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Miyamoto's Thinking About Next Wii Zelda Game
Added by Jeff Gerstmann on June 2, 2009
43 comments

As long as it has a hookshot, everything will be fine.
As long as it has a hookshot, everything will be fine.
Nintendo held a Q&A session this evening, where Shigeru Miyamoto ran through many of the games shown at this morning's press conference, talked a bit about the process surrounding their creation, and so on.

But the most interesting pieces of info discussed what will eventually become the next Legend of Zelda game. It wasn't announced at the show, but Miyamoto claims that the team is sitting down and taking some time to think about what a modern Legend of Zelda game should play like. His view is that the game should probably require the use of the Wii Motion Plus, but that depends on the sales of that little hardware-enhancing brick. He also briefly touched on the way that some players think of Zelda as RPG-like, meaning that some players may not appreciate a deeper, more involved set of controls.

You can still consider the game to be unannounced, but it's something that Miyamoto is hoping to introduce next year. A quick bit of box-like artwork was shown, featuring Link and a smallish young woman. No photographs were allowed at the event.

Filed under : Unannounced The Legend of Zelda For Wii (working title), Shigeru Miyamoto

43 Comments

Legendary
on June 2, 2009
I haven't played Zelda a game since Windwaker.... Maybe once I get a DSi I'll try the newer ones.

chickendoughnut
on June 3, 2009
I actually would love a super in depth- detailed Zelda

End_Boss
on June 3, 2009
Fan-fucking-tastic. Zelda goes casual. You may finish raping my youth now, Nintendo. Just make sure you wipe it down after.

B_Side_Saint
on June 3, 2009
I would appreciate and welcome a Zelda that dares to do something, ANYTHING, new. Knowing how tradition-loving Nintendo is, I'm guessing controls have a better chance of changing over aesthetic and narrative.

Kyle
on June 3, 2009
Yes, please take some time to think it through. How about... no boomerang this time? Just throwin the idea out there. Maybe we leave hookshot at home? Let's get something new in...

And seriously. How many times can we go to the Forest Temple?

Asurastrike
on June 3, 2009
I played through most of Twilight Princess before getting bored and selling it to my friend. It felt like an Ocarina of Time knockoff.

Sin4profit
on June 3, 2009
I have yet to finish a single Zelda game...started Ocarina, Twilight , Hourglass and though i remember enjoying all of what i played of them, for some reason i just stop and never went back...spooky really.

Kyle
on June 3, 2009
@End_Boss said:
" Fan-fucking-tastic. Zelda goes casual. You may finish raping my youth now, Nintendo. Just make sure you wipe it down after. "
It didn't say casual, it said deeper and more involved. That's the opposite of casual. If you're gonna make creepy rape jokes, at least pay attention first.

Dalai
on June 3, 2009
Considering we're getting a crazy new Metroid next year, I'll have to let the Zelda no-show slide this year.

All I suggest is that it's not the same old fan-servicey Zelda we got last time... although I'd totally buy that anyway.

jNerd
on June 3, 2009
I'm waiting for leaked photos of the concept art of older link that Miyamoto showed.

AgentJ
on June 3, 2009
@End_Boss said:
" Fan-fucking-tastic. Zelda goes casual. You may finish raping my youth now, Nintendo. Just make sure you wipe it down after. "
That doesnt match what Miyamoto said at all. Honestly, the extent to which nintendo haters will go...

Majkiboy
on June 3, 2009
Give me a RPG zelda :D

BloodRavyne
on June 3, 2009
Its going to be a Zelda MMO. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!

jNerd
on June 3, 2009
Large, Color Corrected
Large, Color Corrected
Smaller, Better Colorped
Smaller, Better Colorped
Link's Goatee /enhanced
I threw the NEW Zelda concept-art Miyamoto showed @ the "talk" today & tried enhancing it all in photoshop.

AgentJ
on June 3, 2009
@jNerd said:
"
Large, Color Corrected
Large, Color Corrected
Smaller, Better Colorped
Smaller, Better Colorped
Link's Goatee /enhanced
Sooooo I photoshopped the 'concept art' Miyamoto showed everyone....
 "
You make it sound like you created it. you should probably reword your post. Also, do we know for sure this is the one he showed?

PureRok
on June 3, 2009
Oh jesus christ. Zelda IS NOT AN RPG! If you want to make the controls more deep then do it! I would love to have awesome control over swinging his sword, blocking with the shield, etc. instead of the shaking the Wii Remote that they had in Twilight Princess.

jNerd
on June 3, 2009
@AgentJ said:
"
@jNerd said:
"
Large, Color Corrected
Large, Color Corrected
Smaller, Better Colorped
Smaller, Better Colorped
Link's Goatee /enhanced
I threw the NEW Zelda concept-art Miyamoto showed @ the "talk" today & tried enhancing it all in photoshop.
"
You make it sound like you created it. you should probably reword your post. Also, do we know for sure this is the one he showed? "
This is 100% it, confirmed by Jeff on the Bombcast.

The_A_Drain
on June 3, 2009
People screaming for a follow up to Twilight Princess are fools in my honest opinion, not only did the game feel no different from OoT, it had lost the sense of style it gained from Wind Waker. It's no wonder Miyamoto said at the time that the realistic style of TP was purely for the fans, and that after that he would be doing things differently. I fully support the wind waker art direction, and it's not like Zelda doesnt have the same great gameplay, because it does. There's far too many realistic looking games these days, Zelda doesn't need to be one of them.

boatorious
on June 3, 2009
I think a good update would be to make it an RTS.

jNerd
on June 3, 2009
@The_A_Drain said:
" People screaming for a follow up to Twilight Princess are fools in my honest opinion, not only did the game feel no different from OoT, it had lost the sense of style it gained from Wind Waker. It's no wonder Miyamoto said at the time that the realistic style of TP was purely for the fans, and that after that he would be doing things differently. I fully support the wind waker art direction, and it's not like Zelda doesnt have the same great gameplay, because it does. There's far too many realistic looking games these days, Zelda doesn't need to be one of them. "
TBH you're right. They need a MAJOR re-vamp. I think everyone is right when they say "we need a futuristic Zelda game" it's one of the only things that could make the series feel fresh again.


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