Hyrule Warriors is available now in Europe and is just days away in North America, bringing a blend of Dynasty Warriors gameplay with the Legend of Zelda franchise. It's a mix that serves as entertaining fare on the Wii U as we enter the busiest gaming season of the year.
As indicated to us by Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma, Shigeru Miyamoto metaphorically flipped the tea-table when early concepts of the game included more Zelda RPG elements, suggesting the benefit of the collaboration was to bring Warriors action to the franchise. What that has delivered is a unique game for Zelda fans.
Hyrule Warriors producer, Hisashi Koinuma, certainly isn't against further collaborations with Nintendo, with perhaps more hack 'n slash action on his agenda. Speaking to Eurogamer at the Tokyo Game Show, Koinuma-san declared that he'd love to work on a Star Wars title, for one, but then mused on what would be an intriguing Nintendo project.
One of my ultimate dreams would be using that character with the red hat on top. There is a Smash Bros. coming out, we do see a lot of different characters coming together in an all-star roster, so hopefully in the long run we can work with Nintendo on something with a similar line, where we can provide or deliver something Nintendo can't in a sense with their own IP.
Picturing Mario and company charging around a battlefield punching the snot out of enemies may seem fantastical, yet Hyrule Warriors was a turn up for the books in its own right when announced in December 2013.
Somewhat humorously, and said as a half-joke, Koinuma-san also explained how some of these collaboration ideas are first conceived.
It's usually while we drink... Actually, the drinking part is true to an extent. There's no typical pattern for how these collaborations begin - it could be a game we dream up in a drinking session, it could be something through our contacts in the industry. There are a lot of variations.
Would you enjoy a Koei Tecmo / Omega Force project based in the Mushroom Kingdom, or even with a Smash Bros.-style roster? Let us know in the comments below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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I want a Kid Icarus one first. Skyworld Warriors would be perfect!
Well, why not? Smash Bros: Smash Dynasties (or Dynasty Bros.) would be an interesting spinoff of this very successful spinoff.
(Ness) Mother Warriors? (Diddy) Kong Warriors?
A Smash Bros. Wariors would be awsome!
@BensonUii I would prefer something more of the lines of kong wars as a slight rts but they could do it based around dynasty warriors tho a rts would be awesome or even dare I say it a slight rpg since there is so much and so many areas and even a cranky kong shop chain appearently.
lol id joked about this allong with a Mobius Warrors (Sonic)
@edgedino
Haha Kong Wars has a better rhyme. Which makes me think of Earthbound Warriors instead of Mother.
I've seen a few comments say that a Fire Emblem Dynasty Warriors game would be great. Wonder how "Warriors of the Emblem" would work out...?
how about a metroid warriors that would be EPIC
also while not Nintendo I would love Square and Omega Force to do a Final Fantasy Warriors game
Pokemon Warriors? Punch-Out Warriors? Wii Fit Warriors?
DO THAT ALREADY. I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, NINTENDO, GIVE THEM A THUMBS-UP.
@FullbringIchigo
They're working on a Dragon Quest Warriors, so you're not that far from the truth.
SUPER SMASH WARRIORS!!!
@AlexSora89 yeah i'm hoping that's one Dragon Quest game we actually get
Of course I would love a Smash Bros Warriors. I just want a Nintendo themed Kingdom Hearts. I would die happy with that kind of game. It would be the ultimate fan tribute for Nintendo fans everywhere.
Yeah I'ld take it, but Mario isn't really a brawler, Donkey Kong could work well though. Heck I'll take anything open world w/ lots of action and a Subspace Emissary like plot device.
@DreamyViridi - I think Emblem Warriors would fit well with the game structure. You have a ton of fighting characters both good and evil and some amazing settings for backgrounds. Some of the cut scenes from PoR and RD even have that grand scale battle feel to them.
Kiby and the Star Warriors! lol thatd be straing o_o an army of Waddle dee's and other puff-balls oh well Kirby culd just go Hiper Nover and swallow the battle feald lol
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One thing id like to see retern is Custom Charicters tbh as I enjoyed that in DW Empires (6?) just added something more to do as for Nintendo theamd games thay culd mabe use Mii's.
No.
I'm just ready to get my copy of Hyrule Warriors... So ready.
