The Legend of Zelda has certainly inspired a lot of developers ever since it emerged as a franchise over a quarter of a century ago and it looks as though Swedish indie studio Ludosity has taken a leaf or two out of Link's adventures with its latest game Ittle Dew.
Though the action-adventure style puzzler bears much resemblance to Zelda, it brings with it its own unique cartoony style and humour. As a game, it doesn't appear to take itself too seriously and the main protagonist, though dressed in green, isn't quite as noble as Link. Of course, she does have a flying companion following her around at all times, although instead of Navi she has a fox called Tippsie who aids in her mission to get rich and annoy as many of the island's inhabitants as possible.
Ittle Dew is available now on PC and Ludosity has confirmed Mac and Steam editions will appear later in July, with a Wii U, Linux and mobile version due later in the year.
Is this a game you're interested in playing? Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think to it in the comment section.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Jesus, this is shameless. At least bring your own designs to the table.
Art style's fine, though I wish it wasn't so iterative of Zelda.
@Sylverstone I agree with you dude.
Interesting but it just feels too much like Zelda. I'm more excited for A Link Between Worlds anyway....
Just look at the main character, a blonde haired child wearing green, looks an awful lot like Link to me
EDIT: It's just occured to me that the main character is a girl.
Why the hate? :c
Sure, it's a little too much Zelda, but on the other hand, it's Zelda!
And looking past that it doesn't look bad.
The humor seems fresh, but the visual presentation could definitely have used some uniqueness.
It almost seems like a Zelda parody, rather than a Zelda knock-off.
i'm sure this was behind the development process;
Lots of familiar elements present here.
I'll give it a go once it hits the Wii U. Seems like it could be worth playing as a parody of the Zelda series.
Tippsie for Character Of The Year! 8D
Our hero/heroine looks mighty familiar.....
I don't mind as long as the game is good.
Wow, this looks totally original!
/sarcasm
Lol, I smell lawsuit
I like the art style a lot. I'd like to see an official Zelda game using a style like that. I would have liked A Link Between Worlds to have been hand drawn, not 3-D polygons.
I think I might try and get this, though. It looks like it would be fun and fairly short.
Ittle dew.... it'll do.
@Usagi-san
I want this game now...
I think it looks cute. As a lifelong Zelda fan I can appreciate a good homage/parody. It looks like they are treating the source material with love and wit, I'd like to give the game a try.
Looks more interesting than A Link between Worlds so far.... I'm sure my opinion wil change with time
It looks like more of a parody game than anything else.
check out the super famicom game gunmans proof:
this is a good game. zelda inspired and all
The fact is so closely resembles Legend of Zelda is why I bought it.
I would love an Official Zelda game on Wii U eshop in this art style! It looks amazing!
It looks too much like zelda waaaah waaah waaaah.
That's a good thing, yo.
I want it, 3d dot game heroes didn't hide it's Zelda inspiration either and was great, partially for that exact reason.
Ok guys, there's a thin line between homage and plagiarism...luckily this is nowhere near that line because wow they aren't even hiding it. I mean I'm not annoyed by it beyond the fact that barring the art style, it just doesn't look that good. I hate saying that about any Zelda-like but...eh.
@KAHN lol ya probably.
I, for one, am in favor of games taking the Zelda Clone approach. In my opinion, we don't get old-school top-down Zelda games often enough (especially GOOD ones...not that fond of the DS ones), so somebody else trying their hand at something similar is AWESOME.
Alternatively, people could wait to see how the game is on Wii U before they tear it to pieces.
The heck with Wii U, bring this to the 3DS in 3D!
I watched the trailer and it looks cute and fun with an interesting sense of humour. Maybe it'll make its way to my maybe list. Maybe.
If the creators of this are calling this a homage than I'm OK with this. If they think they are being original than I'm not since they are either lying or very ignorant. Either way I am at the moment indifferent on wanted to play this at this time. I will see what is said when the game actually (if) comes out on the WiiU.
Plagiarism thinly veiled in black humor...
Yea I'll pass.
Looks a little too much like Zelda, particularly Minish Cap. But still, better properly stolen than having an original idea poorly executed.
The tagline should have been
"It's no Zelda but ittle dew."
In a way I don't see the issue with this, Nintendo aren't making Zelda games with hand drawn 2d graphics any more....so what's the big deal? It's not like Ittle Dew is encroaching on their space.
What the fur?
It's clearly a parody game there are so many joke's in the trailer.
Sorry, I don't play cheap imitations. Its either the real deal or nothing for me.
Some of you need to lighten up. Seriously. Doesn't appeal to me too much as the premise is sort of "we do bad stuff, help us." The art looks great, I like how it jiggles like some traditional hand-draw animation styles. Has a nice smooth presentation. Puzzles look like they could be very interesting, too. It is trying to be funny, but the humor isn't for me, I guess.
Nothing wrong with more solid games for the platform however! I hope it does well.
I liked Arodyne and Evoland on steam. (Better £ to fun ratio than recent Zelda's anyway).
It won't do well on Wii U though because it will be at 25% of its price on Steam before it even gets released there in the first place.
Looks interesting
@unrandomsam I agree that for many people that can be a deterrent, but there are a lot of games that are on Steam yet still sell on consoles.
Looks fun to me!
Looks quirky and charming... I like it.
mmmh nah, think i will skip this one
Nintendo should also bring the free games on wiiU
like Word of Batles (aeria games)
It looks like... crap. Indies should, if they are inspired by a classy series such as Zelda at least do it justice. That's why I like Renagade Kid so much. They take what was good about old games and make it new.
somehow im reminded more of startropics
Looks pretty nice! The artstyle reminds me of Tingle rpg!
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