During The Video Game Awards 2014, hosted by Geoff Keighley, Nintendo stole the show and dropped the biggest bomb of 2014 as far as Zelda fans are concerned. They revealed their upcoming re-release of the hugely popular game, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask which is easily the darkest game in the long running and hugely respected series.

In Europe, fans who pre-order the game are getting a beautiful paperweight-esque block with Majora’s Mask encapsulated within and a special edition that contains a steelbook case, poster and pin. North American fans are however getting the infinitely more impressive special edition. Nintendo of America revealed via press release that North American gamers can get a special edition of the game that will come bundled with a figurine of the Skull Kid clad in Majora’s Mask.

At this time, the special edition isn’t available for pre-order but the game isn’t set to launch until “Spring 2015”, so there’s still plenty of time. The regular edition of North America’s Majora’s Mask will cost $39.99 whereas the special edition will cost only $10 more.

The reception to Majora’s Mask’s re-release and it’s various pre-order incentive and special editions has been especially warm, and in Nintendo’s own words, “There is a reason The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is loved by fans all over the world. It is one of the most unique and suspenseful entries in The Legend of Zelda series, one that critics and fans have called a true masterpiece.”

The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma says that a remake for Majora’s Mask similar to the recent Ocarina of Time remake in a similar fashion is possible. It “wouldn’t be an utter impossibility”, he says.

“It’s been 13 years since Ocarina of Time was originally released, and one of the big things that we made this remake possible was that there was an outpour of emotions from people who said they would like to see this game done,”Aonuma said, speaking in a Nintendo Power interview.

“I think certainly if there was a similar output of emotion and clamor from fans for a remake of Majora’s Mask, it wouldn’t be an utter impossibility.” The continuously passing time mechanic of Majora’s Mask might actually make it perfect to be played on the go, according to him.

He also feels portable Zelda games are now as good and fleshed out as their console brothers. ““The ability to deliver that kind of experience is now available for handhelds as well; it’s not just in the domain of consoles anymore.

“However, if that’s the case and we can deliver what people previously considered a console experience, to a handheld, it makes me think, ‘Well, what can we do to make those home-console Zeldas that much more engrossing and appropriate for being in your room and spending the time to really dive deep in the game?’ So, that’s a theme that I’m certainly going to carry though into future development.”

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A teaser trailer, an announcement trailer and lots of gameplay footage was shown as well. The trailers were pretty good- the art style is spectacular, the visuals very appealing, and FINALLY Zelda has full orchestrated sound, as opposed to MIDI. But the gameplay footage was a bit disappointing. Apparently, the game features nothing that we haven’t seen in the past Zelda games. But Link looks more mature now, and sounds the same.

The demo didn’t go off too well because of some wireless interferance in the hall, but what we saw appeared decent, though nothing really special. Though Link has a whip, which looked real kickass. Anyway, let’s wait and watch.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be released for the Wii next year. The E3 videos regarding LoZ:SS can be found below.

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD PREVIEW 1:

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD PREVIEW 2: