Nintendo has responded to a fan petition that calls on the corporate to call a personality within the subsequent Legend of Zelda sport for Wii U after the late comic/actor Robin Williams. The petition, posted at Change.org, was launched instantly following information of the actor’s demise final week and requires a non-player character to be named “Robin.” It has gathered greater than 100,000 signatures.
In a press release to Polygon, a Nintendo spokesperson provided help for Williams–who loved the Zelda sequence and even named his daughter Zelda after the fictional princess–but wouldn’t commit by some means concerning a tribute. “Robin Williams was cherished at Nintendo,” the Nintendo spokesperson stated. “Our hearts exit to his complete household, and particularly to Zelda Williams who we have labored with a number of instances.”
Zelda and Robin Williams appeared in advertising and marketing campaigns for numerous Legend of Zelda video games all through the years.
“We admire the outpouring of help from the gaming group, and listen to the request of followers to honor him in a future sport,” the Nintendo spokesperson added. “We is not going to be discussing what could be attainable for future video games throughout this tough time, however we’ll maintain our reminiscences of Robin shut.”
The creator of the petition, Nick Schaedel, says: “He will not get to play it, however he’ll dwell on perpetually in a universe he at all times cherished.” The Legend of Zelda for Wii U, an open-world sport, launches someday in 2015.
Final week, Blizzard Leisure introduced that it’ll create a World of Warcraft NPC based mostly on Williams, who loved the MMO. Blizzard’s announcement got here after followers launched a petition asking for such a personality.
Williams was discovered useless in his California house final Monday in an obvious suicide. He was 63.
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