I don't know if they'll mess with Mario. He's a brand. Zelda fits because it can be dark and it already featured swords etc. I don't know if they'd let Mario go dark. Maybe a Smash concept but in a 3D arena could be cool (anyone remember Powerstone on Dreamcast?) Destructible environments and all.
Mushroom Kingdom Warriros
There's their next game.
I want them to do Rune Factory. (...so I can play as Xiao, lol)
Yes! Let's start reskinning everything in the video game universe with Nintendoooo!!! It starts with Team Ninja~
SUPER SMASH WARRIORS! Or EMBLEM WARRIORS (Fire Emblem)!
But hey I want Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem first!
Hey Nintendo I want hear something new about Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem!!!
No, Just No. No.
I think Hyrule Warriors and the announced Dragon Warrior(s) is enough. Go over and ask to make a Halo Warriors or Fable Warriors, I hear Microsoft is pretty desperate for Xbox One content.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I'm not gonna lie, the image of Mario just decimating everyone in a massive battlefield is rather amusing.
The only other Nintendo Warriors title I'd like to see is Fire Emblem, nothing else seems to fit the style quite as well.
Any of their IPs could have been in Smash Bros if they actually asked for it
Metroid: Galaxy Warriors. That's what we need. Throw in most of the characters from the franchise, fight legions of things like space pirates, and have Ridley playable!
Like i keep saying, Nintendo should buy Tecmo(or at least most IPs) they work so well together. Ironically even more than Sega
Animal Crossing: Village Warriors!
Or on a more serious tone: Metroid Prime (Hunters) Warriors.
What about Nintendo v SEGA Warriors?
Some random match ups,
Yoshi & Slippy v Kid Chameleon & Alex The Kidd
DK & Diddy v Toe Jam & Earl
Waluigi & Birdo v Chuck D Head & Ecco
Then there could be a Sony v Microsoft Warriors
Sony's huge army v Master Chief & ..........ummmmm.....a car from Forza
Hopefully we won't see a Mario game til 2020.
@XFsWorld I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing another Mario game by next E3 (Mario Galaxy HD maybe?) .We've also got Mario Maker coming next year too.He skipped the last 1 so I can't imagine him skipping another
NO. NO MARIO WARRIORS. All-star warriors would be interesting but what i need is freaking FIRE EMBLEM WARRIORS PLS MAKE IT HAPPEN
Mushroom Kingdom Warriors?
For people saying that Mario can't be in a more mature game like a Warriors title, just remember Conker the squirrel.
They should make games based off of lesser popular franchises like Fire Emblem or Kid Icarus. There are already enough Mario spin offs i think!
What they could also do is bring Mushroom Kingdom characters and stages to Hyrule Warriors as DLC, that would be hilarious!
They must've read my comment yesterday. I want to see Eternal Darkness Warriors. Excellent characters.
Dear Nintendo Life. It is NOT fair to hold a contest for UK only readers to win Hyrule Warriors and getting everyone's hopes up because the whole world can read the same article. SHAME ON YOU NINTENDO LIFE!!
Posting this here because the commenting section underneath the contest article is CLOSED for NL members from other countries...yeah...that's nice...
So let him. You have a talented 3rd party studio that wants to work with you more, Nintendo. Don't ignore that.
I would insta-buy a Super Smash Warriors.
Mushroom Warriors!! That sounds amazing i would love to see Mario plow, through a group of goombas with his fists.
"Smash Bros: Dead or Alive".
I wrote the first thing that came to my mind.
so, why not?
because I don't see how a mario( dynasty warrior) game will work. Maybe they already have an idea for it but I don't know.
Yes please!
I just want to play as Bowser in a Mature rated game. Please.
It doesn't need to follow the Dynasty Warriors gameplay, but a Smash Bros that is nothing but one huge cinematic action game with a world map would be amazing. I'd imagine if they did this it would be something like a three-directional Smash Bros.
Ice Climbing Warriors!
Here's my beef: I would buy a "Mario Warriors" anyway, but to really get me excited for it, there would need to be Mario RPG characters in it. If I recall (I don't know too much of the Zelda franchise) didn't several one-offs from the series get into HW? The same could happen for Mario, meaning Fawful may well come back. I can only hope...
@LordFawful said it best, a Mario-skinned Warriors game would have to have RPG characters. Fawful, Cackletta, Queen Bean, Admiral Bobbery, etc; there should be no shortage for a roster.
