Standard Edition with Wolf Link amiibo
StandardUS$59.99 at launch
In the box
- Wii U disc
- Case with cover art
- Wolf Link amiibo
Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii. Originally planned for release exclusively on the GameCube in November 2005, Nintendo delayed the release to refine the game, add more content and port it to the Wii.
PuzzleAdventure
- Time to beat
- about 29.9 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii. Originally planned for release exclusively on the GameCube in November 2005, Nintendo delayed the release to refine the game, add more content and port it to the Wii. The Wii version was a launch game in North America in November 2006 and in Japan, Europe and Australia the following month. The GameCube version was released in December 2006 as the final first-party game for the console.
The game takes place over a century after Majora's Mask, in an alternate timeline from The Wind Waker. Players control Link, who tries to prevent Hyrule from being engulfed by a corrupted parallel dimension, the Twilight Realm. He takes the form of both a Hylian and a wolf and is assisted by a mysterious imp named Midna.
Twilight Princess received critical acclaim, with praise for its art direction, combat, level design and story. It received numerous game of the year awards, and has been called one of the greatest video games ever made. By 2015, it had sold 8.85 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling Zelda game until Breath of the Wild (2017). In 2011, the Wii version was rereleased under the Nintendo Selects label. A high-definition remaster based on the GameCube version, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, developed by Tantalus Media and Nintendo EPD, was released for the Wii U in March 2016. An eleven-volume manga series based on Twilight Princess by Akira Himekawa was published between 2016 and 2022.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD Nintendo Wii U Gameplay, Cycu1. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Puzzle, Adventure
- Developer
- Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- The Legend of Zelda
- Platforms
- Wii U
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- USK
- 12
- PEGI
- 12
- CERO
- B
- ACB
- M
- ESRB
- T
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Wii U | Europe / PAL | 2016-03-04 |
| Wii U | North America | 2016-03-04 |
| Wii U | Australia | 2016-03-05 |
| Wii U | Japan | 2016-03-10 |
Editions
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
The whole adventure still plays, Cave of Shadows included with the Wolf Link amiibo.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price at release | US$59.99, 4 March 2016 Boxed with the Wolf Link amiibo. |
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Wii U disc |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 4 March 2016 |
| In the store to buy today | No The Wii U eShop closed on 27 March 2023. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Yes The update is still on Nintendo's update server. |
| Has online features | Yes Miiverse stamps and posts |
| Online servers running today | Shut down Miiverse closed on 8 November 2017. |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single-player. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic Wii U 86 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Nintendo Life 9 10 Nintendo World Report 9 10 Polygon 8 10 Destructoid 8 10 GamesRadar+ 4 5 CGMagazine 8.5 10 VentureBeat 90 100 USgamer 4 5
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Tantalus Media Publisher Nintendo Producer Eiji Aonuma Assistant director Tomomi Sano
Notes for collectors
- An HD remaster of the 2006 game by Tantalus Media, kept at 30 frames per second to preserve the feel of the original.
- The boxed game came with a Wolf Link amiibo, which unlocks the Wii U only Cave of Shadows and carries data to Breath of the Wild.
- Other Zelda amiibo help or hinder: Link and Toon Link refill arrows, Zelda and Sheik restore health, Ganondorf doubles damage.
- Miiverse stamps were hidden in treasure chests that would otherwise have held rupees.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3
- Released
- 2016-03-04
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Disc ID
- WUP-P-AZAE
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 29.9 hours
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