Update:
As expected considering the factors we highlighted below, this was indeed fake, though apparently down to a hack rather than photoshopping. Same outcome regardless of method, though the online chatter certainly shows that some were excited about the prospect.
Original Article:
With Nintendo enjoying a fair amount of success with its Legend of Zelda remakes, there's renewed speculation that the company isn't done filling gaps with ports and remasters from the franchise. This is a pretty rough rumour, however, with an image that raises a number of questions.
First of all, the claim is from David Tarakanoff, an admin of a StreetPass group in Germany that's attending a Legend of Zelda Symphony tour concert. He claims to have got a StreetPass hit from a fellow 3DS owner that's been playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 3D on a metallic blue New Nintendo 3DS XL system. The implication being that it'd likely be someone involved with Nintendo of Europe.
There are a number of alerts with this one, though. For one the only photo is supposedly of the screen that asks you whether you want to see more information on a game in the eShop. No image, as yet, of the Mii in question with the 'I've been playing' bubble in the greeting area; in fact, there are multiple photo opportunities to show the icon above the Mii's head. Conveniently, none of those have been posted that show the user in question.
In addition, so far there only appears to be one person at the event tweeting an image, and we imagine that more would have done so if someone was walking around and accidentally displaying this on their system.
Overall, we suspect this'll be bogus. The sheer volume of people tweeting excitedly, however, shows that it wouldn't be the least popular port ever; plenty of cheeky souls are also 'announcing' the game with some dodgy photoshopped box art, for example. Funnily enough, we even listed it in a relatively harmless feature earlier this year: Five Remastered Games We'd Love to Play on the New Nintendo 3DS / XL. Considering the scale of the game and systems it was developed for, perhaps only the New models could handle it.
We suspect this rumour is fake, however, but will happily be proven wrong. Would you like this to be true?
[source destructoid.com]
Comments 109
As much as I like this to be true I still say it would benefit far more as an HD upgrade to the Wii U. I guess they want the cheaper easier approach.
Would much prefer a WiiU HD remake but if this is true... SOLD!
Doubt it, but I never played Twilight Princess before, so this would give me the perfect excuse to do so.
I hope this isn't true. They need to lay off the Zelda remakes for a bit. If they want to remake something, there is a wealth of other games that would be good candidates. We already have three Zelda remakes already.
Yeah I'd rather see a HD remake. I was at the Zelda Symphony in London the other day and seeing footage from various games on screen, I noticed Twilight Princess looks pretty bad up against Wind Waker's HD footage, Skyward Sword's art style and the N64 games with polished graphics.
One other point about this photo which leads me to conclude it as fake - that screen only shows if you meet 3 people playing the same game in close succession. It wouldn't show if just one person was playing it.
i dont see why it would be 3ds. it would be far more benofisial on wiiu and far more reasonable.
Not played it yet, been waiting for a bargain on eBay, but I've got plenty of other Zelda to tide me over for now. Dual 3D and HD release please.
Rather see this game be released in HD for the Wii U, and even though I love Twilight Princess I wouldn't buy a 3DS port.
It's going to be fake. I don't trust leaks after the Rayman leak and the TTYD 3D leak.
Honestly think it'll be saved for the 3DS's successor....which I assume will offer HD gaming on the way, so yeah.
There's been a second sighting, apparently, although it still looks rather iffy to be honest. https://twitter.com/TheSebiroth/status/589835816937062402
I wanna believe...
I wouldn't buy it. I vowed that Majora's Mask would be the last game I buy if I already own it, and I already regret buying that. I already own the game, so I don't need to buy it again.
I certainly wouldn't complain if this is true. However, I also would prefer a Wii U port instead. The 3DS got the two N64 Zeldas - so it would make sense for the Wii U to have both GCN games.
With the delay of Zelda U, I can see Nintendo announcing Twilight Princess HD as an apology/stop-gap game at E3.
Not likely. To me it seems a little too much Zelda in the past 5 years- Skyward, Ocarina 3D, Windwaker, Link Between Worlds, Hyrule Warriors, Majora's Mask 3D. Another one would ruin Zelda Wii U.
Besides, I someday plan to play it in a drought on the Wii mode of the Wii U.
@Goob Hmm, still no Mii name or plaza image. Anyone with good photoshop skills can mock up that image by taking the Ocarina or MM3D page and replacing the text and image. I'm 99% sure you don't see that page unless 3 of the last 10 Miis have played the game.
