The end of a legend....or the beginning?

I've been pondering this, bleak and morbid as it may sound, but I would like to know how everyone thinks the series should end. Shigeru Miyamoto stated that he would like to finish the Legend of Zelda within the next decade (at least that's what I've heard, can't say for sure if it's true). How would you like that closing of an era to be portrayed?

Of course there are mountains of fanfics out there that delve into this very subject, but what would your best guess /preference be? A critical and mortal blow to Ganon? The ascension of Hyrule into the heavens? The death of Link? A romantic twist? A timeline revealed? Will Link simply go home and stay there for once? Or should it finish as all of them do: open-ended ambiguity with room to dream?

Maybe instead of an end it will start a new beginning that would lead into a new series for the next generation of gamers?

I'd like to know all of your opinions, as in what you would like to see and how you would predict it to happen. What would be best to honor the series? Of course, if the thought is too depressing you can just pretend it doesn't exist

Or suppose Miyamoto changes his mind....

They need to bump out at least two 'new' games before they quit. Miyamoto said tht TP would be the last Zelda game as we know it, so tht means they have a whole new concept. They gotta USE it alil, y'know?

Ganon realizes that So long as link is the Gods exsist, that Link will continue to interefere with his plans and life and may cause more pain in his life then he actually wants...
Thus he gives up his triforce of power to link who realizes he wants the power to prevent all people like Ganon to ever get it again...
Thus he is able to control the Triforce of Courage and of Power. Zelda in her infinite wisdom gives him the Triforce of wisedom because she thinks he is wise enough to handle all three.

he can, however he realizes a few things and he sacrifices himself for the entire world to be at peace and gain enough power to survive happilly for an eternity.


Link on the other hand becomes what he has always been
-The centerpeice of the triforce. The God of Gods. So Great that not even the Gods knew about him, though they knew about the possibility of his exsistence.

Link turns out to be the greatest of all beings and everything is within his power to change. However, we just play his human form.

Originally Posted by formula1

Ganon realizes that So long as link is the Gods exsist, that Link will continue to interefere with his plans and life and may cause more pain in his life then he actually wants...
Thus he gives up his triforce of power to link who realizes he wants the power to prevent all people like Ganon to ever get it again...
Thus he is able to control the Triforce of Courage and of Power. Zelda in her infinite wisdom gives him the Triforce of wisedom because she thinks he is wise enough to handle all three.

he can, however he realizes a few things and he sacrifices himself for the entire world to be at peace and gain enough power to survive happilly for an eternity.


Link on the other hand becomes what he has always been
-The centerpeice of the triforce. The God of Gods. So Great that not even the Gods knew about him, though they knew about the possibility of his exsistence.

Link turns out to be the greatest of all beings and everything is within his power to change. However, we just play his human form.

Interesting way of looking at it. It kind of reminds me of God of War, you know? Anyway, I doubt that they'll just end the series completely. As long as it continues to sell well, they'll keep making them. Remember, Nintendo is a company, and their out for profit, and the Zelda series is like a large bag of cash that Nintendo will continue to use until it's depleted.

Metaphorically speaking.

It should never stop completely. They should stop for a long while after, say, 2015, and then come back.

I would assume that would happen, the series "ending" and then resurfacing in a decade or so to rabid hardcore fans who, now in their 60's, just can't contain the excitement. My own wish for the end is that it stays that bittersweet style that was employed in Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time. Something in me says I don't want to feel completion, but I want to feel that I've been lost along the way and that Link too has to leave, in one way or another. The death of Link would be too cliche, not to mention ignorant. He's got to keep going, else what would the point be?

There is so much more that Nintendo can do with the Zelda franchise and I’m not saying that as a fan. They have countless loose ends they can tie up and they can developed the game into any direction but one point.
It is imperative that they don’t milk the franchise for all it has like Nintendo have done with games like Mario and Sega with Sonic.
They can anything with Zelda but there is a point t where they have to know when to stop if they want to keep it a popular series. They have to breathe life into it the right way like a flame, breath to hard and it will go out.
Zelda is an old classic series now and that’s the main reason they have to be careful with it which they have been doing so far. They haven’t been pumping out Zelda games very 6 months to overkill the whole thing which is a smart move and instead have been hyping up fans over the amount of time they take. Nintendo aren’t stupid and pay millions to big business men to take care of these things so I am sure that Zelda has only just reached the middle of its life in the gaming world.

