Really good news, hope this is something really epic!

He doesn't mention anything about the actual gameplay. He simply explains that it uses the Gamepad in a unique way, which is something anyone could have said anyway.

Upad will be the shield.

CALLING IT

"They feel they’ve found the sweet spot with Skyward Sword, and they’re continuing this approach with the Wii U Zelda game.”

Well, there goes Zelda. For me at least.

But what will be the sword?

Because they are using the same Skyward Sword artstyle?

lol yeah I can also predict that it will have the biggest team and that it will be the most expensive game they have made yet. I mean doesn't every Zelda have the biggest team and budget out of all Nintendo games?

I've always wanted a forest in Zelda and I think there will be a big one in Zelda WiiU

I don't like this as it doesn't have motion controls but i don't mind SS art style though I would like it if it was a bit darker.

Wii-mote+...?

Still i think zelda wii u would be pretty awsome in vr... So thats my "call"... zelda will be shiped whit a headphone version of the upad (with a headtracked frontscreen)... giving us true virtual Reality*...

*Thats means.. that when you look down at your hand... U don't see a wii-mote... u see a freaking sword.. 

Not a chance for a 2014 release.

A modern Zelda game takes at least 4 years to develop and the last one, Skyward Sword came out in Nov 2011, a whopping 5 years after Twilite Princes. And this new one sounds real ambitious.

So Holiday 2015 at the earliest.

Same artstyle as Skyward Sword makes me sad.

So, you use your sword OR your shield?

Or both only if you have the ability to hold with only one hand the Gamepad and with the other one the WiiRemotePlus?

Or maybe we need a third arm.

Maybe they will include a strap for the pad so you can wear it like a gauntlet.

EDIT: Actually holy shit that could be awesome... UPad strapped to the left arm so you can access the screen with your right arm, then nunchuck in left hand and Wiimote in right.