The next Zelda.

The 4th Musketeer · 10-15-2008, 10:51 AM

What do you guys think about the next Zelda game taking place in modern day? Nintendo has been talking about zelda quite a lot lately, and they say there thinking about a lot of new ideas, i hope modern-day is one of them.

I personally would love to see it happen, make it take place in New York or something.
I don't know what they would do with weapons or the story, but I think they should go for it.

Redshirt · 10-15-2008, 10:53 AM

I guess it could work.

I think there was a thread about this a while back.

Lord Ovan · 10-15-2008, 10:53 AM

(Play nice or get out of my forum, mac.)

Redshirt · 10-15-2008, 10:54 AM

Just ignore him.

***Booyakasha*** · 10-15-2008, 11:53 AM

Not sure modern-day is a good fit. Not unless we have one of those 'the protagonist fell down a rabbit hole and wound up in Wacky Fantasy-ville where he's suddenly the Chosen One of Legend', which is kind of poor storytelling.

You know what I'd like to see from a Zelda game? A game without Link. Say, Hyrule is taken over by the Dark Shadow Lord of Shadowy Darkness, and the hero isn't the Hero of Time, the great champion whose coming has been foretold by prophecy since the days when the lands were few. No, the hero is just some guy. Some guy with a crummy job and a trick shoulder. Some guy who just stands up one day and says, "You know what? Screw King Evil. I'm going straight up to the Fortress of Doom, and I'm going to break a damn chair over his face. See how he likes ruling the land with an iron fist when I'm stomping his head in with me hobnailed boots."

I am nobody · 10-15-2008, 01:55 PM

^Legend of Guy Fawkes?

1-up Salesman · 10-15-2008, 06:45 PM

I don't think it would be a bad idea, but a futuristic Zelda game would be even more awesome. Unless you're hoping for Grand Theft Auto: Zelda Edition.

Joker · 10-15-2008, 07:12 PM

I'd Like to see a Legend of Zelda Generations. The kind of game where Link has to travel back or forward in time to meet up with and aid his decendents from all the other games. Take areas and dungeons/final bosses from several of the games and revamp them with new graphics and engine.

1-up Salesman · 10-15-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Joker

I'd Like to see a Legend of Zelda Generations. The kind of game where Link has to travel back or forward in time to meet up with and aid his decendents from all the other games. Take areas and dungeons/final bosses from several of the games and revamp them with new graphics and engine.

Holy Crap, that's Epic.

Rainbow Dash · 10-15-2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Joker

I'd Like to see a Legend of Zelda Generations. The kind of game where Link has to travel back or forward in time to meet up with and aid his decendents from all the other games. Take areas and dungeons/final bosses from several of the games and revamp them with new graphics and engine.

Make each playthrough require you to pick an era and its Link, then stop the playthrough at the final final battle. Rinse and repeat until all are done. Then have each seperate playthrough of the final final battle play off of eachother and it would be even more awesome.

Robotazy · 10-16-2008, 06:55 AM

Chunky that is a great idea.

No, I'm serious.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-16-2008, 06:59 AM

Doesn't make any sense, plotwise. In a fantasy setting where magic is the prevalent technology, there is no need for mechanical technology.

1-up Salesman · 10-16-2008, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DELICIOUS POISON

Doesn't make any sense, plotwise. In a fantasy setting where magic is the prevalent technology, there is no need for mechanical technology.

Have you seen the beginning of Final Fantasy 6? Or 3, when it came out on the SNES. It says that people have begun using technology, and I think something about less magic. I think that it could be where they use magic and technology together.

**Deku Trii** · 10-16-2008, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Chunky Kong12345

Make each playthrough require you to pick an era and its Link, then stop the playthrough at the final final battle. Rinse and repeat until all are done. Then have each seperate playthrough of the final final battle play off of eachother and it would be even more awesome.

Isn't that Eternal Darkness?

Rainbow Dash · 10-16-2008, 09:06 PM

With less Cthulhu, I suppose.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-17-2008, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by 1-up salesman

Have you seen the beginning of Final Fantasy 6? Or 3, when it came out on the SNES. It says that people have begun using technology, and I think something about less magic. I think that it could be where they use magic and technology together.

...Yeah, still didn't make sense then. Good game, interesting setting, but I'd rather play Zelda than a FF game. Plot scenario honestly didn't make any sense overall.

Besides, that wasn't what you think it was. They created magitech by basically stealing the life-force of espers, and they were only really using it to power their technology, primarily war machines.

