The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD is a Wii U remake of the Nintendo GameCube and Wii game,. It was officially announced via a Nintendo Direct webcast on November 12, 2015 and will be released on March 4, 2016. It is the second remaster of a Zelda title on the Wii U following. A bundle set containing the Wolf Link amiibo will also be released.

The game features graphical upgrades from the original version and runs at a higher resolution. It also features some gameplay changes, which Nintendo will announce in the future.

Gameplay
Twilight Princess HD uses the world orientation of the GameCube version in which Link is left-handed, which had previously been reversed on the Wii version to better accommodate players. Similar to The Wind Waker HD, Twilight Princess HD uses the larger resolution to display a less-intrusive HUD during gameplay. Items can now be equipped to 3 slots — X, Y, and R, while the L button calls Midna. The mini-map has been shrunk and now features a translucent black background.

Graphics
Twilight Princess HD features reworked graphics with primarily new textures, giving the game a cleaner and higher-definition look. As opposed to the 480p resolution of the GameCube and Wii versions, Twilight Princess HD uses the 1080p resolution that is standard on Wii U. This provides for six times the number of pixels, resulting in additional clarity, especially for faraway objects and precise aiming. Most textures in the game are touched up with added details, with notable examples including Link's hair, Zant's armor, and several background textures. Some textures have been changed entirely, including grass in Hyrule Field and a stone Triforce symbol in the Sacred Grove. These textures look less "muddy" and blurred than in the original. The game also sports brighter lighting and less intense bloom than the original releases.

Like The Wind Waker HD before it, Twilight Princess HD is not a complete graphical remake as most of its character models and geometry (for instance, the cliff of Hyrule Field shown in the opening sequence) are left untouched in terms of polygon count.

amiibo Support
Twilight Princess HD will be compatible with the Wolf Link amiibo, along with the Super Smash Bros. series of Zelda amiibo, including Link's, Zelda's, Ganondorf's, Sheik's and Toon Link's amiibos. The Wolf Link amiibo will be able to read and save data from Twilight Princess HD, and transfer it over to The Legend of Zelda for the Wii U. It is currently unknown what kind of features these amiibo figures will have in the two games.

Other Changes

 * Only 12 Tears of Light have to be collected as opposed to the original 16.

Limited Editions
In North America, Europe and Japan, a limited edition bundle box set will be released, which will come packaged with the Wolf Link amiibo for use in the game. A special pre-order edition will also include a CD of the game's original soundtrack. In Europe, the soundtrack is included in the bundle itself.