The Futuristic Zelda thread

In light of all the arguing going on: I'll quote myself.

Originally Posted by gpg

I'm personally alright if someone can come up with a decent reason/explanation why Zelda shouldn't go futuristic ( such is the nature of a debate )..but this thread is mainly for positive discussion of the idea. If you don't like the idea...explain why.

This means people are free to state their own opinion, be it pro or negative, but like all posts in this forum, it needs to have thought behind it: to be a productive post and not spam. I don't want to see any more "You can't disagree" posts ( rent-a-modding ) or flames/trolling from other posters: the topic will get closed and infractions handed out.

Originally Posted by ShiekahSage

A future zelda like that would be cool, however, the story needs reworking to make it more pluasible.

Instead of link living in the future, he lives in the traditional hyrule. He attemps to destroy a sorceror (this would be the first boss of the game), who has taken over hyrule. However, right before link lands the killing blow the sorceror utters a spell that sends link 4000 years into the future, to the world descibed in this thread. In the future, the sorceror has control over the land (hes kept himself alive using magic), and link must defeat him to return to his own time.

That sounds too much like Samuri Jack and Aku.

I wouldn't really mind a futuristic Zelda game. It doesn't have to be space age futuristic, but MM stepped closer to a futuristc style and it did great.

Originally Posted by Daphnes

That sounds too much like Samuri Jack and Aku.

I wouldn't really mind a futuristic Zelda game. It doesn't have to be space age futuristic, but MM stepped closer to a futuristc style and it did great.

Exactly.
MM was in fact a bit more...modern, but overall still felt medival.

I forget who posted this, and frankly, I am too lazy to look for the post, but it went something like this:

Originally Posted by Somebody

"I don't understand how Zelda was medieval and suddenly turned futuristic."

It doesn't suddenly turn futuristic, but rather it leaves a HUGE gap between this idea and past Zelda games. MM was understandable because it was a very small gap compared to the idea of space-age technology.

Anyway, I was toying with words and got this:

N.A.V.I.

"Navigational Assistant and Valuation Instrument" -- It would be the help system of the game and be built into the HUD (similar to Z-Targeting from OoT and MM) and the "Help" option.

Originally Posted by JanDeis

I forget who posted this, and frankly, I am too lazy to look for the post, but it went something like this:



It doesn't suddenly turn futuristic, but rather it leaves a HUGE gap between this idea and past Zelda games. MM was understandable because it was a very small gap compared to the idea of space-age technology.

Anyway, I was toying with words and got this:

N.A.V.I.

"Navigational Assistant and Valuation Instrument" -- It would be the help system of the game and be built into the HUD (similar to Z-Targeting from OoT and MM) and the "Help" option.

I like N.A.V.I.

It could be a kind of walkie talkie, with someone on the other end giving info or whatever.

Originally Posted by Daphnes

I like N.A.V.I.

I was racking my brain trying to find out how to transition the help/fairy thing into the future setting. Then I just took the name and opened up my thesaurus looking for N, A, V, and I words that would fit together...

Originally Posted by Some wierd dude

I forget who posted this, and frankly, I am too lazy to look for the post, but it went something like this:



It doesn't suddenly turn futuristic, but rather it leaves a HUGE gap between this idea and past Zelda games. MM was understandable because it was a very small gap compared to the idea of space-age technology.

Anyway, I was toying with words and got this:

N.A.V.I.

"Navigational Assistant and Valuation Instrument" -- It would be the help system of the game and be built into the HUD (similar to Z-Targeting from OoT and MM) and the "Help" option.

I too mysteriously "forgot" who posted this, but whoever said it is dumb.
They say a futuristic Zelda game wouldn't suddenly become futuristic compared to other Zelda games, but that it leaves a huge gap between it and other games.
Well, that's exactly the same thing.

N.A.V.I.???
Right....

Originally Posted by God of Twilight

N.A.V.I.???
Right....

You don't like it? I thought it was pretty cool...

