Upcoming Game Boy Color-only Legend of Zelda adventure

As Nintendo's Space World creeps ever closer (August 27-29), new information has finally been revealed on the next Legend of Zelda game for the Game Boy Color. This adventure game (not "puzzle", as we reported a few days ago), will be called Legend of Zelda: The Mysterious Acorn (or possibly Acorn of the Tree of Mystery) and is being developed by Nintendo and Capcom.

Ganon has kidnapped princess Zelda, responsible for managing the four seasons of the Land of Hyrule and the Triforce of Power. The brave hero Link learns of this and sets out to save the princess. However, Ganon learns of Link's quest and splits the Triforce into eight pieces, scattering them throughout the land. In addition, the Rod of the Four Seasons (a device that controls the seasons), along with its hiding place in Hyrule Castle, have flown off to another dimension. As a result of this calamity, Hyrule's four seasons are thrown into chaos and their order becomes jumbled. In order to save Princess Zelda and find the Rod of the Four Seasons, Link must travel back and forth between Hyrule and this other dimension, while receiving help from the spirits residing in the Tree of Mystery and also the strange Uura Tribe.

Two characters that will help Link on his quest are introduced. The first is a kangaroo named Ricky. When Link climbs into Ricky's pouch, he will be able to jump and punch out enemies using a pair of boxing gloves. The other character is Maple. She suddenly appears, flying on a broomstick, and crashes into Link, bringing about various events in the storyline.

The new item, the Rod of the Four Seasons, will be required to solve certain riddles that appear in the game - maybe the winter snow covers a secret entrance to a dungeon and you'll need to change the seasons to uncover it.

One of the most intriguing elements mentioned is the Link System for the three upcoming Game Boy Color Legend of Zelda games. Apparently you'll be able to start playing the series from any of the three games without getting lost in the different storylines. In addition, the three games will be linked in such a way that a certain action in one story will have an effect on another story. How this will be accomplished (Link-cable, piggybacked cartridges?) remains to be seen.

We'll have the full scoop on this upcoming Legend of Zelda game when Nintendo have the game on display at Space World next week.

Source: Weekly Famitsu.


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