Should Retro Studios be in charge?

After the current Zelda game that's in development is over with, should Nintendo hand Retro Studios the responsibility to create the Zelda game after that?

Retro Studios did a brilliant job in my opinion in creating the Metroid Prime trilogy, and I think they could do wonders with a Zelda title. We've seen this kind of thing done before, like when Flagship created the Oracle games, so it's not out of the realm of possibilities for Retro Studios to take on a Zelda title.

Yeah I guess if it would make it bettr because I don't want to see another TP

That sounds awesome. Zelda is definitely in need of a fresh new direction, and handing the development over to Retro, or any other skilled developer, could be the solution. The Oracle games are evidence that a new team can make an amazing Zelda.

Yes. They could bring the change we need.

The way I see it, two vital things we need - a difficulty setting and great Wii controls - have already been done by Retro with Corruption.

I really don't trust Nintendo (or Aonuma, to be precise) with the series. I'd give them at least one more game to get it right as PH seemed to be a step in the right direction. If they fail, I'd demand a third party step in.

Originally Posted by Hugh

Yes. They could bring the change we need.

The way I see it, two vital things we need - a difficulty setting and great Wii controls - have already been done by Retro with Corruption.

I really don't trust Nintendo (or Aonuma, to be precise) with the series. I'd give them at least one more game to get it right as PH seemed to be a step in the right direction. If they fail, I'd demand a third party step in.

Good point about the controls.
Some people have claimed that Corruption had better controls than any First Person Shooter game, so I'd be interested to see what Retro Studios could do with Zelda.

And yes..I'm beginning to lose trust in Nintendo myself.

I don't think its Nintendo we should lose trust in its Aonuma

personally TP wasn't that bad. it had darn good music, a good plot, and some cool looking bosses.

Good point about the controls.
Some people have claimed that Corruption had better controls than any First Person Shooter game, so I'd be interested to see what Retro Studios could do with Zelda.

And yes..I'm beginning to lose trust in Nintendo myself.

Yeah, I'd like to see what they could do with Zelda, especially if they used the Motion Plus.

Originally Posted by Link the 13th

I don't think its Nintendo we should lose trust in its Aonuma

If Nintendo are stupid enough to let him keep making near-identical games then that's reason enough to lose trust in them too.

Originally Posted by Hugh

Yes. They could bring the change we need.

Hmmm... This conjures up a bizarre image of a green-clad Barack Obama thrusting the Master Sword triumphantly in the air on the threshold of Retro Studios...

Originally Posted by Lord linketh

personally TP wasn't that bad. it had darn good music, a good plot, and some cool looking bosses.

TP was a good game, yes, but not very original either. I'm hoping Retro Studios would be able to change things around a bit, while keeping the core parts of the series intact.

Originally Posted by Calebyte

Hmmm... This conjures up a bizarre image of a green-clad Barack Obama thrusting the Master Sword triumphantly in the air on the threshold of Retro Studios...

Absolutely not. I wouldn't trust Retro with a project like this.
Metroid? Fine, that was a dead series anyway.
But Zelda? No, and there's no reason to. They've got more talented people at Nintendo to handle that.

Originally Posted by Hugh

If Nintendo are stupid enough to let him keep making near-identical games then that's reason enough to lose trust in them too.

That is very true I guess you should no trust people just wanting money for crappy games.

I keep an open mind, so I personally don't find any Zelda game to be very bad. (Except those CD-i games and PH, those were pretty bad... especially the CD-i games.)

Anyway, another title developed by a third-party company could be nice. I will agree that OoA and OoS are perfect examples that third-party companies can make great titles for a series that they don't own, but it often depends. You may or may not have a great title produced if Nintendo had a third-party company work on it. Really, it depends.

I suggested this a few months ago on ZU, but now disagree with this for multiple reasons:
1. Retro Studios lost their touch after Echoes, Corruption was horrible compared to what they were capable of.
2. Pacini, Mathews and Keller left Retro Studios about half a year ago and I believe Hutchinson died in January, thus eliminating pretty much all the talent they had.

I believe Nintendo should let another new studio take control over this dying series. That, or the Old Man needs to die and stop constraining Aonuma.

Not retro studios, but High Voltage studios. they're responsible for the highly anticipated Wii game: The Conduit. Go to this url and check out some of the videos especially the first video titled: High Voltage Quantum3 Tech Demo

IGN: The Conduit Trailer, Videos and Movies

The graphics look pretty nice at least for the Wii. Imagine that helmet in the tech demo being worn by a moblin or something. It has some potential

I don't like that aonuma wants to make this series designed for everyone. It needs to be difficult and it also can't be in the toonish format. I would rather see the good graphics rather then the toonish ones.

Originally Posted by Hoppy22

I don't like that aonuma wants to make this series designed for everyone.

THIIIIIISSSS
I think this is one of the biggest problems going on in the series right now

I think what he is doing was attempting to get the series to appeal to all sorts of people with different preferences, to get people who before didn't like the series to eventually decide to try it out and then making their final judgment. While this is good in a way as it enlarges the Zelda community, it also causes problems for other long-time players.

Do you think Retro studios would push the Wii Motion Plus and the other Wii capabilities to it's limits better than Nintendo could? That's what I'm wondering. They promised us that they will explore the boundaries of the Wii with this new one.