More Mature Legend of Zelda

I saw online there was a petition for a more mature Legend of 7elda. Its an interesting topic that seems to be dividing the LoZ fanbase. What is your stance on this? How could Nintendo make this work? Harder gameplay? darker story? voice acting?more violent combat? What are your suggestions? I am old enough to remember what happened to the PacMan franchise when Mario came out. Now there is beginning to be a threat from another firm for the action adventure audience. Id like to see the Legend of Zelda compete with the top action adventure games in the genre.

I saw online there was a petition for a more mature Legend of 7elda. Its an interesting topic that seems to be dividing the LoZ fanbase. What is your stance on this? How could Nintendo make this work? Harder gameplay? darker story? more violent combat? What are your suggestions? I am old enough to remember what happened to the PacMan franchise when Mario came out. Now there is beginning to be a threat from another firm for the action adventure audience. Id like to see the Legend of Zelda compete

Coolyfett

because blood makes the game better of course

who is that other action adventure threat, zeldas about allthats left in the genre. I think teen is fine because blood doesn't make the game better

IMO the most Mature Zelda game (Majora's Mask) was rated E but it was darker then a lot of M rated games I played.

Make it M? Seriously? These people starting the petition need to go back to their Modern Warfare 2 and Gears of War and stop trying to destroy Zelda.

Dividing the Zelda fanbase? More like, purging it... Only the dumbest 13 year olds would actually open an online petition to force something so trivial like an M rating into a game.

what's the fetish people have with having a "17+" tag on their games?BrunoBRS

It helps them delude themselves into believing they're mature since they're playing a game that those who are 17 and up should only be playing. These people really piss me off, especially when they make fun of Nintendo fanchises and they have no substance to this argument other than the fact that most of these games are E.

I hope to odin people aren't really making petitions for a M rated Zelda. How good is that supposed to make Zelda? What Zelda needs isn't a GOW theme to it.....

Not gonna happen and I'm glad for it. Adding blood =/= mature. And I really couldn't come up with anything worthwhile that would make the game M-rated. A Zelda nipple slip? Come on.

If anything, an M rating makes a game more immature. Just look at God of War and those embarassing sex sequences.

M would ruin it. But I don't mind some blood.

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]what's the fetish people have with having a "17+" tag on their games?Demonjoe93

It helps them delude themselves into believing they're mature since they're playing a game that those who are 17 and up should only be playing. These people really piss me off, especially when they make fun of Nintendo fanchises and they have no substance to this argument other than the fact that most of these games are E.

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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]what's the fetish people have with having a "17+" tag on their games?BrunoBRS

It helps them delude themselves into believing they're mature since they're playing a game that those who are 17 and up should only be playing. These people really piss me off, especially when they make fun of Nintendo fanchises and they have no substance to this argument other than the fact that most of these games are E.

LOL!

didnt Oot have some blood? well, green blood... anyway a darker story would be nice. i like majoras mask, and im all for more challengeing gameplay. but an m-rated zelda? thats like an m-rated mario...

Well being 29 myself and enjoying plenty of over the top M rated games such as God of War, Bayonetta, Gears of War and Madword and the like....I still have to say that i don't really think I want Zelda to be M rated. Sure I could see the value in it, and if a megaton of ridiculous proportions ever happened and they announced it WAS, A large part of me would be excited. A mature Zelda game for my age group, sweet! But Bottom line I don't think it's necessary and would destroy the spirit of what's made the Zelda games so great.

Not to mention that there isn't a force on earth strong enough to make Nintendo create an M rated Zelda game. So....it won;t happen and that petition is a waste of bandwidth :P

Uncouth language! Actually, making LoZ rated M would kill sales. A lot of moms say, "Oh, it's Nintendo. i'll get it for my kids." If they see the mature rating, then they will not only stop buying LoZ but all of The Big N's products (except Wii Fit :P). Link's adventures are dark enough now. They don't need to be more evil. In fact, I wish we could go back to the aLttP days with a more ARPG style.

@BrunoBRS Lol.

