Video: Watch Us Gleefully Bust Some Skulls In Hyrule Warriors

So much carnage

by Damien McFerran Fri 4th Jul 2014

Hyrule Warriors is a unique title in that it takes two very popular franchises — Zelda and Dynasty Warriors — and combines them to create a game which should in theory appeal to two very different fanbases.

We've got a more detailed hands-on preview going up on the site soon, but in the meantime here's some off-screen footage taken at Nintendo's recent post-E3 event in the UK. Is this title shaping up as you expected? Let us know with a comment.

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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dilapulate
Fri 4th Jul 2014

First! Oh, also the game looks great. Can't wait.

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chiptoon
Fri 4th Jul 2014

I've only ever played the Vita Warriors game, and found it spectacularly dull after about an hour.

But this looks beautiful. Will watch reviews with great interest.

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Volmun
Fri 4th Jul 2014

So excited for this game and hopeing we (UK) Get that awsome Chest CE

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Volmun
Fri 4th Jul 2014

@chiptoon yeah the Vita game was not very good imo (i REALY hated there was no HP Bar...)

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HanSolo57
Fri 4th Jul 2014

Online co-op with friends would make this 10/10 for me.

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Jimmy_G_Buckets
Fri 4th Jul 2014

The gameplay seems to dull to me. I hope it does well though.

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Nintenjoe64
Fri 4th Jul 2014

Can't wait for this but I will be waiting for reviews and possibly getting Bayonetta first. I wish Ubisoft were publishing because I could get them all for £20 by Xmas!

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Volmun
Fri 4th Jul 2014

Ik i probably stand alone on this but id like it if there was Amiibo to this.... purly so i culd get Figers of the Zelda cast.

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OCTAGON
Fri 4th Jul 2014

@HanSolo57 There is online-co-op from what I heard about Hyrule Warriors.

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yemsols
Fri 4th Jul 2014

This game would be the first time I'll be playing as link the least in a zelda game. But thats probably cause it'll be the first time I'd get to play as anyone besides link in a zelda game. Anyways he's definitely my least favorite out out all the characters shown so far.

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Spoony_Tech
Fri 4th Jul 2014

You know as great as the graphics look on this I think the new Zelda U looks so much better. Maybe realistic graphics are a thing of the past for me. That Zelda U is so pretty!!

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rjejr
Fri 4th Jul 2014

@Spoony_Tech - "Maybe realistic graphics are a thing of the past for me. That Zelda U is so pretty!!"

I know what you mean. I'm about 3 hours into WW HD and thinking it looks really good, Zelda U is going to look so much better. but I'm also 2 hours into Tomb Raider on PS3, and thinking how incredible that looks, and how great it would be to actually get a Zelda game looking like that. (Really the Wii U should be able to better PS3 graphics, it's a 7 year old system.)

But then I think, well maybe not. So now I'm torn. Not that I have any say in the matter. This looks great though after 3 DW Gundam games on PS3.

Will probably mostly play this 2 player so it may be a non-issue, but any chance you can get get the map off the tv and onto the Gamepad? If I were making any DW type game for Wii U that would have been the first thing I did.

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redwingleader
Fri 4th Jul 2014

Forgive my unfamiliarity with Dynasty Warriors but from the game play I am reminded of a LOZ version of No More Heroes. If I am right, I will be losing many an hour to this title.