OK, I couldn't possibly nread all 14 pages of posts in this thread. But I think I got a general feel of the consencus here - Zelda being trashed as stale and rehashed, Nintendo fans retaliating against Bioware (even though it wasn't Bioware themselves that made this statement, it was G4) trashing their numerous AAA RPG series.
Much animosity has risen from the idea of a beloved series being "tampered" by another developer, and I'm getting the general sense that "only Nintendo should touch their IPs". Oh how wrong this attitude is. It may be early to be talking about this as it hasn't released yet, but it seems safe for me to say most Samus fans are eagerly anticpating Metroid Other M, a game that was developed by Team Ninja. And remember before that, when Retro Studios reivented the Metroid series taking it into the 1st person theatre?
IPs shoulsn't necessarily be attached to just one development team, but rather open to different creative minds that can give players new and unique visions of cherished characters, to be experienced in a new way. Which is what Team Ninja is doing with Samus.
What I'm saying is, lets not attack the idea of Bioware, or any other development team, taking the reigns of an established franchise, and seeing how their vision can possibly reinvigorate a long running series in ways we never imagined before. And that's what I'm talking about. Possibilities. This sort of thing, by which ever game or development team we're talking about, shouldn't be seen as a negative, but rather as an opportunity.
I say, more inter-developer collaberations is what the industry needs MORE of, and what we as gamers should EMBRACE.
Imagine what Valve and 343 Studios could accomplish in a Halo collaberation.
Or Ubisoft working with Eidos to make a Tomb Raider Game.
What unique experience could a Metal Gear game be if handled by Remedy?
Maybe some of these ideas seem like a stretch, but then again, 3 years ago who would have thought they'd see Samus helmed by TN? yes we all know that Zelda is an action adventure game, but its lore and setting makes for amazing RPG material, and could be seamlessly redesigned as one.
AdobeArtist
Making Metroid 1st person was Miyamoto's idea, retro are a Nintendo subsidiary, and other m is a collaberation. No one except you wants an RPG zelda, we want action adventure zelda.
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