Hyrule Warriors Will Release In Japan This August

<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;61980" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-61980" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05102856&sol;aonuma&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-61980 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05102856&sol;aonuma&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Hyrule Warriors" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-61980" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Eiji Aonuma is responsible for the entire Zelda franchise and will act as supervisor for Hyrule Warriors&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>This month&&num;8217&semi;s issue of the Japanese magazine Famitsu has revealed more details about Tecmo Koei&&num;8217&semi;s collaboration with Nintendo&comma; Hyrule Warriors&period; This Wii U exclusive combines The Legend of Zelda series with Tecmo Koei&&num;8217&semi;s Dynasty Warriors franchise&period; The game will cost 7980 yen at retail but only 6980 yen if downloaded through the Nintendo eShop&period; A premium edition that contains 6 new in-game costumes and a triforce shaped clock will also be available for 11664 yen&period; Tecmo  Koei have stated that they expect the game to sell over a million copies worldwide&comma; which could prove difficult given the Wii U&&num;8217&semi;s low install base&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hyrule Warriors is being developed by Team Ninja in collaboration with the studio behind Dynasty Warriors&comma; Omega Force&period; Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Eiji Aonuma is supervising the project&period; The game&&num;8217&semi;s story involves Link as a young soldier in training who must defeat the evil witch Shia&period;There is no word on how Hyrule Warriors fits into the Zelda timeline or even if it will be considered canon&period; In addition to Link&comma; the game will feature a large number of other playable characters including Impa&comma; a captain in the Royal Army&period; As players  progress through the story they will be able to improve each character and upgrade their weaponry&period; The game will also feature a co op mode with one player using the TV screen and one player using the Gamepad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hyrule Warriors is set to launch on August 14 in Japan&period;  It will be playable at the E3 conference next month so expect Nintendo to announce a western release date very soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;joystiq&period;com&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;20&sol;report-hyrule-warriors-coming-to-japan-on-august-14&sol;">Joystiq<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;