Jake O ~ Professional Gaming Writer ~ Reporting on the new Zelda game

The following was written by Jake, age 15:

Given Nintendo's track record for last year, with Twilight Princess being pushed farther and farther away, you would think the last thing Nintendo would want to do was title Satoru Iwata's GDC (Game Developers Conference) speech, 'Disrupting Development', right?

Oddly enough that is exactly what the Nintendo Vice-President's speech was named.

Thankfully though he was there to talk about moving forward, DS sales, Brain age, and even a bit more about the Revolution's 'Download Library', instead of telling us that the Zelda we've been waiting on for years has been pushed back until 2011 (I don't think he would have survived the massive fanboy outrage if he had done that anyway. @_@ -Can't help imagining Iwata being trampled by hundreds of people-).

And this announcement should quell the angriest of Fanboys/girls, about a New Zelda game.

That's to be released by the end of the year.

On the DS.

YES, miracle of Miracles it seems that the wait for Twilight Princess has not been in vain, as the announcement of a - get this - 'Fully 3D Zelda game, in the cartoony style of Wind Waker' is going to be out before years end.

-Falls to his knees in utter Nintendo reverance-

Titled 'The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass', Nintendo actually showed footage of this game at their GDC conference, and I've just seen it.

I honestly wouldn't have believed this was for the DS, besides the whole double-screen thing, if I hadn't been told. Nintendo seems to have somehow blended the traditional Top-down 2D Zelda format, with the Wind Waker's 3D engine, AND the Touch screen. This is one of the reasons Nintendo is amazing.

Seriously, drooling here.

OKAY, LINKS.

Link to the Article on Phantom Hourglass, you can find a link to the video on here too:

GDC 2006: Zelda for DS Announced

Link to the overview of Nintendo's GDC speech:

GDC 2006: Nintendo Conference Report

It is a great time to be a Zelda junkie my friends.

An in awe of all of this,

-Jake