The New Game Cuts the New Time

King of Mars · January 2009

I'm not sure if this has been posted or not (I'm sorry if I just haven't seen it), but what the hell is this all about?

It's Marvelous Entertainment's Japanese site, with a timer counting down to January 22 (or 23, in Japan). There's a clock with a feather and the Triforce symbol. Every thirty seconds, the second hand rewinds to the beginning. My Japanese is...well, nonexistant, but babelfish translates the description in the source as "Clock of puzzle to [maberasuentateimento] official sight appearance!　The new game, cuts the new timeâ€¦. " I'm guessing [maberasuentateimento] is Marvelous Entertainment. Any other thoughts on this?

Drunk_caterpillar · January 2009

I got no idea, but I'm totally blue-dotting this thing.

SkyGheNe · January 2009

return of the cdi

ShimSham · January 2009

Hoping it's a Phantom Hourglass sequel where you don't have to return to the same fucking dungeon a million times, a process that ruins a great game.

Darth_Mogs · January 2009

Legend of Zelda coming for toasters?

Really, I have no idea.

Maybe something that deals with Majora's Mask? The whole three triforce, two triforce, one triforce thing made me think of the three day time limit, especially with it 'rewinding' after going around the three of them.

Meiz · January 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous_Entertainment

When MMV completed their acquisition of Victor Interactive Software on March 31, 2003, it was renamed Marvelous Interactive.[8] In the transaction MMV obtained all the rights to the popular Harvest Moon series and other Victor Interactive Software series. In June 2007, Marvelous Interactive was absorbed into the parent company during an internal restructure.[1][9]

We get to grow turnips again?

TheStig · January 2009

Wait... Someone fill me in here. If this is a Zelda game shouldn't this be on a Nintendo site?

Rami · January 2009

We don't know for sure it's 'the' triforce...

I mean, my dad got a pair of slippers from a hotel in Africa and I was quite bemused to see them emblazoned with the triforce.

Jubeh · January 2009

I think I saw that thing on Yu-Gi-Oh.

Insanity · January 2009

ShimSham wrote: »

Hoping it's a Phantom Hourglass sequel where you don't have to return to the same fucking dungeon a million times, a process that ruins a great game.

Pffft, each time you come back with better gear more shortcuts are possible, and nearer the end you can kill those armoured bastards on the way down too. Hell, I went in there a bunch of extra times to speedrun it for a 00:00 completion time :P

Hm, suppose I should say something in keeping with the thread...

That feather is obviously from the flying rooster in Link's Awakening, clearly meaning that the wind fish is being drugged and forced to dream so that Ganon can syphon his dream energy and use it to power his moblin army from within a secret base hidden in the water temple.

TheStig · January 2009

Rami wrote: »

We don't know for sure it's 'the' triforce...

I mean, my dad got a pair of slippers from a hotel in Africa and I was quite bemused to see them emblazoned with the triforce.

Was it in Nigeria? If they told you that they had triforce power you got scammed.

TheGreat2nd · January 2009

Something Nintendo involved?
Sounds like a new Zelda game to me.

Did you know:
Nintendo did not release a Zelda game in 2008.
The first in many years?

King of Mars · January 2009

Rami wrote: »

We don't know for sure it's 'the' triforce...

I mean, my dad got a pair of slippers from a hotel in Africa and I was quite bemused to see them emblazoned with the triforce.

I'm guessing the Triforce is not quite as well known to hotels in Africa as it is to video game developers in Japan. I'd like to see a pic of those slippers, though.

TheGreat2nd · January 2009

...TRIFORCE TENNIS

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Meiz · January 2009

That's not a triforce and it has nothing to do with Zelda, yeesh.

Htown · January 2009

Oh lord.

Majora's Mask related?

Look, you have three triforce symbols where the triangles count down from 3 to 2 to 1 and then right before midnight the clock resets.

Cherrn · January 2009

Meiz wrote: »

That's not a triforce and it has nothing to do with Zelda, yeesh.

There are triforces inside the clock frame, but the notion that this has anything to do with Zelda is pretty ludicrous. Stringing three triangles together was not invented by Nintendo.

MundaneSoul · January 2009

Yeah, personally I'd bet that this isn't Zelda related, though I'd like it to be.

Jam Warrior · January 2009

This is a fun game of let's pretend. I'm fully aware that the chances of it being Zelda related are practically nil, but the Majora's Mask connection is compelling.

And let's not forget that Capcom made three Zelda handheld games.

Willeth · January 2009

I can't imagine that the guys at Marvelous aren't aware of the Triforce. It's a very deliberate placement to either indicate a Zelda title, which I severely doubt, or to make people talk about it. Which we're doing. Hey!

Meiz · January 2009

That's not a triforce. Stop saying it's a triforce.

NailbunnyPD · January 2009

Insanity wrote: »

Hm, suppose I should say something in keeping with the thread...

That feather is obviously from the flying rooster in Link's Awakening, clearly meaning that the wind fish is being drugged and forced to dream so that Ganon can syphon his dream energy and use it to power his moblin army from within a secret base hidden in the water temple.

The City of Lost Children?

-SPI- · January 2009

NailbunnyPD wrote: »

Insanity wrote: »

Hm, suppose I should say something in keeping with the thread...

That feather is obviously from the flying rooster in Link's Awakening, clearly meaning that the wind fish is being drugged and forced to dream so that Ganon can syphon his dream energy and use it to power his moblin army from within a secret base hidden in the water temple.

The City of Lost Children?

Ron Pearlman plays link in new Zelda game. CONFIRMED.