I would buy it. But I would far rather see this get the HD treatment as wind waker got.
Though, a HD twilight princess / skyward sword package similar to how bayonetta was handled would be even better.
I'm gonna say "nah" for now.
The rumor has being going around for a time and the fact that they pushed Zelda U to 2016 is more of a reason for them to give us something in the mean time.
I hope its true because it would look amazing on the N3DS
I saw this floating around Twitter. It looks legit, brah. https://t.co/SqT0OPxIbi
Well considering there is no longer a Zelda U this year, and likely nothing till end of next year at least, I would really love something in the Zelda universe to come out before then, so a Twilight Princess remake would do great! Its a pity this is likely a fake though.
If we're going to have another Zelda Remake, I'd rather have a Four Swords Adventures one since the 3DS could just replace the GBA as a controller.
I bought Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora's Mask 3D because I didn't play it before. Twilight Princess I already have on the Wii. So I won't buy this.
I'm guessing that this is fake. We've already got Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask 3D remakes for the 3DS, so I'd be surprised if a Twilight Princess remake was made for the 3DS any time soon. Besides, it can still be played on a Wii U, so I don't think a remake is needed just yet.
Or you know, someone hacked their 3DS and made it so the Steetpass data showed this as the last game being played.... it's far from impossible.
I would buy it even though I cleared TP almost completely. But it's hard to imagine another Zelda remake so soon. Can't a guy get Super Mario Sunshine HD?
Hey, I'll buy a New 3DS for this. But whether a remake is coming to Wii U, New 3DS, or even if it's coming at all, one thing is certain; it can't be the Wii version, where everything was mirrored just to make Link right-handed! I'll only buy it if it's a port of the GameCube version!
look at this: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendominati0n/photos/a.568887369809553.1073741825.140842769280684/949479898416963/?type=1
Nintendomination also took a picture, he said in the comments he got the mii. But there's a possibility that someone could of hacked their 3ds. You know that people can create their own custom game/app icons with gateway or those kind of stuff and install them as a .cia?
And look at that wonky logo!
Oh man, I don't have a new 3DS yet but these exclusives are pushing me to buy one...
Twilight Princess can be played on the WiiU and it can be bought at a reasonable price. I found it to be one of the weaker Zelda games, not to mention one of the more recent ones Also, considering it was a GC/Wii game, it would have to be a N3DS game, and even then we would probably be looking at a signficant visual downgrade, just as with Xenoblade, so, I don't really see the point of it.
Nevertheless, while all of this is true and while this whole streetpass thing sounds pretty iffy to put it lightly, it's not out of the realm of possibility. Personally, I doubt it though
Put it on Wii U if anything, I'm on the SS Wii U and I don't want it going down like the Titanic. I will go down with the ship ifs be!!
Wii U HD remake, pretty please!
This better not be 3DS, if true. I still need to finish the game. I am just tired of having to go to Youtube to see how I get further. It's not constant but it just got to me after the 10th time.
Link's Awakening or any of the Oracle games need to get remastered, Link's Awakening is the best!!
The second time I completed this game was a bit of a chore. I'm not yet ready to give it a third play through so I'm probably out for now. It's the most atmospheric and beautiful game in the series but the harsh reality is that it falls short in terms of gameplay.
Twilight princess was my least favorite 3D zelda. So if such a title didn't bring anything significantly new to the table, I'd definitely pass on a purchase.
@Ninty4thewin There's the New Fire Emblem which is far away, and... hmm.
If they do remake this game, I want it on wii u.
This isn't the first moment we heard about the rumour of another Wii classic (albeit should be GameCube) making to the New Nintendo 3DS. In fact, I even made my own mock-up cover a few weeks back, and here it is below:
I'd much rather Twilight Princess HD on the Wii U.
But the wii u needs cool games like this! Why remake a cell shaded zelda game on the wii u but downgrade a beautiful zelda game for the 3ds? It makes no sense!
surely some retailer will start a preorder with this rumor
@HopeNForever Nicely done! Although, I bet Nintendo would create new cover artwork to blow the old artwork out of the water, like with all the other Zelda remakes.
Yeah, i'm sure random Nintendo employes goes around with the cart of an unfinished game.