You would like to see Zelda compete? With what? It doesn't have to compete with anything. If Nintendo are going to change the franchise in any way (which they are, apperantly) they will have a look at over all game design and decide what aspects might be a bit stale at this stage and maybe freshen some things up ie core gameplay mechanics etc. They will not make LOZ an overly gory franchise or throw in snippets of nudity or bad language for the sake of 'competing' with other titles that do so. They dont need to and the proof is in the pudding.

what's the fetish people have with having a "17+" tag on their games?BrunoBRS

No idea. I actually came across a dude in the PSP forums who said "DS sucks because it has no M rated games." O.o

And I dunno how I feel about an M rated LoZ. The games have never been about graphic violence but puzzle solving and adventuring whilst saving a princess of some sort. Let Darksiders remain the spiritual M rated LoZ, and leave the actual Loz series alone.

ok but honestly, i could care less about the rating. i'm not stupid to ignore a quality title just because in the end it got rated M, and i'm obviously not stupid to rule out the possibility of playing a game because said game doesn't have an M rating. just enjoy the game and ignore the (pointless) petition... seriously, do people really think signing petitions will change anything?

BTW @khadaj - darksiders is awesome.

it would be cool if we started with link as a full grown mad with a beard and battle scars and stuff instead of some kid that just screams

no need for that, zelda is mature enough. if you want to play a mature game go play PS3 or 360

IMO the most Mature Zelda game (Majora's Mask) was rated E but it was darker then a lot of M rated games I played.

Nintendo_Ownes7

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IMO the most Mature Zelda game (Majora's Mask) was rated E but it was darker then a lot of M rated games I played.

BadNewsBen

I'd like a darker story and harder gameplay.. I found all the 3d zeldas a bit too easy (especially WW)

couldnt care less about violence

what's the fetish people have with having a "17+" tag on their games?BrunoBRS

Just people being insecure about their own maturity.

Meh. I think Metroid is the only Nintendo series that could benefit from being rated M. Even then the game doesn't need it.

I do wish the series would evolve a bit, yes

but "evolve to a rating"?
that sound really retarded, you make a game and see what ratings it get. sure you keep somethings down if you really dont want it to hit mature but usally dosn't effect the game in any big away, especially not in a way I want zelda to evolve

Kids like the zelda games. I think they should keep it so the kids can play it, and also so adults enjoy it too.

Zelda is fine without blood. I dont want to see bunch of 8 yr olds start playing zelda because it has a little blood just like how they play Halo for the same reason. If you mean like OOT then yeah sure a little specks of red doesnt matter(assuming u have version 1.0 which is the only version wuth red blood)

I thought Zelda was already Mature Enough...I mean the Game already got a T rating instead of the usual E. (Twilight Princess)

Dividing the Zelda fanbase? More like, purging it... Only the dumbest 13 year olds would actually open an online petition to force something so trivial like an M rating into a game.

LordQuorthon

The chickens are the only things that should spill blood :Dillmatic87

I remember when OOT almost was changed to M because of the whole red blood thing and teh shadow temple. It was on the news, and they were making a stupid deal about it saying like, "The living dead rises from the ground at night and the player is able to kill it resulting in a significant amount of red blood coming from the enemy. Even several levels have blood all over the place". Then they showed the well, and some sort of red blur that resembled blood. lol

T is as high it should go. Blood won't make a difference in gameplay, Link is not some sex-crazed hero, and Zelda will never be a harlot. :evil:
Nudity? Zelda games do not lure fans with that type of "magic." It's ESRB ratings should stay as it is.

Majoras Mask was a mature game throughout, despite the lack of blood. They should make another profound Zelda attempt like that, instead of listening to the OoT fanboys...

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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]what's the fetish people have with having a "17+" tag on their games?BrunoBRS

It helps them delude themselves into believing they're mature since they're playing a game that those who are 17 and up should only be playing. These people really piss me off, especially when they make fun of Nintendo fanchises and they have no substance to this argument other than the fact that most of these games are E.

if they added blood, body parts flying everywhere, ability to kill shopkeepers etc. and heads flying off will make it mature which would be awesome. i really want to kill ganon in a way that looks like a real death