When I look at Hyrule Warriors though, I'm more thinking about Metroid than anything else. I'd love to see how Sylux, Spire, Weavel, Noxus, Trace and Kanden translate into this kind of game. I think it'd be epic.
Fire Emblem would really interest me too. I haven't really cared for Fire Emblem's gameplay, but its cast is something else. Put them in an action heavy game and I'm set.
@Angelic_Lapras_King I would prefer a full Nintendo roster one, considering they said Smash was their starting point.
Could you imagine that? The sheer glory of having a bunch of Nintendo characters cooperating in a massive battlefield, like Subspace Emissary but 100x better.
Wario's the only one i'd really like to see to wreak havoc Warriors-style.
"Koinuma-san declared that he'd love to work on a Star Wars title"...
Star Wars Warriors!!! Please understand, and create it!
I'm not sure if Mario would work. I can see Starfox and Metroid working though.
Hyrule warriors is awesome, so I'm intrigued to say the least
I've long thought a good idea would be to have a game in the entire Nintendo universe, sort of like Kingdom Hearts, but with roles reversed - ala Age Of Apocalypse - so Mario could be the main villain for example or Ganondorf the Hero Of Time. Make it a massive JRPG but the battles would be Smash Bros where as you level up you learn new moves but can only keep four (like Pokémon) so will need to keep swapping and changing, which would make each persons, say, Samus different. Probably rambling nonsense but I think it's a cracking idea.
Porting some games from his company is a good start!
I'd like to see a Star Wars themed Warriors game. They could call it Warriors Of The Force or something not so cheesy lol
I could actually see this kind of working. The SSB franchise has kind of established Mario as a fiery brawler so I could see him chaining ground shattering jumps into some epic flaming meteor attack with a huge blast radius.
The other characters have some real scope too. Fox darting around with bullet fast kicks while calling in Arwing air strikes or Landmaster support, Captain Falcon unleashing devastating Falcon Punches and maybe even Luigi, just getting by with sheer luck and combos based on fortunate accidents (tripping into enemies or running towards the camera while dropping bombs in a panic)
Doesn't mean it should happen though. It more than likely wouldn't meet expectations and could just end up being a reckless use of so many adored IPs.
@reali-tglitch I think KI would be more fitting as you have Skyworld and its troops ready for battle against invading forces against the underworld and even though KI doesnt have many games to base stages on, thanks to Uprising it has more of its share of characters to play as like Viridi, Palutena, Medusa, Hades, and so on.
While Smash would be good, I think they should go with KI or even FB first. Mario has enough games and I don't want to wait 25 years for another IK game, even if it is a spin off....
@OmegaStar O, I AM imagining that And mister Resetti wearing his angry hat, attacking from below! Sea chanties singing Kapp'n attacking with his peddle! KK Slider, Tom Nook,...
Sure thing. Smash Warriors. I like. (as a spin-off only..)
Whats about Pikmin Warriors
Smash warriors yes, mario no. Don't want another purely mushroom Kingdom spinoff for quite some time. Captain Toad and the mario kart dlc will do me for another year or so before I want to see any more.
A Nintendo Warriors game would be cool, but it had better have online multiplayer.
Dreamland Warriors. Alright hear me out guys
Super Smash Warriors
hopefully without the return of jigglypuff
@Stomatopod17 That is the best icon in the history of icons.
Maybe a "Warriors" with all the Nintendo characters? But on the other hand: Didn't Nintendo find Mario wrestling to extreme (it was a canceled game called Mario Spikers)? If so, they probably wouldn't approve of this, though the times have changed.
Mario Warriors? But seriously, give them make another game with Nintendo characters, Hyrule Warriors was fun. Some people argue that there aren´t too many Nintendo releases each year. Nintendo should give their franchises to 3rd parties more often (F-Zero GX was great).
I would be satisfied if they just released their musou games on Wii U, something that they haven't been doing... then, we talk about spin off series
@abbyhitter
Don't even get me started on that one. I mean, "Mushroom Kingdom" written with Mario font? The fire rod as a weapon for Donald? Heck, even Goofy with the Hylian Shield, or even a small portion of the Pokémon gameplay in a Kanto world.
Well, you meant a Nintendo-themed Kingdom Hearts in a metaphorical sense, while I took you a bit more literally. But Sora, Donald and Goofy ending up in the Nintendo worlds is just too awesome, and Sora taking on Ganon just feels too right.
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