hyrule's vast terrain, discovering secrets, weapons, potions, and much more.
Expect swift combat centered around sword fighting, utilizing familiar items such as exploding bombs and arrows. Link now appears older and more mature, but some previews show off a much younger hero who may be Link's son. Plot details are fuzzy at this point, but we anticipate a rescue of Princess Zelda from Ganon. Most notable is the clear-cut intention of the Big N to utilize their 64DD disk drive system as the format to expand on Zelda. It will initially arrive on a standard cart, but, by all accounts, a gigantic expansion exclusive to 64DD is on the horizon shortly after.
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