The menus are now on the touchscreen and the game does not need to be paused to access them.

The game has been altered to account for the different controls, including its dialogue.

Whenever Navi wants to talk to Link, a flashing icon of her will replace that of the shard of agony.

The shard lights up when a secret is near.

The stone of agony, useless as the 3DS has no rumble feature, has been replaced by the shard of agony.

The iron boots are now an item rather than equipment for easier access.

On Maduring the GDC conference, Nintendo President of Japan, Satoru Iwata released new screen shots and a planned release for June 2011 for the game. In an issue of Nintendo Power (prior to the game's announcement), Aonuma listed the fact that the player must go to the pause screen of OoT to switch to the Iron Boots as his biggest regret post-development. One in particular that he mentioned is making the Water Temple easier by making the Iron Boots an item instead of a piece of equipment. After taking the images down, reported that the game was in fact real and Nintendo of America officially announced it through their Twitter account.Įiji Aonuma has confirmed during a roundtable event that there will be several alterations to the game to enhance the experience. Images of the game were leaked before Nintendo intended on their website.

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