How about a game that involves Link defeating Ganon and this game is near the end of a timeline and a lot about that timeline is revealed. Then, in the sequel, Link is sent by the gods to go to the underworld where Ganon is and destroy his soul once and for all with the master sword so that he can never come back. While in the underworld, Link has to fight previous final bosses from other games in the timeline. They should all be there too. When Link finally defeats Ganon, Ganon absorbs the power of all of the souls near him to become Omega-Ganon. Link's courage and master sword overwhelm Omega-Ganon and Omega-Ganon is destroyed forever. After this, Link is sent to the realm where the gods exist and meets Din, Nayru, and Farore. Zelda is seen standing next to him. The goddesses say that the triforce that they created has brought too much trouble and will be destroyed forever. Zelda, with her wisdom, agrees and Link who always follows Zelda's orders also agrees. Link however, requests that one last wish be made on the triforce. The goddesses let him since he's been through so much. Link's wish is that there will always be peace in Hyrule. After this, the goddesses are seen shattering the triforce and Link and Zelda are transported back to Hyrule Castle. The end credits show Link in his various past lives being a hero and striking down evil. Then it shows Hyrule after the triforce is destroyed in an era of peace.

What would killing Link do? It's a new Link in (almost) every game. So If you kill one, A new Link will be born. And the death of Ganon won't end it, Link has other enemies.

Only ten more years nooooooo. Well if that is true then the last game better be awsome and also have some answers.

I dont think theres a set amount of years left for Zelda.
Miyamoto is just crazy.

I think Zelda will probably end the current storyline, and start a completely new one. It'll probably have completely new characters and settings, but retain the basic gameplay and spirit.

When did Miyamoto say that? I've never heard about any plans to bring the series to a closure.

I don't the Zelda series ending anytime soon. Why stop it, when it's one of the best franchises Nintendo has?

If it does have to end, though, I hope Miyamoto reveals the timeline...

Originally Posted by Stuit

When did Miyamoto say that? I've never heard about any plans to bring the series to a closure.

Yah I admit, I've never heard this before either

Within the next decade? So that would probably be about 2 more games, right?

New idea...
Ganon never gives up the triforce of power because he doesn't want to die.
But becomes good out of fear of recieving anymore pain from link.
Slowly they start to work togethor and eventually end all the turmoil.

Ganon then reaches an important choice... obtain more power to take over the world more or save more people. He realizes he doesn't care about the power anymore, that its what you do with it that matters....
He then can obtain the triforce of wisdom from Zelda because he has come to the right conclusions. But he is only able to obtain the triforce of courage by dying........
Instead he goes on an adventure to understands the aspects of death and what it means to die....
Ganon is no longer evil, he helps link save the world, and thus the world is protected by one of the most powerful people on the planet...

Originally Posted by astinktothepast

Within the next decade? So that would probably be about 2 more games, right?

2?

Uh...so you think it'll take 10 years to develop 2 games? That's 5 years for just 1 game...

I hate to say it but it may be a good idea for the series to end. Think of how dramatic this would make the last game. It would be something totally wickedly new but have the end pumped with some nostalgia.

All good things have to come to an end. I would rather see an excellent close to the series than have so many games with no real significance that the series pretty much kills itself.

Come to think of it, it would be kinda cool to start a new series with new characters and fresh storylines.

And if one day in the future they bring it back, people will be more excited than ever to play Zelda again.

As for the OP, I think it would be cool if Hyrule ascended into the heavens or something like that. An ending that involved Link, Zelda, Ganon and the Triforce in a new but classic way. Also an ending that was really emotional, but more definite (and by definite, I refer to the fact that after playing Wind Waker, I thought Hyrule was gone forever, yet it magically re appeared in Twilight Princess).

I've never heard that "quote" from Miyamoto before but it has to end someday so i think the series should end with a bang.

I'm not going to suggest a specific storyline but the following things must happen in my opinion:

- Ganondorf must be dead at the end, with no chance of ever returning

- Hyrule should be safe, under the protection of the Goddesses themselves perhaps

- Link and Zelda must take the whole triforce and destroy it

- The creators should confirm an official timeline

All of these things would really tie up the loose ends in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Doran_Bladefist

I've been pondering this, bleak and morbid as it may sound, but I would like to know how everyone thinks the series should end. Shigeru Miyamoto stated that he would like to finish the Legend of Zelda within the next decade (at least that's what I've heard, can't say for sure if it's true). How would you like that closing of an era to be portrayed?

Of course there are mountains of fanfics out there that delve into this very subject, but what would your best guess /preference be? A critical and mortal blow to Ganon? The ascension of Hyrule into the heavens? The death of Link? A romantic twist? A timeline revealed? Will Link simply go home and stay there for once? Or should it finish as all of them do: open-ended ambiguity with room to dream?

Maybe instead of an end it will start a new beginning that would lead into a new series for the next generation of gamers?

I'd like to know all of your opinions, as in what you would like to see and how you would predict it to happen. What would be best to honor the series? Of course, if the thought is too depressing you can just pretend it doesn't exist

Or suppose Miyamoto changes his mind....

The end would be Ganon and Vaati teaming up and then link deals some kind of mortal blow to both of them and Link wins and then suddenly Bellum appears and Link must fight Bellum.