Miyamoto: Next Legend of Zelda won't be 'radically different'

Someone doesn't have a life beyond Joystiq...

Why do you keep coming back to people you don't like and that don't like you? I don't get it.

You must be a very lonely sad little individual, Sprinkles. I'm sorry your mommy didn't love you.

likewise. i mean, sure a series has to give gamers *some* sense of familiarity, but that doesn't mean every game should feel *exactly* like a game you've played before.

i'm sorry, but 20% of gameplay as a wolf does not a new game make.

Ocarina of Time is not only my favorite Zelda game, but it's my favorite game, period.

The thing about OoT is that the tech in the N64 made so many things possible for the Zelda series. Not so much now in the Gamecube/Wii renditions of the games.

I suspect that if Zelda had the power of the PS3 or 360 behind, we might have seen another huge leap in the series like we did in OoT. It's too bad Nintendo just discovered the DVD......

What innovation can HD or Hard drive give to Zelda?

Zelda is all about gameplay, wich is exactly what Nintendo is focused on, they're trying new ways to experience a game, wich is great to revive stale franchises.

Zelda can benefit more from WM+ than it could from HD. WM+ can refresh the whole combat system and puzzles.

Being there from the start (1987's The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda), I have to agree with you both and many others on that the Zelda series has become a bit same ol' same ol' in too many ways, which is better than new and horrible, but nonetheless a slow killer regardless if not checked. I know Ocarina of Time (Major's Mask as well) made a huge leaps to where we are today overall and were good at being the bridging point to today but now its a bit stale and possibly just too safe a bet as it is. I think better looking and bigger complex worlds would help.

Look, I don't want the series to go through a huge radical change or venture into risk taking territory the likes of the Sonic franchise for example, AT ALL, but I do think they need to make for one again the graphics and world to be a bit more detailed & complex for lack of a better words or explanations. It just sucks that to find the changes I would hope one day it could reach would mean a newer system with greater graphical & memory ability. Not that that is horrible but we are talking about now.

Don't get me wrong it's not all graphics either as I immensely enjoyed The Wind Waker a lot! But yeah I miss the cool and fun nature of A Link to the Past but we need to get back to what made that game so amazingly awesome. I hope it is not just memories of my youth or being of that age group to feel this way.

Look I just remembered, one thing that start making these to safe and a but confused is in how the game no longer can be completely done with strategy guides. I remember that all the answers where there for the players by just them playing and exploring. Now it's all about chance and or a guide to get through too many aspects of the game.

I really wish Project Deluge had some kind of basis in reality, no matter how small. A change like that would be great for the series, imo.

PS360 power would not do anything special for Zelda. Bigger and better, of course, just as any jump in power would, but no radical leap forward

"I suspect that if Zelda had the power of the PS3 or 360 behind, we might have seen another huge leap in the series like we did in OoT"

In graphics, sure. Otherwise this comment makes no sense whatsoever.

I'm not sure that I completely disagree with storm eagle.

If you outfit your wife of 20 years with a new set of tits and a pair of heels, she'll be fun to ride again, even though the gameplay is the same.

Thank you fellow Zelda "haters"!

It's about time the tide has turn and people can now see the series for what it is. Stale.

I loved A Link to the Past, and really, really liked OoT/Majora's mask. I even appreciated Wind Waker even though that's when I first started tasting something stale.

However, the formula must change or be greatly enhanced. I'm so sick of the formulaic dungeon crawling. The designs are dull, secrets are few, and it simply takes too long to do a single dungeon with very little reward. Sure, the boss fights can be enjoyable, but when you freaking know what weapon you're going to get before you've done three rooms in the dungeon, you know the designers have gotten lazy.

Also, let's stop with the gimmicks. It was barely ok to swallow an annoying fairy, but a wolf, a freak, a boat, a train, another boat... Come on, seriously... If they added more than they took away it may be worth it, but let's just get back to the core game and stop putting lipstick on a pig. Do that AFTER you update the core, if you must.

If you can't do 3D well anymore, go back to 2D (but away from DS/PSP) and remember what made Zelda awesome.

I couldn't even bother finishing Twilight Princess. I enjoyed Wind Waker but this felt like a step backwards (or sideways). It bugged me that Link controlled exactly the same as he did in Ocarina of Time. I also did not enjoy being a dog at all. They don't have to completely reinvent the series but they at least need to do enough so that it doesn't feel like an Ocarina of Time expansion or reskin.

er, I mean... ZELDA NEEDS MORE ALIENS THAT I CAN SHOOT WITH MY LASER GUN.

Why did I get downvoted if I posted the exact same thing as other people, that HD can't do much for Zelda.

WM+ can do much more.

Wind Waker is my favorite, and they actually did something different.

Johnny Neat: "Don't get me wrong it's not all graphics either as I immensely enjoyed The Wind Waker a lot!"


Are you basically saying Wind Waker was NOT one of the very best looking games of last generation, even besting most of the horrible, bland, drab looking horse shit this generation? I certainly hope not.

Really, has Zelda ever really changed?

Uhh...wow. Yeah. Play the games sometime, genius.

+1

And I don't want it to be radically different. The great thing about Zelda games are solving the dungeons and fighting the bosses all of which are different for each game. That's enough for me.

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I would look to the next Super Smash Bros for that. Those smash balls are ridiculous.

Ooops, Sprinkles got deleted and made my comment shape shift to yours.
lol

Wasn't meant towards you, Storm Eagle.

....*call me*

It's all good. It happened to me yesterday when they banned his Lion account.

sigh...

Did that loser come back again? He really is like a cockroach.

Sprinkles - the community DOES NOT WANT YOU HERE
the moderators DO NOT WANT YOU HERE
the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DOES NOT WANT YOU HERE

how stupid are you? or do you really need mental help? or is it both? I vote for both.

The re-re-banned him Glory. It's all clear.

For now....

I agree with you. Just look at Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time. Majora's Mask was very similar to Ocarina, yet it had its own quirky and developed gameplay that was unique to that game. Reinventing the wheel doesn't necessarily equate to better games.

Do you understand just what radically different would imply?

Awesome display pic there Tuna!

If all else fails, use fire.

Are you gonna tell me to head south from the King's Tomb?