"That's a very easy thing to say while you sit on the sidelines. Nintendo would've needed 3 years of perfect foresight to do what you accuse them of doing. And especially how they were'nt dead set on the controller's exact functions until late summer 2005, it's patently impossible."
Thats one of the points that makes me doubt how good these new features will be, its last minute thing, the game wasnt made with 3D motion sensing in mind. Zelda is a big standard and in general Nintendo games are so good that we forget about the interface, but is the most important part of the games, is its core, if it wasnt for the GC controller, Metroid Prime, Mario Sunshine, Pikmin or The Wind Waker would be completly different games with completly different gameplay mechanics. Thats the reason I think this isnt going to yield the best results. I mean Im sure it will be interesting, a flashy thing to show, but thats just a "g!mmick". This word has such a negative connotation that we even censor it here, but I dont think it necesarly means its a bad thing, my problem with the issue is that its a g!mmick I dont want and I think wont add anything at all to the game, for all intends and purposes mini games in Zelda are g!mmicks, but they are awesome, if they delay the game to add a hundred more minigames I wouldnt be as upset as I am now.
"Besides, I disagree completely with Zelda being seen as a last gen game on the Rev. Heck, IGN couldn't tell the difference between X360 graphics and current gen graphics on a standard tv. With Zelda: TP already looking more "beautiful" than most other games out there, if it becomes attached to the Revolution than it will be quite easy for it to be associated upwards. And especially given the strength of the franchise, I think that it'll do perfectly fine among both hardcore gamers and casual gamers, and even maybe non gamers regardless. (Of course, this is all assuming that Zelda: TP and the Rev launch close enough to each other, a month or two, to benefit from the other's association)"
Sometimes I forget that people in general still see next gen as better graphics, so it was hasty of me to say that people would see the game as old generation. Thats because for me next gen isnt about graphics, its about 3D motion sensing! I personally will see the game as last gen, and you know, if Nintendo delivers, Im sure everyone else will share my thoughts.
"As to the Rev needing Zelda:TP to succeed, I fail to see the logic in this line of thought. How can you possibly say that Nintendo wanting to put as much muscle as possible in the Revolution launch is a bad thing? Regardless of whether or not the Rev has SSBMR or Mario128 or Mario Paint or Metroid Prime 3 at launch, Zelda:TP can be nothing but a plus for the Rev's launch line-up, nothing but a plus for developers trying to adapt traditional games to it, nothing but a plus for gamers who realize that the world doesn't end in 6 months, and nothing but a plus for a console that will be a do-or-die thing for Nintendo."
Ive never said is a bad thing for Nintendo, is bad thing for me, because Im going to have to wait for added features I dont want. And besides as Ive said many times the Revolution doesnt need this, the controller is amazing and this is a waste of its functions. Like adding analog stick functionalty to a Link to the Past or Super Mario World.
"I mean, seriously, is this just disappointment that we may have to wait longer for Zelda? Nintendo has ALWAYS delayed their games for whatever reasons they saw fit, and for any Nintendo fan to draw the line in the sand at this point is ridiculous. I mean, I felt impatient back in the N64 days when fanboyism was fanboyism. But now, I've grown up enough to realize that my loyalty is earned NOT because I'm a fan being serviced, but because I'm a customer who can think for himself and STILL appreciates what Nintendo is trying to do. I just feel confident that Nintendo will do what they need to do to make their vision of gaming come true, and myself as a Nintendo gamer will have nothing to do but reap the benefit."
Again, if they delayed the game to add more content in the "traditional" sense, I wouldnt mind, but they are delaying it for features I dont want! citing my example above, what if they'd delayed a Link to the Past to add analog stick functionality? it wouldve suck! we were getting Ocarina of Time anyway.
Of course, all my rants are more like speculation on my part, maybe porting Rev features is indeed a fast process (I personally wont believe a word Iwata, Films Aim, Kaplan or Miyamoto ever say again, so I dont care if Iwata said in an interview it was fast when they did MP2, I simply wont blindly believe in that anymore), maybe the delay is really to make the game bigger. Ill just have to wait anyway, I have no other choice, and I still Im pretty pissed off if the delay turns out to be true.
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