@Spoony_Tech they probably would not in order bot to distract anything from Zelda Wii U. Besides in the Wii U's case they should be making new games not upgrading old ones.
@Nicolai why so much regret for so little money. Exange it or give to a friend. Hey Ill give you my addres if you have none
@Navi Exactly,especially after they showed this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fyOkrteqM
I'll take this with a grain of salt.
This has about as much of a chance as Crystalis getting a 3D sequel/remake.
This is laughably untrue. I almost can't believe anyone would fall for it, but hey it's the internet.
I rather have a HD version for Wii U...
Please, no more Zelda remakes for 3DS, we just had one.
If this turns out to be true. I am going to laugh. "The New 3DS, the system for all the remakes of games you probably already played on our best selling home console."
I wish sooo much...
Please don't let it be true!!
The remakes of Twilight Princess & Skyward Swords need to come to Wii U or NX in beautiful 1080p and widescreen.
There are apparently 2 other users who received this.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CC-DbtgWMAIR1Ld.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CC-EiSuXIAEZh8g.jpg
No, it should be for the Wii U and even if they were gonna remake it, I doubt it'd be in a state where there'd be a streetpass thingy. It'd likely come out in 2017
Ocarina was 2011, wind waker 2014, Majora's mask 2015, it only seems logical
I believe.
Ugh, was really hoping this would become a HD remake on WiiU. Taking the GC version with left handed Link and normal controls
@Ralek85 A visual downgrade is unlikely unless its being ported by Monster games again.
First OOT3D, then Wind Waker HD, then Majora's Mask 3D, now this? God I hope this isn't true.
I dunno guys. It's both likely and *un*likely at the same time. Why? Because if there's one console that's hogging all the older games, that's the Wii U. Twilight Princess coming out for the Wii U's Wii digital game (I'm not counting them as Virtual Console games for my sanity's sake) library makes more sense, considering all of the Virtual Console, um, consoles the Wii U has (namely, NES, SNES, N64, NDS, Wii and, grrrrrrr, Game Boy Advance).
But we need to point out that if there's one thing Nintendo has been generous about with the 3DS, it's Zelda. Let's count: OoT 3D, MM 3D, ALBW, Link's Awakening, two Oracle games, Minish Cap for Ambassadors, The Legend Of Zelda I & II, Four Swords Anniversary. There's more than enough TLoZ games on the system, but given Twilight Princess has already been a console swan song (GCN), this might still happen.
WAY too soon for Twilight Princess. I hope this isn't real because:
1. Would Nintendo really remake a ZELDA game on the New 3DS instead of making it on the 3DS which has a larger install base? (plus, I can't get it if it's only on the New 3DS)
2. Wouldn't it be more likely to remake Twilight Princess on the Wii U or an upcoming home console?
@ DBPirate
The rumour that its only going to be on New 3DS is just that, a rumour and an assumption.
I don't buy it.
@TreesenHauser
@NintendoFan64
Lol @ the same pose in your profile pics.
That would be horrible. TP deserves an HD/Motion Plus remake.
@Inkling What about after the Mario Maker leak and all the Smash character leaks that happened last summer?
I would not buy a 3DS port. However, I would buy an HD remake on Wii U.
If it's New 3DS exclusive, I definitely won't be getting it since I can just play it on the GameCube.
If this is real, I'm in. Instantly. Personally, I don't play anything but my 3DS so this is probably some of the best news I've heard about Zelda.
Oh come on. Admittedly I was all for Majora's Mask 3D because that's my favorite Zelda title (possibly favorite game) and it tended to be overlooked, but this is ridiculous. Do we need to remake every Zelda title in 3D? I mean, an HD remake would be a little more excusable, it deserves HD more than Wind Waker, but we still are getting more remakes than new Zelda's these days. Still, if they must remake this, they should at least do it in HD.
Fake.
I met this Mii myself.
Just Google Chrisx930
You are welcome
People who have used 3DS flashcarts and hacks can install homebrew emulators and such like blargSnes. When installed this way you'll transmit over streetpass that you recently played blargSNES for example.
Point is, anybody is capable of installing a homebrew application which would have an icon and title of their choice, they could then proceed to go into Nintendo Zones to automatically streetpass with dozens of people who'll see the fake title listed.
https://twitter.com/darrenkerwin/status/589903297487708160
Dang, I wouldn't have minded this remake but it seems fake. Oh well.
