You may remember last week's trailer for a mystery Gameloft fantasy adventure, bearing a striking resemblance to a certain flagship Nintendo franchise.
Well, that game now has a name, a protagonist, and an all-new video showing us some gameplay footage.
The name is Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden, the protagonist is a rather generic-looking knight in shining armour, and the gameplay is... well, it's exactly the same as Legend of Zelda.
The video shows us some suitably epic (though hardly original) environments, including an ice temple, a giant tree, an open field, and a dungeon full of molten lava.
The gameplay footage also reveals a whole host of new Zelda tropes to look forward to: expect bombs, giant insect bosses and horse-back combat to feature heavily. The mysterious flying pirate ship from last week's video makes a return appearance, too.
It's easy to criticise the game for it's obvious lack of originality, but aping a classic like Zelda is no mean feat. If this game even comes close to Ocarina of Time, it'll be a massive achievement, however cheeky you may find it.
We'll be able to see for ourselves whether Sacred Odyssey pulls it off in February, when the game launches for iPhone and iPad.
Further details are still locked deep within Gameloft's Temple of Hype, but we'll bring you more news as it comes.
I look forward to this one. Something to stop me playing the flawed but great Aralon:)
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Jongjungbu |22:27 - 18 January 2011
Insta-buy too. Hopefully they simul-release the iPad version rather than later.
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klouud |16:41 - 18 January 2011
There are too few games like this on any platform. Instant buy at any price!! Thanx for listening gameloft!!
Anonymous |15:54 - 18 January 2011
now that is an insta buy for any zelda freak like me, i just hope they dont make it to easy the best thing about zelda (especialy links awaking for GB) is the zelda games would kick your ass all day long, you really felt like you had achived somthing when you got past a point you were stuck on, oh and full voice acting is a must for me
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