Ever since the Wii U was announced at E3 2011, Zelda fans have wondered whether we might see HD rereleases of a few recent games in Nintendo’s beloved franchise. Wednesday came jam-packed with Wii U news, but unquestionably the most talked-about is that we won’t be seeing an upscaled Zelda game, but a full remake of perhaps the most daring entry in the series—The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker—coming before the end of the year. Alongside this announcement, Nintendo revealed several screenshots to show fans how the game looks in its new format. With the question of visual fidelity out of the way, fans have one thing on their mind: music.
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I'd put Street Fighter 2 over 3. 2 and all its different versions dominated the arcade scene back in the day in a way that 3 never did.
Agreed, Same with Metal Gear Solid imo. Came for Bioshock and was not disappointed. Would easily put Burger Time or Space Taxi over tempest. Also, OG Sim City and Oregon Trail. Mario 64 as well. Just too many!
Me too. I didn't have a GC until way later and never played it. I've been waiting on Nintendo to release the HD edition on the Switch for forever, but they just won't!
I never bought a Gamecube, I've always had an urge to play this game, maybe it'll get a remaster in the future.
I played it on WiiU for the first time and it remains my fave Zelda game to date. So much character and a real sense of exploration without the open world bloat.
Ms Pacman?
Robotron?
SSF2 Turbo over 3 simply by the 10000000000's ports of the game we're still having
Castlevania SOTN?
Zelda Link to the Past over Wind Waker
Super Mario Bros 3?
Chrono Trigger?
Resident evil4?
COD MW2 (the original)?
Uncharted 2
Metal Gear Solid?
Here's my reasoning for all of them versus the list proposed in the article.
They are still quite enjoyable from start to finish on their original platform, unlike some Wind Waker or Okami that are fun when you play the remastered version (unless you call: forced to watch a 20-minute cutscene or have to blow for wind chance constantly fun).
Some of them are the pinnacle of what the console could do (MGS, Chrono, MGS)
Lots of them are still considered the go-to-go game for their genre.
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If you go by history, they didn't remix or recreate the score of Ocarina of Time in the 3D remake either. But they did with Star Fox 64 3D interestingly enough. Who knows?
Hopefully we'll see a limited edition with some goodies in...maybe the soundtrack will come along with it.
Nintendo havent had many collectors edition this gen, Wind Waker would be a good one to do.
Soundtrack, Artbook, maybe a replica of the conductor etc
From the article: "One of these possibilities is the Skyward Sword route: Orchestrate the more bombastic songs, while using digital audio tools to recreate the rest of Wind Waker’s music with the impression of an orchestra while avoiding spending so much time and money on the real deal."
I'm fine with that. I realize having an orchestra record every song would be very expensive and honestly wouldn't lead to any more sales. I could see them doing a couple songs though. For example the Symphony of the Goddess touring orchestra already does the sailing theme.
Hopefully they do, "The Wind Waker Symphonic Movement" from the Zelda 25th Anniversary concerts was amazing.
I wouldn't touch a thing on the OST.
It's beautiful as is.
Prob the same reason you don't mess with Ocarina's OST.