Hyrule Warriors

August 14, 2014

Collections

Dynasty Warriors Hyrule Warriors The Legend of Zelda

Franchises

The Legend of Zelda Musou

Platforms

Wii U

Companies

Koei Tecmo Games Nintendo Omega Force Team NINJA

Genres

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Strategy

Add Trivia

Sort

Submission Date Votes arrow_drop_up

▲

▼

The game's producer, Yosuke Hayashi, stated that he is a huge fan of the Zelda series, and viewed the Hyrule Warrior's development process as making 'the official Zelda fan game.'

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month November 25, 2014

comment Comment (0) | link Source

▲

▼

Tecmo Koei previously developed multiple games in which they incorporate other IPs into the realm of Dynasty Warriors, such as One Piece: Pirate Warriors. Coincidentally, Tecmo Koei approached Nintendo about creating a Zelda version of Dynasty Warriors just as Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma was playing one of the previous Dynasty Warriors IP crossover titles. Aonuma was himself considering the potential of a Zelda game with Dynasty Warriors style gameplay at this time.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month November 25, 2014

comment Comment (0) | link Source

▲

▼

The game does not take place within the traditional Zelda timeline. Rather, it exists in a separate dimension with a link to the known Zelda timeline. Characters are pulled from the standard timeline into this new dimension as a part of the story. Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma likened it to how characters in The Avengers all have their own stories, but are pulled together to form a new story.

Within the Zelda canon, there is the timeline, but there has always been the sense of the main story and kind of a side story. Like, Majora's Mask might be considered part of that, though it does exist as part of the timeline. With Hyrule Warriors, there is a link between the two, but it exists as a separate dimension, so it doesn't exist as part of the main canon. Lately I have been thinking of it similar to The Avengers. - Eiji Aonuma

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month November 25, 2014

comment Comment (0) | link Source

subdirectory_arrow_right Hyrule Warriors: Legends (Game)

▲

▼

Concept art of a female version of Link appears in the Hyrule Warriors artbook. Named as "Linkle", or "Rinkuru" in Japanese, she is described as being "little sister-like". Her design includes a crossbow (also demonstrating that she would have been right handed, whereas Link is normally left handed), and a coat in place of Link's signature tunic. Linkle was later announced as a character for Hyrule Warriors Legends.

sell