Original Zelda Game in Development for 3DS

Nintendo would like to avoid releasing two remakes in a row.

By Chris Pereira, 11/04/2011

The first big release for 3DS was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. That wasn't available at launch, and for many it wasn't even noteworthy because it isn't an original title. It's taken until this month for a big-name, original Nintendo game to be released on the platform in Super Mario 3D Land. While 3DS-owning Zelda fans are left to wait for something new, Nintendo reportedly does have plans to give those fans what they want.
In an interview with Portuguese website MyGames (as translated by Nintendo Everything), longtime Zelda director and producer Eiji Aonuma indicated Nintendo's desire to avoid releasing two remakes in a row.
Earlier this year he suggested that, were fans to beg for it, Majora's Mask could get an Ocarina of Time-style 3D remake. In the new interview, he continued to make it sound like an eventual possibility.
"It's something I'm asked about often and I assure you that it is something I've spoken to Miyamoto about," he said. "But recently we released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D as a remake. We are considering the idea, but it didn't seem right to launch a remake one after another, so the next Zelda game on 3DS will be original."
So rather than release another remake, the company instead has plans to bring out a brand-new game.
"We are already preparing a new game, a game in the series for the Nintendo 3DS, but don't think that it is a direct sequel to the Zelda titles released on DS," he explained. "We are talking about a new game, but it takes much of what has been done on previous handhelds."
Source: IGN