It would be an enormous understatement to say that Nintendo depends on Zelda U.
This is going to be the biggest project the company’s ever made. This game is one of the only chances the Wii U has left of ever recovering. This is the kind of game that could literally make or break a whole generation, a game that could spell the life or death of Nintendo’s reputation.
Screen Rant, "The return of one controversial character could have an incredible effect on The Legend of Zelda, prompting the introduction of new features."
Honestly I really changed my mind on Fi with the remaster because they didn't make her interrupt your gameplay every 5 seconds, that drastically changed my views on her
Technically she's in ToTK but obviously can't take any other form than the sword she was made into. Also the companion feature has been done plenty of times in Zelda, I don't think it'll add anything new. If anything should be brought back it should be the Minish.
Matt from We Game Daily writes "The Legend of Zelda series has gone in a different direction. One which, try as I have, I just can’t get on board with. Here is why I think Zelda should return to its 3D roots."
Amen! A good, tight, Zelda game with a focus on dungeons and puzzles. Let people have the new style Zelda if you gotta, but let us have the OoT style games too. That's not without precedent either, the handheld 2D Zelda's in the style of A Link to the Past etc have coexisted alongside the 3D Zelda's before
As much as I like BoTW, TotK, I need my traditional Zelda games as well, I could not endlessly play the open world Zelda games, plus it's harder to keep those fresher than the traditional games.
BotW was just as fresh to the franchise as OoT was. TokT was great but the next LoZ would have to move from that formula to be fresh again. There's only so much they can do with the hardware. I think they focused too much on making the world big instead impactful. I felt the world was sort of empty and repetitive in TotK, sure there was a lot to do but no more difference a Ubisoft game..
Wind Waker had a perfect balance of open world and a cool, well hand-crafted design. Maybe try to keep the open world but put in effort to make more memorable story driven quests and locations.
A fan of The Legend of Zelda has recreated the iconic Japanese monster Godzilla in Tears of the Kingdom using the game's Zonai devices.
I like it would also be cool if some created Dragon Caesar in the game I would love to watch the two going at it.
I don't know why the author is so terrified that the next Zelda will be bad. It may not be as good as A Link to the Past or Ocarina of Time, but I doubt it'll be straight-up "bad."
After my childhood experiences with Wind Waker's art design, I've given up on judging any game by its art design before playing it. I learned the ramifications of that the hard way. The point of the matter is that the Zelda gameplay is likely to remain intact, which is a good thing.
If the problem of making a "mainstream" Zelda game without much of the artistic creativity persists, let them stick with the typical "Twilight Princess" realism style. The gameplay isn't likely to change too much because the game sticks to a realistic aesthetic. Besides, Nintendo is still adapting to HD design, so being too ambitious in the presentation is likely to draw some problems this time. Save the artistic creativity for the next Zelda.
Well, nobody knows how this game will be, so I don't know what you talking about...I just know that Nintendo isn't the kind of company to turn their franchises to sh*t.
If Nintendo plans on Zelda being a system seller they need to westernize and modernize the Zelda series. I could live with more games just as they've been but if they want to expand the Zelda audience and make it a modern gaming giant it needs some updates. It should be a bigger open world and less linear first of all in the same way as Link Between Worlds was. Secondly voice acting is a must. A game with as deep as a story as a Zelda title with HD graphics and no voice overs is just silly in 2014. Imagine other big name series' without voice acting. Some things need to change as time goes on imagine reading dialogue in Metal Gear Solid because the 8-bit Metal Gear Games didn't have voice acting. Terrible excuse. It should also be more cinematic. Look at today's biggest games in the western market. Batman, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield, Call of Duty. They continue to get more and more cinematic with deep engaging stories. People like flashiness in games today and it is something Zelda needs to sell to the mainstream. And all of these simple things could be mixed into a regular Zelda title without hurting it. All they would do is improve an already fantastic franchise. Another addition they should really consider is some sort of online mode whether it be in the same vein as Assassin's Creed or GTA. If they could do that without taking away from the single player and manage to capture the essence of Zelda in an online multiplayer mode it could be the big thing they need to sell. It would show off the Nintendo Network at it's finest while showing they're serious about going online and as everyone has to admit having an online mode sells games. Look at every huge seller today. They all have some sort of multiplayer mode for the most part.
Well it better look like that demo from E3 or Nintendo is going to get blasted to pieces by the media. I know that wasn't a gameplay demo but by showing it you have raised expectations to that level.