Do Link and Zelda in Smash 4 Indicate Zelda U’s Art Style?

GaminRealm: "Unlike all other franchises out there, the Zelda series has the unique mystery factor of what the art style of the next entry will look like. 3D Zelda’s visuals have never used the same look, and we shouldn’t expect Zelda U to be any different. Ever since the tech demo Nintendo showed back at E3 2011, Nintendo fans around the globe have hotly discussed and speculated on how the game will turn out visually."

[gamerben]

I sure hope not. New art styles excite me.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I wouldn't be surprised if the next Zelda uses an upgraded form of the more artistically rendered style of Skyward Sword.
Darker, grittier tones for the colors, but in the same water-color style as Skyward.

I think I could live with that.

[Chrischi1988]

Yes, it would be dark age cel shading, that could be really cool, but I dont know, how to pull that off, so that everyone is happy with it. It just should not be tooo kiddy, then it is fine.

[rjguess]

I'd really like to see the style they used on the tech demo they used awhile back. That would be the best in my opinion.

[Geobros]

Zelda and Link are exactly the same from Twilight Princess game, lol!! Its not possible to be the same art style at new Zelda...

[starfox079]

These models are super upgraded twilight princess models the wiiu Zelda game will be more dramatic than this in it's design even if they keep these models in the new Zelda they will be much more detailed and overhauled but i think the new Zelda game will have an ultra high end cell shaded look but very realistic also like this pic...

http://wiiudaily.com/wp-con...

I got it from this article...

http://wiiudaily.com/2012/0...

[Shinobi100]

Without a doubt

[DoggyBiscuit]

I don't care about what art style they go with I just want another great Zelda game

[BigDuo]

No, it doesn't indicate the next Zelda's art style. Masahiro Sakurai goes for a cohesive art direction for Smash Brothers, and I suppose it looked better to have returning character designs from Twilight Princess than that of Skyward Sword. Maybe he didn't feel Zelda's SS look was an appropriate fit especially if Zelda will have her alternative Sheik form, which was redesigned for Smash Bros in the style of Twilight Princess. The character designs of Smash Bros do not generally indicate the character designs of other Nintendo projects. The only exception was with Kid Icarus: Uprising because Sakurai helmed that project, and Kid Icarus required a new design when he was introduced in Smash Bros Brawl anyway.

The Zelda team said it likes to make most of the games look unique from each other,and not to expect a photo-realistic or semi- realistic cartoonish style for the Zelda Wii U title currently in development. I very much doubt we'll see the same art style as in the Zelda Wii U tech demo shown off at E3 2011. A lot of people still don't realize that a tech demo is generally not representative of a full-fledged project, and has never been the case for any of Nintendo's.

As with any other Nintendo IP, Ninendo's development teams put more emphasis on aesthetics than graphical fidelity. Even Monolith Soft's X won't be the graphical equivalent to Uncharted, Last of Us or Crysis. That's not to say it won't look great - I'm sure it will - but one can already notice the low-res textures on the clothing of the character models, the hair not being intricately detailed like that o Final Fantasy 13's, and lack of high-res textures on the buildings like the bricks on the wall in the second trailer (where the character walks down the street). It's still in development, but I doubt we'll see a drastic change, just some subtle improvements.

[linkenski]

I think I'd prefer something darker but anything they've done in the past should be good. The only thing I dislike about Skyward Sword's arstyle though, is the actual character-designs which are a bit... bare? Also bosses like the Tentalus Queen or whatever it was called looks like it belongs in a Pixar film and not Zelda. OUT WITH THAT!