Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the big hope for 2013

Apr 19, 2013 17:01 GMT  ·  By

Video game publisher and hardware maker Nintendo believes that the video games that were recently announced for its 3DS handheld will make the device a success before the end of the year.

Bill Trinen, an executive at the company, tells Gamespot that handheld generation change is a slow process that Nintendo is planning for.

He states, “It does take a couple of years. But then once it does, it really builds Steam and so with the lineup that we’re seeing this year, to me it really feels like this is the year that 3DS is really going to take off.”

The new handheld continues to increase its sales, both in terms of hardware and software, and Nintendo believes that many new gamers will pick it up once the new The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2 is out.