E3 2009: Miyamoto shows concept art for Wii Legend of Zelda

During a Nintendo E3 2009 round table discussion, the next Legend of Zelda Wii game came up. While Nintendo was very hush hush on the potential new game, Shigeru Miyamoto did have one little tidbit to tease the press with – the concept art image on the right.

The image doesn’t offer a new subtitle or name, other than the familiar The Legend of Zelda logo. There’s a silver female figure, possibly some sort of statue, in the center of the image. A mature Link is standing behind her, in a position that looks like he is shielding her (or it) from something. The background suggests the two are in a cave of some sort.

Destructoid is reporting that Miyamoto stated the next Legend of Zelda Wii game will work with Wii Motion Plus, may be a Wii Motion Plus exclusive game like Red Steel 2 and will likely officially debut at E3 2010. While none of this information is concrete, it does sound incredibly likely. Especially the Wii Motion Plus compatibility. I do hope that the Wii Motion Plus exclusive part doesn’t happen, as I really don’t want to splurge on another Wii remote peripheral.

It’s good to see that a new next-gen Zelda game is in the works, but really, did anyone ever think one wasn’t? Nintendo probably wants to keep things even and regular. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and New Super Mario Bros. Wii this year, Metroid: Other M, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Golden Sun DS the year after that and then another Wii Zelda game.

What do you think of the concept art? Love it or hate it?

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