Miyamoto would most like to see a Link to the Past remake on 3DS

Hey. Nintendo.

Metroid 2 remake.

Get on it. STAT.

Make the magic happen.

Why? The SNES version is still great even today. Make a NEW one! No touchscreen bullcrap this time.

As a person who unfortunately never played the original (and never got around to playing a rom of it)
this is very good news.

@Theneverendingsoda

You mean like every other company these days? At least its a hell of a lot less brown..

Luckily, i keep my wallet in a safe where i will be unable to access it so i dont lose all my money to Nintendo.

Gonna be funny when its time to pay the rent though...

A Link to the Past is one of my very favorite games of all time, but... well, I really have no interest in a remake. I think Miyamoto's time would be much better spent trying to make a new top-down Zelda that surpasses it.

With proper 2D graphics and proper movement controls, unlike the Zelda games for Nintendo DS.

I'll have to contact my agent to just forward all my money to Nintendo.

Oh, come on!!, but their squeals sound cute!

@Theneverendingsoda

God of War probebly dosn't have much of a future though,
what with everyone and everything being dead.

I know that Gameboy's Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is coming to the virtual console for the 3DS. But is it not a better idea to remake Link's Awakening than remaking Link to the past, because in my opinion Link's Awakening is so better in story and gameplay. Of course a Link to the Past in not bad at all, still my number two Zelda game after Link's Awakening.

(Arnold voice) DO IT!!! DO IT NOW!!! WHAT ARE U WAITING FOR?!?!

REMAKE ZELDA 1 & 2!
Or Wind Waker 3DS!
Or the Oracle Games.

Stop dicking around with games that have been re-released 20 times already.

@Theneverendingsoda

Nintendo has a few IPs that are less than 25 years old.
Pikmin, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Golden Sun, Advanced Wars, Fire Emblem, Smash Bros. come to mind. I'm not super familiar with the Wii's offerings, but I'm sure they put out a few new games (Red Steel or something) this generation as well?

@FreakSheet
I thought Nintendo was supposed to be angelic example of an innovation-driven company? So why retreat back to "well, everyone's doing it" when someone calls them out on their rehashes?

Hoo boy, Ninty's quickly going on the Squeenix road of re-packaging and re-selling games created back when they actually gave a damn.

Meh, I'd rather see a true console sequel to Wind Waker or a handheld sequel to minish cap. I could never get the motivation to finish LTTP, it always got boring before the end.

But its obvious why they would choose LTTP, people are obsessed with it and it's a much bigger technological upgrade than what they've been doing with the pokemon games.

I didn't need to read any further after the title...



DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ETERNALLY MAKE ME YOUR BITCH NINTENDO!!!!!!!!! :D

@Punkrawk Bbob
They actually put out a ton of new games that never turn into series (and usually don't end up outside of japan). The truth is that no matter how much people complain on this blog, sequels are what people really buy and the chances of a new game turning into a popular Nintendo series are low.

Nintendo is better off just using old series if they have new gameplay ideas, otherwise barely anybody will actually try out the new gameplay.

As for the complaints about remakes, Nintendo has been steadily releasing sequels to almost all of their main series for the past 20 years. The process has not slowed down or been replaced by remakes. You can look at how often new zelda, metroid, mario, etc games come out and you will see this.

it amazes me how all these Nintendo fans, who likely read this blog fairly often, can be completely unaware of all the original games Nintendo designs and publishes.

Steel Diver? Whats that? Pandoras Tower? Never heard of it. And so on.

The real reason Nintendo sticks with the old series is because people actually care about them. If they had released their new games 20 years ago, we would be seeing the much anticipated 8th game in the Steel Diver series by now. But instead, we get a single game that will likely never sell well enough to get a polished sequel.

You can look through the lists of games Nintendo has published in the past 10 years, theres lots of new games that never went anywhere. Thats why Nintendo doesn't even bother translating a lot of those games to English, they know only a very small minority of gamers would actually buy them.

@Theneverendingsoda
i'm from the NES Generation as well and Nintendo has NOT been rehashing the same games over and over again this game came out nearly 20 years ago -.- so it's GREAT that it's being reintroduced for older players to enjoy again and younger ones to enjoy in general.

While I think a full on remake would be shamelessly awesome. How about we wait on that until the 3DS gets an original zelda or two under its belt.

I have two opinions on this article.

First: I am thrilled that A Link to the Past is getting a 3D remake. I love that game and personally think that it is the second best Zelda ever behind the original.

Second: I wish that they would get away from the remake idea, as well as the 3D (game world.. not 3D visuals), and build a new Zelda in the overhead view. However, the appearance is not the only throwback I'm looking for. Zelda began as the greatest adventure of all time and while the new ones are still awesome they are NOT what Zelda started as.

Get rid of all of the character chat and linear elements. Build a Zelda and let us truly explore again like the original. I miss the community aspect of working with friends to figure out where everything. I don't want the game to walk me through it. Use the power of the new systems to make the game a truly grand and huge adventure. Make hundreds of items... some necessary and some simply more useful to add power to your character. I envision a game that plays like the original Zelda with a remarkably more beautiful look in the line of A Link to the Past but 25 times the size of A Link to the Past. Overworld, underworld, hidden secrets in bushes, rocks, dirt, caves, etc.

It'll never happen so I should build a bridge... then get over it.

Or just keep playing The Legend of Zelda and A Link to the Past.

(Too bad I cannot ever forget where everything is in the original. I would love to play it again "for the first time" but it is just going through the motions at this point.)

P.S. Die slow...

LOL, the only reason I would ever by a 3DS...thanks a lot =-|

Still is my favorite game of all time, I would love a new look for it.

Time to start the celebration party it might go for over a year though.

No more gimmick controls, please. I still fail to see the actual reasoning behind such inconvenient controls that are put into Wii games for an example. The main objective of controls is for them to be fluid and unnoticeable. That is how the experienced players get immersed into their games. Immersion does not happen by swinging a stick and a nunchuk around while sitting on your livingroom sofa meant for relaxation.

They are going to REMAKE every game they've ever made on this thing. That's what Nintendo DOES. And people will continue to buy it.

This was by far the best Zelda game ever.

Would love this but I don't see its current form being able to show off the 3d effect in any noticeable way. Would they be doing a full 3d remake because those rarely transfer the magic of the original game.

Actually, this would amaze me more than the OoT remake.