Willeth · January 2009

Meiz wrote: »

That's not a triforce. Stop saying it's a triforce.

Not the whole thing. The symbol at the top of the inset that the arrow is pointing to is three equilateral triangles arranged in such a way that they form a gap between them of the same shape. Which is a Triforce symbol. I don't give a shit if it was around for millions of years beforehand, now, in this context, it's a fucking Triforce.

Peewi · January 2009

Whatever it is, it looks weird.

Meiz · January 2009

Willeth wrote: »

Meiz wrote: »

That's not a triforce. Stop saying it's a triforce.

Not the whole thing. The symbol at the top of the inset that the arrow is pointing to is three equilateral triangles arranged in such a way that they form a gap between them of the same shape. Which is a Triforce symbol. I don't give a shit if it was around for millions of years beforehand, now, in this context, it's a fucking Triforce.

No it's not, you're an idiot.

Willeth · January 2009

Would you mind explaining yourself in terms other than blind denial?

Jam Warrior · January 2009

Meiz wrote: »

That's not a triforce. Stop saying it's a triforce.

But it is. It's three equilateral triangles aranged in an equilateral triangle formation, what more do you want?

Whether it's an intentional and/or officialy sanctioned triforce could be up for debate if you wish, but that is clearly a triforce.

This isn't exactly 'face of Jesus in the burnt toast' time here.

Alfred J. Kwak · January 2009

Meiz wrote: »

That's not a triforce. Stop saying it's a triforce.

I think it's very obviously a triforce - there're even triforces in the triforce.

Peewi · January 2009

While it certainly is a set of three triangles, there's nothing else that indicates it's related to the triforce of the Zelda series.

Olivaw · January 2009

Jam Warrior wrote: »

Meiz wrote: »

That's not a triforce. Stop saying it's a triforce.

But it is. It's three equilateral triangles aranged in an equilateral triangle formation, what more do you want?

Whether it's an intentional and/or officialy sanctioned triforce could be up for debate if you wish, but that is clearly a triforce.

This isn't exactly 'face of Jesus in the burnt toast' time here.

It was actually used a few hundred years ago as the symbol for a Japanese clan. The Hojos, I think

Even though it is the Triforce, it is not necessarily related to Zelda in any way

The implication that it has something to do with Majora's Mask, with the triangles disappearing and then the clock resetting, fills me with something approaching joy, but the odds of that are so astronomical that I think you'd have to be sort of retarded to even think it

It's not a Nintendo site, so it's not Zelda

Meiz · January 2009

A) You have wood paneling hiding the fucking thing.

Nintendo handing the Zelda license to some no name company is absurd.
C) It's not yellow, or shiny or triforcey.
D) Triangles do not equal triforce.

Stop being silly.

Willeth · January 2009

Olivaw wrote: »

Jam Warrior wrote: »

Meiz wrote: »

That's not a triforce. Stop saying it's a triforce.

But it is. It's three equilateral triangles aranged in an equilateral triangle formation, what more do you want?

Whether it's an intentional and/or officialy sanctioned triforce could be up for debate if you wish, but that is clearly a triforce.

This isn't exactly 'face of Jesus in the burnt toast' time here.

It was actually used a few hundred years ago as the symbol for a Japanese clan. The Hojos, I think

Even though it is the Triforce, it is not necessarily related to Zelda in any way

The implication that it has something to do with Majora's Mask, with the triangles disappearing and then the clock resetting, fills me with something approaching joy, but the odds of that are so astronomical that I think you'd have to be sort of retarded to even think it

It's not a Nintendo site, so it's not Zelda

This was kind of my point. I know it was used however long ago. However, a game company does not accidentally use this combination of triangles in a teaser image. It's clearly supposed to make people think 'Triforce!'. That's what it is now, in this context.

I agree with you, Meiz, but saying 'Man, there's no way this is a triforce, how are you seeing this' is a bunch of bullshit.

Jam Warrior · January 2009

Indeed my money is on deliberate misdirection to gain attention.

But it's fun to dream!

Lorahalo · January 2009

TheGreat2nd wrote: »

...TRIFORCE TENNIS

I know someone with that. He does not know it's significance.

Htown · January 2009

Meiz wrote: »

A) You have wood paneling hiding the fucking thing.
Nintendo handing the Zelda license to some no name company is absurd.
C) It's not yellow, or shiny or triforcey.
D) Triangles do not equal triforce.

Stop being silly.

A, C, and D)Are you seriously telling me that you don't see this as a triforce in a videogame context?

Marvelous Entertainment is not a no name company. They publish a lot of Wii and DS games, including the Harvest Moon series, No More Heroes, etc.

ZackSchilling · January 2009

The link to this page on their main site says: A mysterious countdown is starting! In tens of thousands of seconds, something will be born.

On the page its self, it says: Marvelous Entertainment launched a site to watch the mystery! A new game, a new lap time.

Meiz · January 2009

GWRAAHHH

Djiem · January 2009

Triforce doesn't mean "Three triangles", it's the item the Godesses left behind.
Just because it LOOKS like a Triforce doesn't mean it is one.

Now that pedantic time is over, let me say that I don't believe this to be Zelda-related.
It is however intriguing.

Lunker · January 2009

This is obviously a Zelda / Chrono Trigger cross-over where Link, Crono and Serge all go back in time to stop the lovechild of Ganon and Azala (pig + lizard = ???) from using the power of Lavos to sink Hyrule. I know it's true because I saw a Kotaku comment corroborating the entire story.

darleysam · January 2009

It's obviously a teaser for the Diamond of Abarious
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=80052

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