*pats self on the back*

Originally Posted by JanDeis

You don't like it? I thought it was pretty cool...

*pats self on the back*

No I dont like it. Why would we want Navi to come back, be it Navi herself or the name Navi?

It just seems like a stretch to include that in a game.

You're thinking too hard. You don't think about it that way unless you analyze it (which everyone against the future idea is). If you don't think about it, you would just find it somewhat comical.

Originally Posted by God of Twilight

I too mysteriously "forgot" who posted this, but whoever said it is dumb.

It was you. So you changed your mind about that statement, or your previous statement was wrong?

Originally Posted by JanDeis

You're thinking too hard. You don't think about it that way unless you analyze it (which everyone against the future idea is). If you don't think about it, you would just find it somewhat comical.

Well, unlike dumb people, I like to think.
So does Nintendo, which is why no futuristic Zelda games have ever been made

Originally Posted by God of Twilight

Well, unlike dumb people, I like to think.
So does Nintendo, which is why no futuristic Zelda games have ever been made

Not the point. You are thinking too hard about the N.A.V.I. thing specifically, not the whole idea of going futuristic. Don't twist my words on me. We both know what I meant.

*mutters something inaudibly*

Originally Posted by JanDeis

Not the point. You are thinking too hard about the N.A.V.I. thing specifically, not the whole idea of going futuristic. Don't twist my words on me. We both know what I meant.

*mutters something inaudibly*

No I dont know what you mean.
Why should there be a "help" menu?
And besides, you're making it sound like Metroid when you mention an HUD...

Oh my god, you don't understand what I am saying at all. And why would HUD make it seem like Metroid? Zelda games have a HUD. It is just the information locked to the screen to tell the player what is going on:

-map
-health
-magic
-current items
-money

That is a HUD. I believe what you are thinking of is a more technical looking HUD, or maybe an FPS HUD.

EDIT: Also, there would be a help menu to, um, offer the player help? One major thing of the future is quick communication to get information whenever you want it. It is one of those little things that is so common, it is often forgotten. I'm just incorporating it into the game as the help system. Also, "help system" doesn't just mean help menu. It also means stuff like Z-Targeting from OoT and MM. Which I will also have, with a more modern twist...

Originally Posted by God of Twilight

That's what I think

So why is this a bad idea again?

Originally Posted by formula1

So why is this a bad idea again?

Because it was made by a n00b who doesnt understand what the majority of Zelda fans are looking for.

Originally Posted by God of Twilight

Because it was made by a n00b who doesnt understand what the majority of Zelda fans are looking for.

A n00b ey?
-Does that make it a bad idea?

The majority of fans?
-During nazi germany, the majority seemed to be nazi supporters....

Originally Posted by formula1

A n00b ey?
-Does that make it a bad idea?

The majority of fans?
-During nazi germany, the majority seemed to be nazi supporters....

Are you kidding me?
Comparing a Zelda idea with Nazi Germany is absolutely insane.

In future Zelda... Navi is a wristwatch computer!!

It isn't Navi, it's N.A.V.I.

Navi is a fairy from old Hyrule where the newest technology was a clockwork mouse-bomb.
N.A.V.I. is a sophisticated turn-of-[enter futuristic century here] technology designed to help its user better interpret his/her surroundings. And when did I say it was a wristwatch?

Originally Posted by God of Twilight

Because it was made by a n00b who doesn't understand what the majority of Zelda fans are looking for.

n00b...I'll ignore that
As for the part where you say I don't know what Zelda fans are looking for...

1) I am a Zelda fan, and I know what I would like to see in games. But every gamer is different...

2) Change is good. Even radical change (especially radical change) can bring about new and interesting ideas that at first seem completely stupid, but it ends up being a good idea in the end. *waits for remark from Rhalen*

EDIT: Also GoT, I don't see why formula1's comparison is insane. It just points out that a majority of people had one idea and ended up being wrong and actually changed their minds about it afterwards. THAT is what I'm aiming for here...