Nintendo + Capcom = A Link to the Past

Since the incredible announcement of the Triforce Arcade hardware, the potential for the board has practically exploded with news that Sega’s Amusement Vision team would be working with Nintendo to produce F-Zero games for the arcade and GameCube. This huge news was then rivaled by the recent announcement that Namco & Nintendo would be making a Star Fox shooter title. There has been some indication that Capcom was also working with Nintendo on a project, featuring a big Nintendo franchise. The only question was: what game would it be?

Many suspected that the game would inevitably be another Triforce project. While it’s certain that arcade giant Capcom will provide arcade games for Triforce, it seems that the project it is co-developing with Nintendo will be for the Game Boy Advance. According to various reliable sources, Capcom will be re-making the SNES classic, A Link to the Past, for GBA.

Presumably, Yoshiki Okamoto and his company Flagship will handle development of the game. Flagship has already crafted two handheld Zeldas, Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, for GBC with Okamoto producing under the supervision of Shigeru Miyamoto. Hints of this SNES remake emerged last February, during a lengthy interview with Okamoto, Oracles’ producer, Yoshifumi Yama****a and Miyamoto. This delightful chat revealed Okamoto had originally envisioned his Zelda project as a re-mix. Okamoto communicated what it was like to work with Zelda’s creator and expressed that he would like to work with Miyamoto again. In fact, after Okamoto explained problems with creating Zelda on the Game Boy, Miyamoto even teased: “Well... you wanna switch to GBA? We could start right now.”

Our sources also reveal that Nintendo’s joint projects with Amusement Vision, Namco have been in development longer and will be seen on video at E3. Presumably, Capcom’s remix of A Link to the Past will be on display in some form at E3 as well, and could even be officially announced prior to the show. We’ll keep you posted on further developments. In the meantime, remember you saw it first at PGC!

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[Shadow_Link]

Oh man, this would be amazing if it turns out to be true!

LttP is one of my favourite games of all time. Just imagine it with slightly enhanced visuals, and new areas . Maybe even longer dungeons, hehe.

[Jin]

This is great news, especially if there are more dungeons or changed ones. I got Super Mario World for the GBA, and it was well worth the money, even though I've beaten the SNES version at least 10 times.

[Ric]

Sounds great, I wondered how long it would be before LttP came out on GBA to be honest and I guess here is my answer, pretty damn soon.

Nintendo seem to be throwing so much out for this year, what have they got planned for 2003?

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Ric
Nintendo seem to be throwing so much out for this year, what have they got planned for 2003?

Maybe more games that are actually... *gasp*... Original... :eek:



Anyways... sounds great... LttP is awesome... I hope they add lots of neat new stuff like in RE... I'll have to get it once I get an AGB

If it's true but y'know LttP HAS to come to AGB eventually in some way, shape, or form

[dolphaholic]

What is this? The best Zelda ever is now on a portable system? Where do we sign up?

I wonder what else Nintendo has in store for us gamers? They seem to be handing out many lincenses nowadays. Either way, it can't hurt Nintendo to try and make peace with developers.

[Angrist]

This would be cool... if they make it a bit bigger! I want coop!

BTW nice to see you Dolphaholic!

[dolphaholic]

Thanks man, and I am glad to be back and see all the familar faces. good times

[Notorious_1]

I wonder if there will be any link between the GBA Zelda and GC Zelda...? Oh well, we live in hope...

[Gamer]

Hmm, sounds good to me

[DimHalo]

I was wondering when they were going to come out with a Zelda game for GBA. I will definately be purchasing it.