Miyamoto: New Zelda Won't be "Radically Different"

[Nifty]

Why so much hate on this? Sure it would be could if Nintendo branched off a bit, and didn't stick with the same formula, but the zelda games are good! So what if it's predictable? It's just got the same zelda heart with a few new additions. Am I the only one who's ok with not having a complete overhaul?

Some people get bored of predictable games. In the same way people got bored of Little Britain milking the same 3 jokes for 5 years.

 

[Charli]

Oh wow. Nintendo, not deviating from the standard pattern they've been using for a long time. That's a shock.

That said, I'll probably end up playing this.

Sadly this was just what went through my mind... Oh why can't I be the strong willed snob gamer I should be. I really do love shovelling this formulated, crap into my household year after year...

Anyone notice that because of their raging sucess in recent years they've actually started being brutally /honest/ about their opinions? We're not changing anything, gamers don't know what they want. Etc Etc.
Reeeally cocky of them ain't it?

 

[Twilight_guy]

After how much people bitched after WW made some relatively big changes, I can see why they would just "stick to the formula". If you change the game too much, then you lose your core fan base, but Zelda fans seem to ***** at anything new.

 

[VincentX3]

As long as I can bone some chick with the master sword then...
COUNT ME IN!

Ok now seriously, Im kinda glad there not changing much.

 

[Northern]

It'll be a new story, that's cool for me. I'd like a sequel to TP though, that'd be interesting.

 

[lostclause]

Wasn't there something that said that Link was going to be older in the next one? You can kind of see it in the art.
Maybe this means they'll be attempting to take a focus on the story and personality of the characters involved (fond hope).

 

[PureChaos]

i'll definitely get it.

you seem to just describe Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princes yet each game so far has been, Majora's Mask and Wind Waker for example, don't follow that system...much. yes, it's a case of collect these, go here but even if it was just that for the new one, i'm still going to get it. plus, with it being solely developed for the Wii, it will be awesome. hell, even an OOT remake on the Wii would be awesome.

 

[mattttherman3]

Frankly, I think Majora's Mask was the last time they tried to deviate from the original Ganon and Zelda tradition (on a console, not handheld), and WInd Waker was not, because Ganon was still the main ennemy. Will something like Majora's Mask happen again? Probably not for another 10 years.

Problem is other people keep calling Ocarina of Time the better game, just by virtue of the fact that it was out first.

Well I find Majora's Mask a better game. Indeed, if Majora's Mask came first, then it would have been the first 3D Zelda game, and thus, people would have liked it more.

 

[Graustein]

I don't play Zelda games because I want to see a radically different game with each installment. I play Zelda because I've played other Zelda games, found them fantastic and wanted more.

So, I'm neither surprised nor upset by this development. I'll still buy it, because the Zelda series has yet to prove itself unworthy of me, despite the rigid formula.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Given that Nintendo is so well-known from deviating from their tried and true formulas that have raked in cash hand over fist, I can only imagine how shocked everyone will be at this breaking development.

Sarcasm?
Minus all their new puzzle-like games, new IPs, and casual games R&D throws out at times, things like Mario and Zelda have hardly seen any game-breaking changes.
When I played TP, I wasn't thinking, "OH! What have they done with my Zelda franchise?!"
It still felt like Zelda with a new overall theme and little changes. (twilight realm as opposed to the sea, Termina as opposed to Hyrule, wolf instead of masks, boat instead of horse, etc)

He probably is being sarcastic, but are you kidding?

This just in! The new Zelda game will be just like all the others, with Majora's Mask still treated as the mutant younger brother none of the rest like!

In other breaking news, air is a necessity to breathe, houses have walls and John McClane doesn't play by the rules!

This is a severe overreaction to Twilight Princess's similarities to OoT. Similarities that the fans DEMANDED after they freaked out about The WindWaker. That's a fact. The same fans that freaked out over Mario Sunshine.

Face it kids, people don't want serious change. Nintendo aren't changing it because they can't, they aren't changing it because it's not what the fans want. The same goes for other franchises.

Thats it, I officially hate my Wii.


Interesting side note, the only Zelda game that the broad overview doesn't apply to in any way is Majoras Mask.

Dingo, you saying you have a Wii is like Funk telling us he hates giant mecha. No one believes you i'm afraid. ;¬)

And to be honest, it's noise. If you've played Ocarina of time, you haven't played Link to the past, have you? If you've played Link to the Past, you haven't played Oracle of Seasons/Ages, or Link's Awakening. Saying that it follows a dungeon formula is like saying that Devil May Cry follows a stage formula.

Even more evidence to suggest that Wii Zelda won't be horribly dumbed down to appeal to the massive Wii audience. Nintendo just keeps rolling out the good news.

But digest suggests that perhaps it won't be dumbed down, perhaps it may be more complex.

 

[Nerdfury]

I don't care if it's the same as the previous games. I played the earlier ones to death, and I'll play this one too. Zelda is one of the few games that can recycle so heartily and still manage to be a great series at each iteration, and that's a statement not borne out of Nintendo fanboyism.

 

[duchaked]

My God!! Nintendo isn't making radical changes! What's next? JRPG's getting released exclusively on the 360? PS3's costing a dollar? Chocolate monsters fighting toffee-covered zombies? McDonalds going vegan? Where will the madness stop!?!

P.S. It'll be nice to have a reason to play the Wii again.

lol nice

yeah well, if it ain't broke don't fix it

admittedly Legend of Zelda would be the biggest factor for drawing me back to Nintendo (oh my childhood...)

 

[Darth Pope]

Suprise, suprise. But really, is this a bad thing?

 

[LewsTherin]

Blimey.
I almost got my hopes up then.

I'll still probably get it, because I'm a horrible Nintendo-whore and I hate myself.

That and even if you think it's horribly unoriginal and derivative, it's still better and more original than most games being released.

Forsooth.

 

[velcthulhu]

Sigh... more of the same. Majora's Mask was the only one that changed up the formula, and surprise surprise, it was the best of the lot by a wide margin. Where is the creativity that went into that game? Keep the cool puzzles, that's what makes- er, made- the old zeldas good. The rest of it could use some damn variety.

 

[A random person]

Blimey.
I almost got my hopes up then.

I'll still probably get it, because I'm a horrible Nintendo-whore and I hate myself.

That and even if you think it's horribly unoriginal and derivative, it's still better and more original than most games being released.

Over here on planet Earth, I'll just keep playing inFAMOUS, flinging lightning at crackheads.

I said most, not all.

 

[Tharticus]

Zelda is basically gathering items to help rescue the princess. Build up, build up but it's the same blimey thing since the original.

And yes, Majora's mask is tangent to others but I favor that game more than the others despite it's a sequel to Ocarina of Time.