Only game I've played where traditional fantasy with magic lifted out of its original setting made sense was in Chrono Trigger, where they'd actually traveled into the future and the future society wasn't magic-based at all. If you want to play up the whole Hero of Time thing from Ocarina, you might be able to do it.

JaredThaJa888 · 10-18-2008, 01:37 PM

For one game yes, I think could do allot of fun with it.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 10-18-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Joker

I'd Like to see a Legend of Zelda Generations. The kind of game where Link has to travel back or forward in time to meet up with and aid his decendents from all the other games. Take areas and dungeons/final bosses from several of the games and revamp them with new graphics and engine.

This is a badass idea. Depending on when you enter a certain area, it would vastly affect gameplay. Not just like Nintendo usually does, you know, coloring everything darker or something, but actually different forms of bosses. Or maybe half kill a boss and then travel in different time periods to finish it, like when a metal boss rusts or a human one gets old.

CT wasn't the only game for magic and technology to go together well. Secret of Evermore did it well enough and kinda played with the same time periods idea.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-19-2008, 01:07 AM

Secret of Evermore was a pretty dodgy game.

One of the things you guys don't seem to get: Urban Fantasy sales =/= Traditional Fantasy sales.

Making big changes like that is likely to alienate fans further from the series, especially if that's the direction you're taking it.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 10-19-2008, 03:00 PM

^ Making a game isn't just making a game. You have to take things like that into consideration during the creation. That's why you ease them into the new game via story, gameplay or even both.

Oh, and whaddya mean SoE was dodgy? If you mean it like "iffy" then, yeah, I agree but it did work out well enough.

10-15-2008, 10:51 AM	#1
The 4th Musketeer Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Gender: Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The next Zelda. What do you guys think about the next Zelda game taking place in modern day? Nintendo has been talking about zelda quite a lot lately, and they say there thinking about a lot of new ideas, i hope modern-day is one of them. I personally would love to see it happen, make it take place in New York or something. I don't know what they would do with weapons or the story, but I think they should go for it.

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*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Not sure modern-day is a good fit. Not unless we have one of those 'the protagonist fell down a rabbit hole and wound up in Wacky Fantasy-ville where he's suddenly the Chosen One of Legend', which is kind of poor storytelling. You know what I'd like to see from a Zelda game? A game without Link. Say, Hyrule is taken over by the Dark Shadow Lord of Shadowy Darkness, and the hero isn't the Hero of Time, the great champion whose coming has been foretold by prophecy since the days when the lands were few. No, the hero is just some guy. Some guy with a crummy job and a trick shoulder. Some guy who just stands up one day and says, "You know what? Screw King Evil. I'm going straight up to the Fortress of Doom, and I'm going to break a damn chair over his face. See how he likes ruling the land with an iron fist when I'm stomping his head in with me hobnailed boots." Last edited by Booyakasha; 10-15-2008 at 12:07 PM.

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Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,699 Thanks: 704 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	I guess it could work. I think there was a thread about this a while back.

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Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,699 Thanks: 704 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	Just ignore him.

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I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	^Legend of Guy Fawkes?

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1-up Salesman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Letting you guys know that I'm planning on continuing Attack of the Spammers soon. Gender: Posts: 4,095 Thanks: 2,162 Thanked 250 Times in 194 Posts Blog Entries: 9	I don't think it would be a bad idea, but a futuristic Zelda game would be even more awesome. Unless you're hoping for Grand Theft Auto: Zelda Edition.

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Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 11,117 Thanks: 3,273 Thanked 580 Times in 364 Posts Blog Entries: 6	I'd Like to see a Legend of Zelda Generations. The kind of game where Link has to travel back or forward in time to meet up with and aid his decendents from all the other games. Take areas and dungeons/final bosses from several of the games and revamp them with new graphics and engine.

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Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Chunky that is a great idea. No, I'm serious.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Doesn't make any sense, plotwise. In a fantasy setting where magic is the prevalent technology, there is no need for mechanical technology.

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JaredThaJa888 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Racine Wisconsin Gender: Posts: 676 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	For one game yes, I think could do allot of fun with it.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Secret of Evermore was a pretty dodgy game. One of the things you guys don't seem to get: Urban Fantasy sales =/= Traditional Fantasy sales. Making big changes like that is likely to alienate fans further from the series, especially if that's the direction you're taking it.

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I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	^ Making a game isn't just making a game. You have to take things like that into consideration during the creation. That's why you ease them into the new game via story, gameplay or even both. Oh, and whaddya mean SoE was dodgy? If you mean it like "iffy" then, yeah, I agree but it did work out well enough.