The Legend of Zelda Series

[talonmalon333]

It seems that on this site, I'm the only one with a "that's cool" attitude about this upcoming game.

To me, the coolest part about it is the fact that top down Zelda is back (which is of course a great thing). But the game itself hasn't left me really excited so far.

[Spark Of Spirit]

All they showed is a demo dungeon and some random map gameplay in an announcement trailer.

Being that the traditional Zelda games Nintendo made themselves are The Legend Of Zelda (NES), A Link to The Past, and Link's Awakening, I don't have much reason to not be excited. Unless you aren't a fan of top down Zelda I'm not sure why you wouldn't be excited. Especially since we haven't gotten one of these since the Game Boy Advance two generations ago.

I'm just going off the fact that it's traditional Zelda being made by Nintendo's Zelda team which hasn't happened in almost 20 years. It might help the next 3D Zelda to revisit pre-OoT elements, as well. It can only help, really.

So personally I'm not seeing a downside.

[Foggle]

I'm just going off the fact that it's traditional Zelda being made by Nintendo's Zelda team which hasn't happened in almost 20 years.

Well, uh, exactly. They haven't made one in 20 years. Maybe he's worried they might have lost their touch or the team has completely changed for the worse?

Not that I feel that way, myself.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I'm just going off the fact that it's traditional Zelda being made by Nintendo's Zelda team which hasn't happened in almost 20 years.

Well, uh, exactly. They haven't made one in 20 years. Maybe he's worried they might have lost their touch or the team has completely changed for the worse?

Not that I feel that way, myself.

I dunno, of all the things to complain about with Nintendo worrying that they can't make a good game is pretty low on my worry list. It's being directed by Eiji Aonuma who is fairly well acquainted with the style of gameplay so I'm not really concerned.

I would have been more worried about Capcom making the Oracle games back in the day, but look how that turned out! 

[talonmalon333]

All they showed is a demo dungeon and some random map gameplay in an announcement trailer.

Being that the traditional Zelda games Nintendo made themselves are The Legend Of Zelda (NES), A Link to The Past, and Link's Awakening, I don't have much reason to not be excited. Unless you aren't a fan of top down Zelda I'm not sure why you wouldn't be excited. Especially since we haven't gotten one of these since the Game Boy Advance two generations ago.

I'm just going off the fact that it's traditional Zelda being made by Nintendo's Zelda team which hasn't happened in almost 20 years. It might help the next 3D Zelda to revisit pre-OoT elements, as well. It can only help, really.

So personally I'm not seeing a downside.

I'm not saying it won't be great, and I'm not saying I find there to be a downside. I just haven't seen enough to get as excited as many other people. Having top down classic Zelda back is a great thing, though (the PH and ST touch screen style can burn in hell for the rest of eternity and beyond). The actual content just hasn't "wowed" me though.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

To be fair though....its a top-down Zelda game. They are marvelously fun to play, but not exactly the most exciting games to watch (they aren't exactly about flash or anything like that). And besides, we've only seen 10+ minutes worth of footage. That's hardly enough to conclude whether there is or isn't enough to a game to get excited about it or not. To put things into perspective, if I were to show up a sample of gameplay from A Link to the Past to someone who never played it before, it probably wouldn't look like anything special until they actually played the game themselves in full. Zelda games lend themselves well to proper play-throughs and are fun when you play them from start to finish. They don't try to do anything too flashy or gimmicky, though, so its not like watching 10+ minutes worth of gameplay can fairly be expected to do anything for anyone other than to let them know what the core mechanics will be like.

[Spark Of Spirit]

All they showed is a demo dungeon and some random map gameplay in an announcement trailer.

Being that the traditional Zelda games Nintendo made themselves are The Legend Of Zelda (NES), A Link to The Past, and Link's Awakening, I don't have much reason to not be excited. Unless you aren't a fan of top down Zelda I'm not sure why you wouldn't be excited. Especially since we haven't gotten one of these since the Game Boy Advance two generations ago.

I'm just going off the fact that it's traditional Zelda being made by Nintendo's Zelda team which hasn't happened in almost 20 years. It might help the next 3D Zelda to revisit pre-OoT elements, as well. It can only help, really.

So personally I'm not seeing a downside.

I'm not saying it won't be great, and I'm not saying I find there to be a downside. I just haven't seen enough to get as excited as many other people. Having top down classic Zelda back is a great thing, though (the PH and ST touch screen style can burn in hell for the rest of eternity and beyond). The actual content just hasn't "wowed" me though.

Oh, well that's understandable. The teaser was enough for me, but then again it's what I wanted so that's expected. Sort of like the Wind Waker HD release, we might as well wait for more footage.

[talonmalon333]

Maybe Skyward Sword had caused me to worry about whatever Zelda was going to be announced next, regardless of the style.

[Nel_Annette]

Maybe Skyward Sword had caused me to worry about whatever Zelda was going to be announced next, regardless of the style.

"Announcing The Legend Of Zelda: Jar Of Voices. Take Link off into an adventure in the ancient tunnels of Hyrule and use a microphone peripheral to tell him what to do! No buttons at all!"

[Spark Of Spirit]

Maybe Skyward Sword had caused me to worry about whatever Zelda was going to be announced next, regardless of the style.

"Announcing The Legend Of Zelda: Jar Of Voices. Take Link off into an adventure in the ancient tunnels of Hyrule and use a microphone peripheral to tell him what to do! No buttons at all!"

See, this would have worried me.

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I was expecting this on the DS after Spirit Tracks

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[Nel_Annette]

Well, we had trains and boats, so I was expecting planes next. 

Though I suppose the Loftwing counts.

[talonmalon333]

Maybe Skyward Sword had caused me to worry about whatever Zelda was going to be announced next, regardless of the style.

"Announcing The Legend Of Zelda: Jar Of Voices. Take Link off into an adventure in the ancient tunnels of Hyrule and use a microphone peripheral to tell him what to do! No buttons at all!"

I'm not sure if that's gimmicky enough.

[talonmalon333]

Speaking of style, what graphical style do you guys think Zelda Wii U should, and will, have?

[Spark Of Spirit]

It will look like OoT in HD. That's my guess.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

It will look like OoT in HD. That's my guess.

And that's the way it should be, because OoT is the best Zelda game ever and has the best Zelda art-style ever. This is of course complete fact, and anyone who disagrees with it is automatically wrong because opinions are for losers.