[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="FLEEBS"]Why don't you clarify for us WHAT you are talking about?WllDan7
I didn't think I had to but here goes again, just for you lol
Wind Waker was a departure from the Zelda series and flopped (meaning it didn't gain a new audience and also upset longtime fans of the franchise) so that means if a new Zelda came out that veered from the basic formula and flopped that would be two flops (Wind Waker, Zelda's title) out of the last three (Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Zelda's title)
The franchise is under too much heat right now to take risks. If you follow how the series has gone so far in recent years you see how the franchise isn't as strong as it needs to be right now to take that kind of risk.
From the SNES Zelda hit it's peak on the N64 with OOT (over 7 and a half million sold) and then took a dip with Majora's Mask. It had the same sort of Zelda framework but they changed up the formula and while the fans liked the "Zelda" parts they didn't care much for the changes in the game overall and it showed in it's sales.
Still Zelda was a strong franchise when the Gamecube came out and Nintendo could gamble with making Zelda go in a different direction, in comes Wind Waker. Nintendo really tried to mix things up in different ways from Majora's Mask with the most noticeable difference being the graphics. Wind Waker was supposed to finally capitalize on Zelda's popularity at the time and hit the franchise up, instead (as I said above) it didn't bring it a new audience and ticked off the fans.
Twilight Princess stayed more to the Zelda framework then any game since OOT and you still had people complaining about the wolf parts. On the other hand the Wiimote controls while not perfect did help get Zelda into people's hands that normally wouldn't buy the game. That was also helped by it being one of the launch titles that was a sure bet to be quality.
To make the Zelda franchise take a total departure from the basic framework when fans have hated even little departures from the franchise doesn't make any sense. It's practically begging for the franchise to look poorly in everyone's eyes. Zelda hasn't just completed a run where everything it touches is golden, instead it's shown that while the main formula is there it's very hard to please the fans, bring in new fans, and move the franchise forward.
I expect the next Zelda game to have more of the Zelda that everyone expects from the franchise to satisify the franchise followers and test out a few new things in small doses. If one of the new things they test out wins people over THEN you can take the franchise on a new direction.
It is something I think called phathom hourglass that is the sequel to the game that is selling like crazy in japan and that when it comes here it will sale like crazy to. And if what you were saying was remotely true nintendo would have never made a game like this again. But they have so live with it and keep your opinion to your self. And Zelda actual being the main character in one game would be great. The name of the game is the legend of zelda not the legend of link the legend of zelda. It is only a matter of time before she gets her own game and if the rumor is true then I cannot wait for this game to come.
No, not at all.
That art style works for the DS because it's not as powerful as it needs to be to pull off realistic looking graphics like Twilight Princess. So you take the over simplified graphics and to compensate you throw in as much of the core Zelda gaming as you can find. The art design is the only thing that Phantom Hourglass has in common with Wind Waker. You also have to look into who (and more importantly what age groups) owns a DS, you're not shooting for the exact same demographic.
Even the quotes about that game are trying to pull you away from making the link between Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass. All you've been hearing are things like "Link is back how you remember" and "puzzles are back" everything about that game is trying to push Link being back to his roots. Both games (Twilight Princess and Phantom Hourglass) stress that Link is going back to his roots.
Zelda as a franchise is brittle. If there was any question before the direction of Twilight Princess told everyone for sure. It's just not strong enough to take the chance.
Maskedgamer up there made an excellent point that I agree with. Just like in some of the Mario titles they have you taking control of Peach for little side quests. That's the kind of introduction the franchise would need to test the waters. You cannot risk the entire franchise on a hunch. I mean what would have happened if Twilight Princess' gameplay was ALL wolf? Considering how many complaints we've heard from those parts of the game they would have had a flop.
While I know many don't want to hear this the bottom line is sales.
The chances that a game featuring Zelda sells well no matter what is iffy at best. It would be hard to convince all of the fans of the franchise to take the gamble that it's worth it to purchase and then you'd have to convince everyone else and considering how video games are a male dominated business that's a hard sell. Peach has the strength of the Mario franchise behind her and while her game didn't flop it wasn't one of the best sellers that year. If it was a Mario title that featured Peach it would have been a flop. Mario is too high caliber a franchise to have lukewarm sales, same goes with the Zelda. That kind of reception can't be tolerated for the Zelda franchise.
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