The Legend of Zelda for Wii U release date, UK price, gameplay features: When is Zelda for Wii U coming out?

The Legend of Zelda for Wii U release date

Nintendo announced The Legend of Zelda for its Wii U console in January 2013, and we couldn't be more excited. More than two years on, we're still waiting for the game to come out, but the release date is finally in sight. Here's everything we know so far about the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda for Wii U, including its rumoured release date, the UK price and pre-order information, and gameplay features you can expect.

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The Legend of Zelda for Wii U release date: When is Zelda for Wii U coming out?

Nintendo has revealed that it plans to release The Legend of Zelda for Wii U in 2015, but aside from the month and day remain vague.

Recently spotted on Walmart's website is a listing for Zelda 2 for Wii U, which we can only assume is actually The Legend of Zelda for Wii U. It's available to pre-order from the company, and the page suggests that the game will ship on 1 October 2015, so it's possible that's the release date, at lease in the US.

Current consensus points to an October or November release so 1 October is certainly possible, but it's worth noting that Nintendo has a history of releasing games on Sundays and 1 October is a Thursday so it could be inaccurate.

The Legend of Zelda for Wii U UK price & preorders: How much will The Legend of Zelda cost?

There are several pre-order options already available for The Legend of Zelda game in the UK.

Game is offering a pre-order for £44.99, while Amazon's price is currently £42.85 with a pre-order guarantee. ShopTo has a Price Promise pre-order option of £42.85, too.

We'd suggest that it's worth waiting a few months before pre-ordering The Legend of Zelda for Wii U though, as it's possible that special collectors editions and pre-order bonus bundles will be announced in the coming months that you won't want to miss out on.

The Legend of Zelda for Wii U: Gameplay features

This next instalment of The Legend of Zelda series will be the eighteenth main title that Nintendo has released for the franchise. It's among the only Zelda games to have HD graphics (the remake of the GameCube classic The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for Wii U is the only other HD title so far), and will feature an open world, an exciting development that we can't wait to experience for ourselves.

The Legend of Zelda designer, Eiji Aonuma has explained that the developers have decided to go for an open world game to give the players more freedom rather than defining exactly where the player must go, and where they must enter and exit dungeons, for example.

Players will be able to explore the open world on foot or by riding on Link's horse Epona. Epona is a pretty cool animal, capable of allowing Link to get a better aim at enemies thanks to its artificial intelligence that'll steer while you're otherwise occupied.