Tri Force Heroes to Exclude Zelda and 2-Player Co-op

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In a recent interview with GameInformer, it was revealed by Tri Force Heroes‘ game director Hiromasa Shikata that the new 3DS Zelda title will take place in a kingdom other than Hyrule whose citizens are “fashion-obsessed”. Shikata went on to explain that “an event happens involving the princess of the kingdom… [and] the king, of course, wants to solve this problem so he puts a general call out to the kingdom for heroes to assemble, and who answers the call, but Link and that’s the beginning of your adventure”. When asked if this princess’ name was Zelda, Shikata’s answer was a very short and simple “no”.

He did go on to describe more gameplay elements not shown in the E3 announcement trailer. The game can be played in single-player mode by taking along two dolls called “dopples” which can be controlled to solve the puzzles. As previously known, you can also team up with two other players for a three-Link journey. You cannot, however, team up with one other player and bring along one dopple, so two-player adventuring is out. There is a two-player brawl-style coliseum mode if you’re missing out on a third player, though. Conveniently, thanks to download play, only one person will need a copy of the game to play with your friends locally, and online multiplayer has already been confirmed as well.

Shikata wouldn’t give any firm details about where in the Zelda timeline the game falls. He did state that the design of the game itself was based on A Link Between Worlds, but exactly when in the series’ incredibly complicated timeline – or even on which of the three timeline “branches” – the game falls is still being discussed.

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is slated to be released in Fall of 2015.

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Devon Aelick has been playing video games virtually his entire life, with his first NES gifted to him – along with the original Legend of Zelda – for his fourth birthday. He graduated from the Computer Science program at Laurentian University. Devon has been blogging about games for roughly five years now (in the little amount of free time he gets between actually playing them).