Definitely fake. If it was real, I wouldn't really care. Didn't like what I played of Twilight Princess.
Doubt they will ever remake Twilight Princess. It's not even old yet, just pop your Wii edition in the Wii U. Like the whole dark world stuff but it's been done twice now so I'd imagine we won't be seeing anymore Zelda stories like that. I keep saying this but they really need to go back to the original concept of Zelda with Hyrule being over run with monsters and just Link on a quest to rescue Zelda and free Hyrule from Ganon. No towns, just people hiding in caves and dungeons with pieces of the Triforce hidden inside them.
With the plastic in all those Majora's Mask 3D cartridges barely even cold, did this claim even merit a story? Nintendo isn't going to follow up immediately with another major Zelda port on this platform.
Would've been much more believable had it been something like Super Mario Sunshine 3D.
@evosteevo The Gamecube version works much better. Rare occasion where a game is better on a less powerful system.
I really don't want it to be true. I finished the game 2 months ago :-/. And because its WAY to early for ANOTHER 3ds Zelda remake, I would rather see it on Wii U
@Tatze99 Thank God its fake
I wouldn't buy it even if it was true. I honestly thought all the other Zelda remakes should have been on the Wii U.
If this is true, Nintendo can stick it up their donkey. Don't you dare milk the Zelda series you greedy old farts. I'm also surprised at how many are for this! Are you guys alergic to new games or something?
Do this Nintendo and I will slap you
Twilight Princess was only just recently rereleased as part of the Nintendo Selects range, so it makes no sense to commission a remake now when the game is still widely available. Sure, those that have played it way back in 2006 may appreciate an HD (or 3D) upgrade, but there is hardly enough demand to justify its existence. Maybe some time in the 2020s...
How many "leaks" are we expecting this year?
Well, it's confirmed as fake... So yeah...
That said, we can't tell if Nintendo have a plan for that or not. For instance, Nintendo would surely want to make N3DS exclusives so they could keep demand on that system, to do that, they need a big title yet they can't spend too much resources (for a limited install-base, near end-of-lifespan 3DS family).
So, a remake that doesn't cost too much to create make sense for N3DS exclusives, not to mention it's easier to do that on N3DS because it has more power. Just like Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, perhaps, there's more Gamecube/Wii remake titles on the way. How about Super Mario Sunshine remade to N3DS? That'll be pretty awesome, as we haven't got a 3D Mario platformer on 3DS for a while.
I will say that I wouldn't be surprised to see the game remade in the next couple of years or so.
@sillygostly Twilight Princess was rereleased as a Nintendo Selects title in May 2011, four years ago. So its presence would matter little today where a handheld port is concerned.
@GoneFishin : That was only in North America. Europe and Oceania received the Nintendo Selects series considerably later (sometime after the release of the Wii U, in fact), and the games are still widely available today. In fact, I've seen Twilight Princess available for around AU$20 or less (in fact, I had paid AU$20 for it during the peak of the Wii's popularity), so you can deduce that there really isn't much demand to be seen here as everybody who wanted the game would already have it by now, and experiencing the game on Wii (as both new Wii consoles and the game are now dirt cheap) is a considerably better deal than buying a New 3DS and a hypothetical Twilight Princess 3D remake (which would cost at least AU$250+ for those who haven't yet upgraded). It just doesn't make sense to me from a business perspective. Sure, there would be some fanfare from Zelda fans, because the hardcore Zelda fans that have played the game back in 2006-2007 would perhaps feel some nostalgic inclinations to justify forking over the money for a remake, but for the general marketplace, where the game is still widely available, and at a cheap price, it makes little sense.
Nintendo have already released no less than FOUR Zelda remakes this generation (Ocarina of Time 3D, Four Swords Anniversary, Wind Waker HD, Majora's Mask 3D), with the majority of past Zelda games being available in at least some form via the eShop or at retail, and I would argue that Nintendo have nothing to gain by further saturating the brand as there are already plenty of Zelda games available in the marketplace, and Nintendo should perhaps devote their resources to covering franchises that have had no presence yet this generation (cough Metroid cough). A remake of Twilight Princess and/or Skyward Sword, or an HD/4K double pack would be a sensible move come next generation, but certainly not now.
