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Hyrule Warriors trailer offers character recap

A new trailer for Hyrule Warriors helpfully recaps all the characters revealed to this point, while showing off a few of the game's other features.

Ozzie Mejia

July 24, 2014 2:30 PM

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Nintendo and Tecmo Koei continue to make a strong push for the upcoming action-fest Hyrule Warriors. One of the longest trailers to date has been released, recapping the game's playable characters and offering a look at some of the game's features.

Many of the previously-revealed Hyrule Warriors characters were on display, including Link, Zelda, Impa, Midna, and the newcomer Lana. Other newer characters were also revealed, such as Zelda's alter ego Sheik, the Goron Fire Sage Darunia, and the Zora Water Sage Ruto. There are also some other features shown off, like local co-op through the Wii U GamePad and a retro mini-game based on the original Legend of Zelda.

Watching the trailer, it's hard to shake the sense that this really just feels like a Dynasty Warriors game with a Zelda coat of paint slapped over it, but maybe that's a harsh assessment. Give the trailer below a look and judge for yourself.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?