A countdown from Marvelous Entertainment (Zelda?)

http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/30/

And these are them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous_Entertainment

The countdown is set to around a week at the moment, and the marks on the clock look like certain Triforce parts... Dunno how to interpret that, though. Could be a coincidence, or simply another Minish Cap-ish contract.

This post has been edited by Sir Pantalones on Jan 15 2009, 11:50 AM

if it's a new Zelda I just hope they steer clear of touch controls this time :X

Well, I really enjoyed the touch controls on Phantom Hourglass, since they were very intuitive. But, yeah, that pushed the game down to a level that it wasn't a normal Zelda game anymore, it felt more like a minigame-ish game or just a common "Non-Zelda" game that you can always find on DS games shelves.

So, IMO, I think they could come up with something like D-Pad and Touchscreen or maybe touch controls for just some items (like Bow, Boomerang, etc.). I just wanted some Ocarina action where you touch the notes and blow on the microphone :<

But I loved touch controls. They reminded me of Age of Empires. ;_;

If my math is correct, a week left?
I'm excited.

did they remind you of ZELDA?
Cause I got the game for Zelda.
not age of empires :|

I've got a personal interpretation, hoo hoo!

Look at the clock. As it starts, there are three pieces left.
Eventually, only two are left, and in due time, only one.

BUT!

Right before it strikes zero, the screen flashes, and time goes backward back to point 1.

Majora's Mask much?

Very Majora's Mask-ish. Although, the Triforce didn't play any role in Majora's Mask.

So, a new Zelda game that uses Majora's Mask's time system?
If that's what it's hinting at, then I'm happy.

Phantom Hourglass was great with touch controls. I wouldn't have liked it as much with the D-Pad and buttons; It would have felt really generic.

I wonder what this countdown is to...

If my calculations are right, we'll see more in about six days.

A little more than six, but yeah.

An extension of OoT and MM? I'd like that.

Already posted in GC. And this may not even have anything to do with the Wii.

I hope it's going to be either a MM or OOT remake.

Or MM to the VC. hmmmmmmmm...

Wasn't this topic posted before that?

What has Marvelous Entertainment to do with the VC?

Srsly, a Majora's Mask-Remake would be nice, maybe in Twilight Princess style, with WiiMotion Plus-Support, maybe with that savegame-patent-thingie mentioned in another thread, etc.

I don't think this is Zelda related at all, and you guys aren't the first forum to be talking about this particular countdown. I've been seeing it everywhere with theories and arguments being shot back and forth about it.

I will say this, it's a wonderful piece of viral marketing genius, whatever the hell it's for.

You also need to consider that whatever this is will be getting a Japan release first, so I think that also shot down the chances of this being a Zelda game. Nintendo usually releases world wide instead of restricting it's main stream franchises to one region.

This post has been edited by OSM on Jan 17 2009, 09:25 PM

I took the liberty of decompiling the SWF.
I found nothing interesting, except a text string 'comming soon...', indeed misspelled that way.
There wasn't even a script to define what happens once the timer's up, but I guess they handle it from somewhere else.

If you try setting your PC clock forward all you get is "COMING SOON."

This post has been edited by OSM on Jan 17 2009, 10:08 PM

Watch it not be zelda

IF it is a Zelda game, I honestly don't think it's a new one. There's just too much Majora's Mask about its movement.

Or, it's not Zelda. But I'd still find it kinda fishy that both the Triforce, the three-part system and the wooden frame looking like a stretched out Triforce being there.

But I'm not impatient. I'll check back late next week.