Topic: Will the next Zelda game be an FPS?

[animecyberrat]

Thank you Icecold, I was gonna ask that same question but you beat me to it.

[Bill Aurion]

That would be awesome and should be done but I meant a full 2D Zelda adventure on Wii Ware. I don't know why I'm so into that idea, though, I still haven't beaten 5 of the 6 top-down 2D Zeldas (I only beat Link's Awakening) so it's not like I'm lacking one of them to play.

If Nintendo was to go all out with a full-scale 2D, Four Swords Adventures-graphics-style Zelda adventure, there's no way it would be for WiiWare... =)

[KDR_11k]

Steampunk is a setting where society has advanced a lot but electricity and gasoline engines were never developed so you have all kinds of weird hightech stuff running on coal and steam.

Zelda hasn't been much about exploration since the SNES, each Zelda got more restrictive in how you progress through the world to the point where it's now a story-driven linear game that just sends you all over the map to do the dungeon order. The NES Zeldas had little in terms of fixed orders.

[NWR_insanolord]

Then where would it be? It won't be a retail Wii game and they seem to be going in a different direction with the handheld ones. Someone suggested on RFN that a new 2D Mario would be a great way to drum up interest in Wii Ware, I would think a new 2D Zelda would be even better. The Twilight Princess team got back together, so should the Link's Awakening team. I realize that this has about as much chance of happening as the DS Escape Velocity game I beg for in my sig, but I can dream.

Steampunk is a setting where society has advanced a lot but electricity and gasoline engines were never developed so you have all kinds of weird hightech stuff running on coal and steam.

Zelda hasn't been much about exploration since the SNES, each Zelda got more restrictive in how you progress through the world to the point where it's now a story-driven linear game that just sends you all over the map to do the dungeon order. The NES Zeldas had little in terms of fixed orders.

Yes, and it's also nearly impossible to beat the original Legend of Zelda (and by beat I mean find all the heart containers and both sword upgrades and all the other hidden stuff) without the help of some sort of guide.

[Adrock]

I knew I wasn't the only one. There's only so much you can do with the same setting over and over again. Even if it's not in Hyrule (Majora's Mask), it's still the same goddamn thing. Zelda needs something COMPLETELY new, which means dragging it kicking and screaming out of the dark ages.

It's not that Nintendo can't do anything new with the same setting, they're just unwilling to do so. They're afraid of drifting too far away from their comfort zone. Even Phantom Hourglass was typical Zelda, except with a stylus.

I would like to see Nintendo try a new setting for the series. It doesn't necessarily have to be steampunk (though I still advocate the idea).

[DAaaMan64]

Whatever Adrock PH was a pretty different Zelda.

[Kairon]

What Nintendo needs to do is make Link a PIRATE. Or a fisherman. WHO GETS ATTACKED BY PIRATES.

Sort of a Hyrule that resembles very tight archipelago of islands, like you'd expect to find on the Japanese coasts. Not Wind Waker, that was open ocean. This one would feel like there are dozens and dozens of islands, all close by, with quaint little fisdhing villages, bandits, and etc. strewn about....

I sort of picture a Zelda set in the landscape of the manga Legend of Kamui.

[Dirk Temporo]

What the hell is steampunk

Well, to start... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

tl;dr: Basically a genre where pretty much everything is run on steam and coal. Technology levels vary, but can include radios, rudimentary computers, clunky land vehicles, airships, etc. Pretty much everything is bulky and huge, with lots of gears and goggles and Victorian-era dress. Think Jules Verne, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Arcanum, if you've ever played.

[Chozo Ghost]

What Nintendo needs to do is make Link a PIRATE. Or a fisherman. WHO GETS ATTACKED BY PIRATES.

Sort of a Hyrule that resembles very tight archipelago of islands, like you'd expect to find on the Japanese coasts. Not Wind Waker, that was open ocean. This one would feel like there are dozens and dozens of islands, all close by, with quaint little fisdhing villages, bandits, and etc. strewn about....

I sort of picture a Zelda set in the landscape of the manga Legend of Kamui.

That would make more sense as a spin-off. Seriously, there are quite a few characters from the Zelda series that should get their very own franchises. We've already seen this happen with Tingle and his DS offerings (which sadly never made it here to the west) but there are a ton of other characters, including pirates, in the Zelda universe.

[Kairon]

Well, maybe I was wrong in phrasing it, but it's really that archipelago, seagoing island-fisherman feel that I wanted to aim for. Not so much the pirate bit (The Legend of Kamui involved run-away ninjas and sea-brigands), but the feel of a wilderness and frontier not in open spaces, but in private and secluded pocket environments.

[IceCold]

What the hell is steampunk

Well, to start... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

tl;dr: Basically a genre where pretty much everything is run on steam and coal. Technology levels vary, but can include radios, rudimentary computers, clunky land vehicles, airships, etc. Pretty much everything is bulky and huge, with lots of gears and goggles and Victorian-era dress. Think Jules Verne, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Arcanum, if you've ever played.

Huh, thanks.

[KDR_11k]

Tingle made it to the west, just not the whole west.

[Chozo Ghost]

I just thought I should give this thread a *bump* because it is starting to look like my hunch was correct. Check out this article on IGN:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/890/890200p1.html

A new Zelda game has been confirmed, and the third paragraph mentions a demo of Twilight Princess running in FPS mode. So it is obvious Nintendo has been considering this for quite some time, and this confirmed Zelda game may be the finished project of that experimenting around.

[Stogi]

Miyamoto got the idea for Zelda while on a picnic?!

HOLY FUCKING ****. His sources of inspiration continue to intrigue me.

I would love a Zelda like what he originally pictured. One that wasn't story driven, but through exploring you end up stumbling on a plethora of things including a story.

Basically....I would like a zelda where you aren't pointed in a direction..........you just go...

[NWR_insanolord]

I've always said that trying again with the Zelda II formula as a new handheld or Wii Ware and taking another shot at the original Legend of Zelda formula would be interesting for the next console Zelda. Instead of a FPS Zelda we could have a Zelda that's a sandbox game.

[KDR_11k]

I would love a Zelda like what he originally pictured. One that wasn't story driven, but through exploring you end up stumbling on a plethora of things including a story.

Basically....I would like a zelda where you aren't pointed in a direction..........you just go...

In other words, you want a new take on the original NES game? Sounds good to me, especially with Metroid going story driven now.

[Dasmos]

I just thought I should give this thread a *bump* because it is starting to look like my hunch was correct. Check out this article on IGN:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/890/890200p1.html

A new Zelda game has been confirmed, and the third paragraph mentions a demo of Twilight Princess running in FPS mode. So it is obvious Nintendo has been considering this for quite some time, and this confirmed Zelda game may be the finished project of that experimenting around.

"I don't necessarily think it will change that drastically, but I think that Zelda is a franchise that does need some big new unique ideas," he said. "And so the team right now is very focused on trying to find those ideas."

Trying new ideas =/= FPS Zelda. I hope a FPS Zelda adventure never sees the light of day.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Just give me a game where I use Wii MotionPlus to reach out and touch Cremia.

[Stogi]

I think a FP Zelda could be fun, but it would have to be PERFECT.

I don't see them taking that chance. But WTF do I know?