Zelda Theme

what would you like to see for the next Zelda theme(Wild west, japan, etc...)?

Well, I enjoy the current format, with the medieval feel mixed with a modern twist, but I'd say that a Greek/Roman flavor could easily be added to Zelda, with armies and massive battles actually occuring throughout the game. It would be interesting to see the more spiritual aspects of Hyrule, or possibly another kingdom with a more Greco-Roman feel.

Most of all, I think that a war that intertwines with the story would be the right move for the series. Think about it, instead of Link just going to the castle and killing Ganondorf in broad daylight on a pretty normal day in Castle Town, a giant battle outside an equally huge Castle Town with hundreds of Ganon's minions fighting against the forces of Hyrule spearheaded by Link would create such an epic and heavy impact upon the player.

And I also think it's time for large cities, with each of those cities guarded by a militia force.

I thought this was about music for a sec....

I'd want the next Zelda to be inspired by Miyazaki's Laputa/Nausicca - you know, sort of steampunky with a lot of small airships, but with a warm tone and lush environments.

And just to have it fit in the poll, throw in a bunch of wandering thieves and we'll have a winner.

I voted the Lord of the Rings idea. Similar to how the games are now, with a vast overworld filled with many races and environments. Some races won't warm up to Link initially due to the evil that has spread throughout the setting. I like that idea.

Same as always.. whats wrong with the current one?

Why isn't a futuristic zelda idea on there?

I would kinda like to have the 26th century like hyrule that we saw in that one fake trailer. The tech would be futuristic but still zelda. For example, there would be no guns, but the bows would take on gun like qualities (ie a laser sights, atomatic firing rate), swords would be present but they would be more like lightsabers, ect.

Otherwise I would prefer the LOTR idea.

Originally Posted by Crimson Hector

I thought this was about music for a sec....

I'd want the next Zelda to be inspired by Miyazaki's Laputa/Nausicca - you know, sort of steampunky with a lot of small airships, but with a warm tone and lush environments.

And just to have it fit in the poll, throw in a bunch of wandering thieves and we'll have a winner.

We already have Final Fantasy to fill in that gap. Zelda is fine the way it is, that's why we like it. Why change it?

I like choices 1, 5, and 6 (Ancient Japan, LOTR, and Wandering Theives). If we could mix those together in a good way, that would be the best way to take a new direction in my opinion...Well of the choices we were given at least.

Anything that's not futuristic, I guess.

I wouldn't mind more medieval japanese influence (or asian in general); building styles, weapons and whatnot.

If they are to continue with the strong european medieval influence, they might as well fast forward a bit and show a more modern Zelda. No, not modern as in mechs and bikes but modern as in pre-industrial or even during the industrialism.

I think it would still fit with horses and adventures, only more modern cities and themes. They could still be able to create dungeons out of mines of some sort (they already did Goron Mines, so why not), hidden temples and palaces. Themes such as Atlantis could also be incorporated somehow and allow for classic looking cities and dungeons as well.

A futuristic Zelda (not lasers and hovercars but steamtrains and simple lightbulbs)

Zelda is pretty much a medieval version of steampunk and the Goron Mines in TP were closer to that. So have the next game set in Victorian-esque Hyrule or at least able to travel there through time or having it another country

I don't think Zelda is too far off from LOTR anyway, but I think it does need a bit more of an epic feeling to it, like LOTR has. The medieval Europe setting works well for it already, but they need to elaborate on Hyrule's culture and history a little more and make it feel more alive.

AoL had a bit of Roman flavor to it.

Yeah, I'd like to see a bit of ancient greece/rome in the next game if they don't go for the other ideas.

Like I said AoL was done in a very roman style.

So it's obviously what future Hyrule ends up like. No clear idea of when AoL takes place, but having it at the end would allow no inconsistencies.

Perhaps a game even further in the timeline might share the same style of architecture.
It would have been interesting in 3d, though it might have gotten quite old since everything was near identical in looks.

As long as they don't make every dungeon a temple (I'm so sick of Temple of this and Temple of that), then I think we can avoid having identical dungeons

must have hated AoL, everything is a Temple there.

There is less of a reason for things to be dungeons, than there are for them to be Temples.

See, their nature as temples allows them to preexist the game they are featured in, there is a reason for temples to dot the land, and no reason for dungeons.

In fact dungeon isn't really a Zelda term as much as it is a loanword from D&D

I'd like a Zelda game to be exploration-based, say during the Magellanic times.

In other words, I WANNA WW SEQUEL!

Gross, WW's travel sucked major ass.

That was the worst part of the game, hands down. No well made game should ever alienate the player like that.

I don't get why you're busting my chops - I just said that I wouldn't mind an ancient greece/roman setting again.

Originally Posted by Aziel Satori

must have hated AoL, everything is a Temple there.

I thought it was obvious what I meant, but here we go:

As AoL was the second game, the whole temple thing was still fresh. So naturally, there wasn't anything to be sick of back then. I mean now, many games and years later, we're still going through temples (their themes even repeat themselves) which is why I am getting sick of them.

Originally Posted by Aziel Satori

There is less of a reason for things to be dungeons, than there are for them to be Temples.

Not really. Clearly the designers have some imagination left, they can come up with levels with all kinds of themes and designs instead of simply temples. If you're talking about timelines and such, then still - there's no real reason for us to go through temples in each game. The levels might as well be caves or simply overworld sections with puzzles or something else.

Originally Posted by Aziel Satori

See, their nature as temples allows them to preexist the game they are featured in, there is a reason for temples to dot the land, and no reason for dungeons.

Well there are tons of ancient temples AFTER OoT, in later games, which weren't featured in OoT. So we don't need to see every single temple that exists in the future.

"No reason for dungeons", well, there has never been a reason to have dungeons (as in levels and temples) in any Zelda, there's no reason for there to have a hero in green either.

Originally Posted by Aziel Satori

In fact dungeon isn't really a Zelda term as much as it is a loanword from D&D

Giant who cares.

It was a loanword back then but it is a Zelda term now. Things change.