Legend of Zelda - Here's what the franchise needs

1. Difficulty settings. Yeah, I know you can make the game more difficult by not getting heart containers. But what about for completionists who want everything the game offers AND want more difficulty?

2. Be able to put on different tunic/armor using a hotkey button. It is getting really old having to press start, go into a menu, enable different tunic, exit the start menu, then finally continue on with the game. This could easily be corrected with hotkeys.

3. Bring back magic spells. Ocarina of Time had some magic. Twilight Princess had none. Magic spells to enchant your sword, run faster, etc.

4. Bring back hover boots but make it more interesting. Have 3 different "levels" set for hover boots. When you first get hover boots, they won't allow you to hover very long. Then you have to find an item that allows hover for longer, allowing you to reach new areas. Then another item that allows hover for even longer.

5. Bring back bombchus. Bombchus would be different in that you can control every aspect of where the bomb travels. Allow the player to change to 1st person mode for this when needed. New, unique puzzles could be built around this.

6. Allow every cutscene to be skippable. If someone really liked Twilight Princess, and was on their 5th playthrough, then why should that person have to watch unskippable cutscenes again? Why isn't every cutscene skippable? A majority of cutscenes in TP are skippable, but every one should be skippable in the next Zelda game.

7. Voice acting for non-playable characters.

8. Orchestrated music.

The only things that are really needed are magic, difficulty setting, and the music

every thing else is just meh 

Numbers 7 and 8 should actually be at the TOP of the list.

Also, since many people already confuse the franchise as an RPG, why not implement the actual elements into the game? Create a levelling system, with upgradable numerical attributes (STR, HP, MP, INT, WIS, etc...) and abilities. Have the armor and weapons become level dependant, where Link has to be at certain levels to be able to equip them. The idea being to allow the player to tailor his gameplay by customizing Link, focusing the level upgrades to the attributes and abilities how he wants to.

Numbers 7 and 8 should actually be at the TOP of the list.

Also, since many people already confuse the franchise as an RPG, why not implement the actual elements into the game? Create a levelling system, with upgradable numerical attributes (STR, HP, MP, INT, WIS, etc...) and abilities. Have the armor and weapons become level dependant, where Link has to be at certain levels to be able to equip them. The idea being to allow the player to tailor his gameplay by customizing Link, focusing the level upgrades to the attributes and abilities how he wants to.

AdobeArtist

Create -A- Dungeon

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Numbers 7 and 8 should actually be at the TOP of the list.

Also, since many people already confuse the franchise as an RPG, why not implement the actual elements into the game? Create a levelling system, with upgradable numerical attributes (STR, HP, MP, INT, WIS, etc...) and abilities. Have the armor and weapons become level dependant, where Link has to be at certain levels to be able to equip them. The idea being to allow the player to tailor his gameplay by customizing Link, focusing the level upgrades to the attributes and abilities how he wants to.

nintendofreak_2

Why not? Why not tailor the play style based on where you place upgrades, on skills and abilities, personalizing the gameplay experience to your own tastes? :)

Why not? Why not tailor the play style based on where you place upgrades, on skills and abilities, personalizing the gameplay experience to your own tastes? :)

AdobeArtist

i think zelda should die.

wouldn't that be epic. 

I agree with 7 and 8.

All the other ones are mostly pointless.

Create -A- Dungeon

 

Silenthps

Yes! This.

1. Difficulty settings.

I agree with this idea, sometimes when you play zelda its just way to easy.

2. Enabled Quick Select for Items

Agreed the systems in zelda really haven't changed much since snes days.

3. Bring back magic spells

I'm kinda neutral on that, they would have to have them tie into the game some how or not do them at all in my opinion.

4. Bring back hover boots but make it more interesting. Have 3 different "levels" set for hover boots. When you first get hover boots, they won't allow you to hover very long. Then you have to find an item that allows hover for longer, allowing you to reach new areas. Then another item that allows hover for even longer.

Same as above.

5. Bring back bombchus. Bombchus would be different in that you can control every aspect of where the bomb travels. Allow the player to change to 1st person mode for this when needed. New, unique puzzles could be built around this.

I actually think they should bring bombchus back in some form specially with the wii motion controls.

6. Allow every cutscene to be skippable.

Agreed.

7. Voice acting for non-playable characters.

Strongly disagree, thats one of the charms to games like zelda and banjo kazooie is the wierd voices.

8. Orchestrated music.

Agree nintendo are weak on making proper music in there games they need to be like most companies how a days and hire out a suite of musicians for a month or something to do there game scores because there good but still a joke right now.

AvIdGaMeR444

Thats my opinion.

i think zelda should die.

wouldn't that be epic. 

Panther501

Not as epic as you going first. :)

The only things that are really needed are magic, difficulty setting, and the music

every thing else is just meh 

Nevlim

I agree, but Bombchus are awesome.

i AGREE, on a side note, im SOOO glad you didn't say that link himself needs a voiceactor. All the real fans know that would be really weird at this point in the franchise.

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i think zelda should die.

wouldn't that be epic. 

Ninja_T-Rex

Not as epic as you going first. :)

that was a really lame comeback 

lol @ Nintendo still using MIDI files for music.

It's not like there are any space limitations now.