Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Wii disc
- Case with cover art
Wii
GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
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 39.2 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 ... (Wii) Gameplay, 10min Gameplay. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Puzzle, Adventure
- Developer
- Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- The Legend of Zelda
- Platforms
- Wii
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ACB
- M
- PEGI
- 12
- USK
- 12
- CERO
- B
- ESRB
- T
- CLASS IND
- 10
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Wii | North America | 2006-11-19 |
| Wii | Japan | 2006-12-02 |
| Wii | Australia | 2006-12-07 |
| Wii | Europe / PAL | 2006-12-08 |
Editions
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
The whole game plays from the disc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price at release | US$49.99 Nintendo's price for its own Wii games at launch. |
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Wii disc |
| Ever released in the store | No Never sold as a download. |
| In the store to buy today | No Never sold as a download. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Does not exist Never sold as a download. |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single-player only. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist Single-player only. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic Wii 95 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale IGN 9.5 10 GameSpot 8.8 10 Game Informer 10 10 Edge 9 10 Electronic Gaming Monthly 30 30 Famitsu 38 40 Computer and Video Games 10 10 GamePro 5 5 GamesRadar 5 5 GameSpy 5 5 Nintendo Power 9.5 10 Nintendo World Report 10 10 Official Nintendo Magazine 97 100 X-Play 5 5
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Nintendo EAD Publisher Nintendo Director Eiji Aonuma Producer Shigeru Miyamoto Artists Yusuke Nakano, Satoru Takizawa Writers Aya Kyogoku, Takayuki Ikkaku, Mitsuhiro Takano, Eiji Aonuma Composers Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota
Notes for collectors
- A North American Wii launch game on 19 November 2006, the first Zelda ready at the launch of a new Nintendo console.
- The whole Wii world is a mirror image of the GameCube version, so Link swings his sword with the right hand like the player.
- Swing the Wii Remote to attack; the Wii Remote speaker plays the bowstring, Midna's laugh and the secret chime.
- The Wii version can equip four secondary items at once, against two on GameCube.
- 5.82 million Wii copies sold by March 2011; 8.85 million across both versions by 2015.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3
- Director
- Eiji Aonuma
- Released
- 2006-11-19
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 39.2 hours
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