Warp Zoned writes:
"We know that the NX will be at least as powerful as the Wii U, and probably on par with the PS4 and Xbox One. We’ve also heard about a handful of game announcements, as well as a few more projects rumored to be in the works.
And that’s where this list comes in. We’re going to keep track of all the NX announcements (and rumors) in one place so you don’t have to."
Polygon: "To get back to the way Ocarina made us feel, it was necessary to reject almost everything about it."
The feeling this game gave me the first time i had my hands on it is indescribable.. i still get the chill from that day..
botw is like a spin off of the series.. it’s fun but with many flaws and the most important which is Zelda formula isn’t there..
I can't even remember how many times I played through OoT, I finished that game, and collected everything so many times.
I generally agree with the author here. However, if I had to point out a single game as the 'anti-Breath of the Wild,' that would be Majora's Mask. Pretty much everything in that game is interconnected, relies on something that the player must have done previously, is timed, and can be considered a puzzle in itself.
but still considered the best of the seties.
i would have liked botw to be more like ocarina.
25 years from today whatever Zelda is out people would too be looking fondly at Breath of the Wild.
Ah the more simple times of the 2020s.
The best prices we've found this Black Friday for Zelda Tears of the Kingdom as well as the previous game, Breath of the Wild.
The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma has again commented on the possibility of revisiting the style of past entries in the series – but there are no plans as of now. Speaking with RTL Nieuws, Aonuma said that games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were possible because of what came before them.
Which is very sad. I still wish we could get a zelda like twilight princess, the dark tone and theme in the traditional style. But times have changed and the masses prefer open world sandbox. Smh. Perhaps we can get a proper hd remake of ocarina of time some day.
I played 100 hours of Tears of the Kingdom, enjoyed it, but ready for a game like that next.
If they can bounce between 2D and 3D Mario games, they can bounce between classic and modern Zelda games too. I thought this was a given when the Switch combined a handheld with a primary console.
Then this is where I part ways. I won't disagree with anyone who says that the old formula was getting stale. And I do think BoTW in a few ways was a step in the right direction, but there's way too much good that was left with the old formula in the transition.
Well that sucks. I still love the classic formula WAY more than the Hyrule Engineering Simulator
As long as they get those third party games Nintendo NX will be just fine. If not.............history will repeat itself.
* I don't mind the NX being a mostly Nintendo games machine, but it needs to get Dragon Quest 11 over in the U.S.
If we that, I'm happy.
At this point, Nintendo should just risk it and not give 2 fks about third party support. Make it the only console out of the 3 that essentially has exclusives for that system and no where else. The only thing they can hope for is have their core supporters in the nintendo only market.
That's a big list
And yes, I'm back! And no more "W-words" I see Chris hates the word more than F-words and gives instant 1 week bans to whoever uses the word (rhymes with "bore" incase anyone is wondering what word it is)
If third parties put out new games/the newest UPCOMING multiplats first, and old ports a distant second, it'll go a long way towards helping the NX sell.
If the do the opposite, like they did with the Wii U, by putting old ports in the limelight, they'll be helping to kill the NX off early, by driving people away from getting the system for third party games, because people will think there's nothing on the system from third parties that they can't already get on other systems they've bought.
This next bit is probably going to earn me a lot of downvotes from people that hate the idea of third parties supporting Nintendo with worthwhile exclusives, but I'm used to downvotes from people that don't want to see Nintendo treated the same as the competition by third parties, so I don't care...
I feel that Nintendo would be really smart to rope in Bayonetta 3 and Beyond Good & Evil 2 for the first quarter of the NX's launch window, because it's big games like those that people buy systems for, when they arrive in big enough numbers to form an attractive package.
It would also help if they convinced a couple of other big name third parties to announce new IP's that will at least start on the NX, if not stay exclusive, to draw bigger attention from the core audience that wants big third party games.
Three or four big name third parties bringing core-focused exclusives to the NX launch would turn some wallets towards the NX's launch in a MUCH BIGGER WAY than a bundle of old ports from last gen ever could.
To be honest, in fact, old ports are no longer a safe sales bet for third parties on a Nintendo home console, but loading up on big exclusives that the core third party loving crowd will want is something neither Nintendo nor third parties have really done for a Nintendo home console since the N64 era, when Nintendo still had Rare under their wing.
A return to that kind of output from third parties, on a home console like the NX, would be a God-send for Nintendo, and a money-printer for third parties, if it were advertised right..
As for Nintendo themselves, they need some big surprises.
I hear stirrings that Retro might be working on a new Kid Icarus game for the NX, and there were rumors of an upgraded version of Smash 4 under prep for launch, amongst other things.
Here's hoping Monolith Soft does a teaser for Xenoblade X2. That would make my YEAR.