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New Zelda Rumors Emerge, We Say They're Fake

By Nathanial Rumphol-Janc on January 21, 2010 3:25 PM | Permalink | 10 Comments

Everyone by now is aware of the rumor mill we posted yesterday, and, magically, today some more rumors show up. This time, they come from the NeoGaf forums stating that an Italian website, weeks ago, reported rumors about Zelda Wii that were finally translated. Luckily for you folks, I happen to have an Italian speaking family member who I immediately messaged with the site's URL to see what they could come up with. This time around? Nothing. The new rumors (today's batch) are false. Curious people hop inside to find out what they were anyway.

The development of the game began in February 2006
The development team is the largest ever used by Nintendo
The game will implement many ideas never seen a video game ever
The use of the Wii Motion Plus will be a essential component for the dynamics of the game
The new Link will be much more mature, but the dark atmospheres of Twilight Princess
The Master Sword will play a key role
Only game that uses 100% of Wii hardware
The appearance of Link will be renovated, but not be completely unprecedented
The plot will be the most articulate ever devised for a Zelda title
May be the last chapter of the saga

Outside of the fact that some of the rumors contradict the ones yesterday, my cousin finished scouring that site and found none of these supposed rumors present. The site is called Spazio Games, and here is what they have for Zelda Wii. Likewise, if you sift through all their news for the last two months, you will notice that these rumors are not present. Turns out, I didn't even need my cousin to figure this one out, but he looked just in case. In short, we are calling BS, and while it could possibly just be poking fun at the rumors from yesterday, at least the ones from yesterday have an interesting source.

With that, be sure to take all future rumors with a grain of salt unless I say otherwise. Rumors are just that, and I'll try my best to prove or disprove whatever claims people are making. I already told you what we know about Zelda Wii, and I'll continue to tell you as things progress.

Categories: Zelda News

10 Comments

Eagerstar711 | January 21, 2010 5:09 PM

GOOD ARTICLE NATE:)

A | January 21, 2010 5:33 PM

Now if only you would apply the same level of criticism to ALL rumors rather than just specific ones.

GeoThermalSleuth | January 21, 2010 5:52 PM

I come on. Those guys are idiots. If you want to start a rumor make sure you go into specifics and actually tell us something we want to hear. The rumor we heard yesterday made us "Think" to the point where we actually believe it may be true. When you don't go into specifics and say stuff like "It may be the Last in the Saga" people will automatically label it BS. Anyway great article, it's fun to Criticise Rumors.

Erimgard | January 21, 2010 6:52 PM

The first article came with a heavy disclaimer that all should take this with a grain of salt, and the only reason anyone's even considering it is the fact that they've been right before...even on a Zelda game.

OSM | January 21, 2010 7:00 PM

>came from GAF

LOL

dhashgdybugsayud | January 21, 2010 9:14 PM

I hope it wont be dual layer...

King Nope | January 22, 2010 4:03 AM

>Only game that uses 100% of Wii hardware
>May be the last chapter of the saga
These are a dead givaway.
1, Using %100 of the hardware is just simply a logical impossibility and 2, there is no way Nintendo would ever stop one of their post profitable franchises.

SMALLVILLE BOY | January 22, 2010 5:33 PM

This info is 100% fAKE.

Usukki | January 22, 2010 9:55 PM

I believe the first and second ones, just because they don't sound as rumors but as... well, duh!

We already knew the game was in development ever since 2006, and Nintendo has spoken before about how they want to revitalize the franchise (specially in Japan) so it wouldn't be a surprise if the actual Zelda team was the biggest in Nintendo's history.

Other than that, yeah, sounds completely fake.

Well, the bit about Motion Plus might be true. But then again, maybe not.

JK | January 24, 2010 1:22 AM

There is too much of an open rift in TLOZ these days because of Wind Waker, we don't know what happened properly after Wind Waker, other than some "Spirit Tracks" in a new Hyrule 500 years later, and we don't know what happened to the Hero of Time after Majora's Mask. So Nintendo wouldn't be that dumb to finalize Zelda like these rumors claim. And besides it's one of the most popular and profitiable games to Nintendo. Personally I'd love to see what happens to either side of the Wind Waker, but if they choose to make Wind Waker's proper sequel, for the love of God they better not release it on DS, I can't stand using it.