On the other hand, a remake of Xenoblade Chronicles made sense only because it was issued a very limited release on Wii, and interest in the series had been boosted once Shulk was included in the latest Super Smash Bros. games. It also gave Nintendo and Monolith Soft a testing ground for the New 3DS hardware (while raising awareness of Xenoblade Chronicles X) without breaking the bank as the game is comprised of existing assets.
It was proven fake thank god,i don't want to see Midna and crappy 3D!
@Pichuka97 a freakingreed. Best hidden story. I just finished it for the second time
@sillygostly If you scroll upwards to a previous post, I don't disagree. Frankly, I think if they were out to fabricate and spread a believable rumor, they failed miserably. You only needed to exercise a little bit of logic to see that this is much too soon, with Majora's Mask 3D just weeks old.
That said, your point isn't really correct as a reason for why this doesn't make sense. The only semi recent rerelease for Twilight Princess since 2011 in North America, was Australia about 18 months ago.
If anything, they could use that against both of our points. Europe received several Nintendo Selects releases in the 12 months after this, yet Twilight Princess remains unavailable as a Nintendo Selects release.
One of the biggest titles on the Wii, which in earlier years was reprinted in two large markets, yet it remains unavailable in Europe despite the Selects program actually still being underway there (And unlike anywhere else, their program has been regularly active since the start in 2011)?
Continuing to sit on it at such a late date could easily allow someone to read something into that, and construe it to fit their claim that Nintendo now has plans of another sort for Twilight Princess and doesn't want a budget priced Wii release in such a huge market to take away from it while lesser titles continue to see rereleases.
@TingLz Trust me, we haven't even started yet.
So this is fake. I just wish they'd wait for the Rayman wound to heal before trolling us again. This puts my hopes for Ryu in jeopardy.
I would love to play this on the new 3DS. I only see it coming on the Wii U as a virtual wii game, never as another remaster like Wind Waker HD, but this could be really enjoyable on the 3DS, especially since they brought Xenoblade over, and that was a Wii game...maybe the 3DS can now start getting some classic Gamecube and Wii games to play on the go! It would definitely sell the system even more!!!!
I'm happy to hear this was a fake. It's time to give Zelda remakes a break.
What they should do is give us an entirely new game for 3DS, in the 3rd person perspective. ALBW was good but I want to see them put a game like Ocarina/Majora's Mask on the console build from scratch, rather than a remake. We know it's possible. They don't even need to worry about making a massive adventure, it would be a fairly short one like ALBW because the big guns are being saved for Wii U.
eh i didnt really like twilight princess so glad it isnt true i still wouldnt like a remake either enough with the remakes >.>
@MoonKnight7 high five :3
Does anyone else think we might get Four Swords Adventures on 3DS next year? I might be the only one... Grezzo made Four Swords for the 25th anniversary, so maybe Grezzo will make Four Swords Adventures for the 30th anniversary. I think it makes sense considering the game is unplayable at this point without using the original hardware and accessories.
@Iggly
I agree with your idea of Four Swords Adventures. I never got to play that game.
I replayed Twilight Princess to a hundred percent completion less than two weeks ago, so I wouldn't have been pumped even if it were real. Probably would look worse in 3DS anyhow.
I would not be surprised if this happened on the new 3dS. I think we may start to see a lot of Wii games brought to the New 3DS since Xenoblade has opened the door to that. I know this is bogus but I think it will happen.
I imagine the New 3DS could handle Twilight Princess quite decently, but the art style might be slightly too muddy for the tiny resolution.
I am glad it is a fake. TP's graphics were already held back by standard def resolution, and looked really muddy. Lowering the resolution even further would be awkward. I do look forward to the eventual HD release, however.
Didn't they announce that Wind Waker HD only took like 6 or 9 months? Why couldn't they use Twilight Princess HD to fill the Zelda U gap? Even if they just started there's a chance they could finish by Christmas
I don't think they will release on 3DS I don't think it will be able to cope.Rather it will it be released on Wii U 2017 by the current pattern.
2011-SS,Oot3D
2013-WWHD,ALBW
2015,2016-MM3D,Zelda U?
2017-New handheld game,Twilight Princess HD
Great, but no more remakes for a while please. New games would be more awesome. Ports and remakes should just fill in the gaps, and we've had that happen enough lately.
I can't believe y'all believed this image.
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