The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword, the new Wii installment of Nintendos long-running adventure series, will be launching the end of this year.

Its release will cap off the year of The Legend of Zeldas 25th anniversary, with releases coming to all of Nintendos platforms.

The announcement came during a stirring start to Nintendos E3 press conference, with a full orchestra performing music from the series to a packed audience in LAs Nokia Theater.

A specially branded golden Wii Remote will be launched alongside the game.

The 3DS will be getting The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D, as well as a port of the Game Boy classic Links Awakening, while the DS will get a port of the cult classic Four Swords Adventure.