Fans Petition Nintendo for Robin Williams: After World of Warcraft, Players Ask for Character in Legend of Zelda for Wii U
Fans continue to shower Robin Williams with love. This time, fans and players of the Legend of Zelda have collected more than 100,000 signatures to petition Nintendo to have a memorial for Robin Williams in the future version of the video game on Wii U, the open world game that will be available in 2015, according to the Telegraph.
Fans state that Williams was an avid gamer, and Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda was one of the many video games that the late actor had been known to love, so much so that he even named his daughter after the game's princess, Zelda.
Nintendo, through a statement to Polygon, responded that they appreciate the outpouring of love and support for the late actor, and they have heard the requests of thousands of fans. However, at this point, they have not made any commitment as to whether they will immortalize Robin Williams in a future edition of the game. Robin Williams and his daughter Zelda had worked with Nintendo for the promotion of the 3DS release of Ocarina of Time via several advertisements.
A similar request was made by fans and gamers last week to Blizzard Entertainment, the creator of the World of Warcraft game, which was also one of his favorites. Blizzard is already thinking of creating a non-playing character (NPC) of the actor.
As soon as the news of the death of the actor/comedian was announced, fans started the petition, posting it at Change.org. The creator of the petition was Nick Schaedel, who said that even if Robin Williams would not get to play the game, he would still live forever in the universe that he loved. Nintendo of America is the one tasked with the localization of the Japanese version of The Legend of Zelda and is therefore in charge of naming the characters. While they paid tribute to the actor, they will not commit to anything at this "very difficult time" but said they are holding close the memories of Robin Williams.
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