Oh no! Our WORST nightmare has come true! Zelda is... CASUAL!!!!

I hope they keep the 3rd person view

Originally Posted by Presea

They should let Capcom develop Zelda on 360 and PS3, we'd probably get a better game.

Nintendo would never do that. If that happened, some Zelda fans would dump their wii because they realize they don't need it. They can get Zelda on other systems.
Less people=Less money.
Nintendo would hurt their bottom line, which they are not about to do. Nintendo always has made Zelda games, and that's never going to change.

BTW, do you mean the OoT formula, or the OoT standard?
If you mean standard, I agree, but it should be above OoT.
IF you mean formula, I disagree completely. The 3 items then 4-6 items then Ganondorf formula is so overplayed it is sickening. I really hope we get something new for the formula.

Accesible doesn't have to mean casual. I can make a list of ways that a Zelda can be both accesible and hardcore. In fact I will.

1. More focus on combat.

2. Difficulty settings.

This way puzzles won't be a problem and you can choose whether you want a casual or hardcore experience.

3. Make the story more focused on side quests but can still be completed withought them.

4. Multiple endings so both casual and hardcore will have a reason to do all the side quests to get better endings.

Just solved any problems with the story being too deep or long.

5. Include a Library with books that talk about Hyrules history. This way casuals with no knowledge of Zelda can learn if they see fit.

Just solved the problem of casuals not having any prior Zelda knowledge.

Those are just off the top of my head. Accesible =/= casual.

I don't think that the next Zelda game will be "casual" in the sense of it being easier or boring. I think Miyamoto just wants Zelda to be more accessible to non-gamers. Super Mario Galaxy was easy to pick up and play for non-gamers, but it left lots of room for technique and advanced play for gamers like ourselves. Hopefully, the next Zelda will be similar to Galaxy, but only time will tell.

Originally Posted by Shadowthax

I hope they keep the 3rd person view

I doubt it will be in 1st person.

Originally Posted by Ankiseth

1. More focus on combat.

But what about people like myself that enjoy Zelda more for the exploration and puzzle-solving? Of course combat will always be an important part of Zelda, but I don't think we need to make it have more of a focus.

Originally Posted by Ankiseth

4. Multiple endings so both casual and hardcore will have a reason to do all the side quests to get better endings.

In a game such as Zelda which works around an overarching timeline (if only a bit), multiple endings would just screw things up.

Originally Posted by Shadowthax

I hope they keep the 3rd person view

They most likely will:

Originally Posted by Matt Casamassina

At GDC 2007, Eiji Aonuma gave a presentation on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. At that time, he showed a brief snippet of an experimentation the Zelda team conducted -- it was Twilight Princess running in the first-person view. We asked Miyamoto if such a fundamental change could await players of Wii's next Zelda adventure.

"I don't necessarily think it will change that drastically, but I think that Zelda is a franchise that does need some big new unique ideas," he said. "And so the team right now is very focused on trying to find those ideas."

Christ, people are going ape **** over nothing.
No one knows here knows how the next Zelda game will turn out so just calm down.

I think that they already went that way in TP and going deeper to that end it might ruin Zelda. TP already was ridiculously easy and didn't have much connections to the other games so going further that way might be a bad idea and cause Zelda-fans to give up.

I think this is a nice summing up of what a lot of people are saying here:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/080722.jpg

Originally Posted by Gregdawg08

Oh please, no. That game was so easy. If the wii's Zelda is like that, I will be pretty diapointed. PH was good, but would not cope well with a home console. It was not hard to complete at all. I want it harder to beat than that. I want it to be Zelda tough in the dificulty area. Which means preschoolers and grandparents are not playing it. Ugh. Nintendo, you worry more about money than us original hard core gamers.
Do a barrel roll!

I liked PH
*does barrel roll*

Originally Posted by Razz

wow way to totally throw logic out the window guys

stop freaking out


Just because it's easy doesn't mean it's gonna suck. I mean, look at Okami. Easiest game I've ever played. Does that mean it sucked? No, it was ****ing amazing. Same goes for zelda, it doesn't have to be hard for it to be awesome.

Well said!!!!!!!
Funny, Okami Was influence by TP

Originally Posted by Shadowthax

I hope they keep the 3rd person view

Originally Posted by Popsoap

I doubt it will be in 1st person.

I too doubt, but Miyamoto has been, just, weird lately.

I fear For Zelda

Originally Posted by Jhale

I think this is a nice summing up of what a lot of people are saying here:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/080722.jpg

Lol Potatomoto!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by KyraeThePaladin

I liked PH
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I too doubt, but Miyamoto has been, just, weird lately.

Miyamoto has always been weird. His inspiration for making Pikmin was gardening, and he made Wii Fit after he realized how much he enjoyed weighing himself. Most genius' are a bit eccentric. So don't worry if he seems weird, let his games speak for himself.

i heared this and died a little...

Nintendo is committing suicide, they basically shoved a huge ass middle finger strait in they eye of us core' gamers, the ones who got them where they are today, there E3 confrence blew big time, if they make zelda more "accessible" and "easier to pick up and play", gahh i dont now what i'll do....

I've always considered Zelda games casual, this isn't much of a surprise to me, although, I'm just worried they'll make them too easy. Zelda games (with the exception of OOT: Master Quest and parts of OOT) have usually been pretty easy.

Originally Posted by Verrick

SHUT UP AND STOP ACTING LIKE BABIES

Originally Posted by Urban Ninja

whats so wrong with a more accesable zelda game? they're all easy anyway >>

WHY ARE YOU HERE!!!!!!!!

well zelda can not be "casual" its a series thats meant to be hardcore!!!!