Magic Or No Magic?

Twilight Princess was originally going to have magic, but then they took it out for some reason. The box art for TP features a magic meter, in the screenshot where Link is fighting a darknut:



You can check your own TP boxes (Wii) to confirm this.

I wonder why they took it out. In the screenshot, some of the magic has been used up-- I wonder what it was used for?

Anyway, I hope the next Zelda game has magic in it. I don't see why it wouldn't. TWW even had a primative alchemy system (Chu Jelly, etc.) which was cool.

EDIT: The screenshot only appears on the Wii box art.

Ya, I kinda liked the magic meter. It was nice though in TP where you didn't have to worry about it though. I wouldn't mind either way but it would be nice to have it back. Just for old times sake.

i have TP for gamecube, but there isnt a picture like the one on the wii that shows the magic meter. is it just on the wii TP boxart?

A Zelda game without magic doesn't seem right to me.

One of the reasons why I didn't have full respect for Twilight Princess.

Originally Posted by dark-hero

i have TP for gamecube, but there isnt a picture like the one on the wii that shows the magic meter. is it just on the wii TP boxart?

Yeah, you're right. It isn't on the Gamecube box, I thought it was. I guess it's only on the Wii box.

oh, heres the back picture for the Gamecube box
http://www.zeldaelements.net/games_m...u_box_back.jpg

i wonder why nintendo cancelled the magic in TP, maybe the magic was going to be used for some of the hidden skills and the boomerang. but i think there were other items that they were going to put. if they were going to put magic they wouldnt just use it for a few things. but at the same time, maybe they cancelled it just for the few things? what?, im confused now?

Here's a pic from the beta version. Not sure what magic was used for though.

wow, now i really believe that they were going to use magic in TP, thanks for the pic.

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

Wasn't there another poll just like this a few days or weeks ago?

Yes there was, however it's now over a month innactive, so dark-hero did the right thing in making a new thread about it.

Originally Posted by The Great Panda

I'd also like to see some elements of alchemy come into play. For instance, if Link collects enough Heart Berries, he can make a Red Potion out of it. But why stop there? Why not give Link the ability to extract, say, honey from a honeycomb? The honey could then be used in another potion, or sold for some extra rupees. Your ingredients could also be stored in a bag, similar to how TWW stored miscellaneous things in the Spoils Bag.

Hmmmm I like this idea, I can just imagine Maple & Syrup (and maybe even Crazy Tracy) will be glad to help you out. And to draw from it, how about the dungeon treasure? You know, after you beat a boss, you get a treasure that you're suppose to collect (such as Din's Ruby, or Essence of Wind). I always found it slightly annoying that those things were pretty much useless until a certain part of the game (usually the end). What I was thinking was to bring back the equipt aspect from PH, where Link get's some sort of power-up.

Originally Posted by ZFG

Why are they taking it out in the more recent zelda games? There was nothing wrong with it and there was no reason to take it away from us.

It's simply because there aren't many magic items. Here are the most recent games and which items would be affected:
TP: Magic Armor, Lantern (if oil wasn't involved), & Dominion Rod
tMC: Cane of Pacci & Flame Lantern (plus it was in the game's programming that the Fire-rod was going to be in the game, but they replaced it with the Flame Lantern. My guess it was because it would make the game a whole lot easier...like LA with the Magic Rod).
FSA: Fire-rod & Lantern.

When it comes to the Lantern, 98% of the time the player just uses it to see better in the dark, and rarely use it to light up torches. ALttP had that problem, and they seem to have changed it since, because what's so magical about an unlimited supply of oil?

Originally Posted by Twilight~09

A Zelda game without magic doesn't seem right to me.

Originally Posted by dark-hero

wow, now i really believe that they were going to use magic in TP, thanks for the pic.

Don't forget (as I mentioned above), tMC was going to have magic too with the Fire rod, however it didn't make it through. Check out a hacker's video on it. You can see Link having it equipted at 5:54 in the video, however it doesn't shoot out flames (it layed down tiles And a book that I don't recall seeing in the game at 6:56...could that be a Book of Mudora?)

Originally Posted by IkanaGeneral197

I guess I didn't notice it's abscence from TMC, either.I'd love for magic to return (among many other things)

I say there should only be magic if it's necessary for it; meaning making the game harder with it.

-BGS

it would be cool to make link use more spells in the next game, in OOT there were only 3 spells, dins fire and nayrus love and farores wind. In the next zelda game they could add new spells.

In TP, it would have been cool to use magic instead of rupees for the magic armor.