Futuristic Zelda - Why so against it?

It's not like anyone really understand the canon by now, anyway. The lack of reason suddenly becomes reasonable. Link divides by zero, those who hate the idea of futuristic games get their share, those who don't get theirs. No longer there will be weird fanfic and theories trying to connect the games. This forum would slowly cease to exist. We would grow old and gray, still amazed for prophetizing the dire fate of the series. This post will be forgotten.

Many years from now, a young fellow, after playing the 70th iteration of a Zelda game, will join this very same forum, almost left to oblivion. Venturing through the posts, he would find every single theory. Stories of old, that preceeded him and whose words have fallen an a misteryous limbo beetween reality, hearsay and simple legend. He would invite his friends to join this forum and they would also read and learn from those who came before. Us, the ancients. Until they, the newborns, who inherited this post, would start their own theories and arguments.

The legend, my friends. It starts anew.

Originally Posted by Fulcon

Okay, what I want to know is what people have against Zelda being set in the future. I mean, I know that Hyrule has always been set in the middle ages and I know people are comfortable with swords and think replacing it with a laser sword would be a little much...

But come on! It could work! Do you know why? There is more than one Link and more than one Zelda! It is not unreasonable to assume that one day, maybe, a Link and Zelda would be born in the future with space ships!

sounds like you want a game like say link being the main character of lost planet

zelda wouldnt be zelda unless it is medieval

Originally Posted by Metropalis

sounds like you want a game like say link being the main character of lost planet

No, I just want Hyrule in the future.

zelda wouldnt be zelda unless it is medieval

Yes it would.

Originally Posted by Julian

It's not like anyone really understand the canon by now, anyway. The lack of reason suddenly becomes reasonable. Link divides by zero, those who hate the idea of futuristic games get their share, those who don't get theirs. No longer there will be weird fanfic and theories trying to connect the games. This forum would slowly cease to exist. We would grow old and gray, still amazed for prophetizing the dire fate of the series. This post will be forgotten.

Many years from now, a young fellow, after playing the 70th iteration of a Zelda game, will join this very same forum, almost left to oblivion. Venturing through the posts, he would find every single theory. Stories of old, that preceeded him and whose words have fallen an a misteryous limbo beetween reality, hearsay and simple legend. He would invite his friends to join this forum and they would also read and learn from those who came before. Us, the ancients. Until they, the newborns, who inherited this post, would start their own theories and arguments.

The legend, my friends. It starts anew.

I cannot believe that I didn't see this post earlier. That is awesome.

Just... no.

I've always been against it for as long as I fell in love with the Zelda series.

Put it this way; Would you like the next Halo game to be brought into medieval times where you ride horses, hang around farms and hide behind hay stacks while your opponents are firing arrows at you?

Just... no. :/

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

Just... no.

I've always been against it for as long as I fell in love with the Zelda series.

Put it this way; Would you like the next Halo game to be brought into medieval times where you ride horses, hang around farms and hide behind hay stacks while your opponents are firing arrows at you?

Just... no. :/

The thing is, Halo's premise involves Powered Suits of Armor and Alien invasions, two things you can't find in a medieval setting.

Zelda's premise is about a hero who goes through several dungeons to get items or Triforce or whatever and beats up Ganon or whoever the villain of the week is. This can be perfectly done in the futuristic setting.

So there. It doesn't go against anything.

Originally Posted by Fulcon

The thing is, Halo's premise involves Powered Suits of Armor and Alien invasions, two things you can't find in a medieval setting.

Zelda's premise is about a hero who goes through several dungeons to get items or Triforce or whatever and beats up Ganon or whoever the villain of the week is. This can be perfectly done in the futuristic setting.

So there. It doesn't go against anything.

Well, I've only played Halo for a few hours, so I wouldn't know the info behind the games.

But I will be always against the thought of Zelda being in a futurised setting. I'd like to see someone shaking Shigeru's mind with opinions like this. His answer would be a dead-set-no.

Zelda is medieval, magic, castles, dragons etc etc etc... The future doesn't hold magic. Just boring sci-fi crap.

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

Well, I've only played Halo for a few hours, so I wouldn't know the info behind the games.

But I will be always against the thought of Zelda being in a futurised setting. I'd like to see someone shaking Shigeru's mind with opinions like this. His answer would be a dead-set-no.

Zelda is medieval, magic, castles, dragons etc etc etc... The future doesn't hold magic. Just boring sci-fi crap.

#1: It also features a giant ring that destroys worlds.

#2: Always be against it for no particular reason at all. Shiggy's mind? Personally, I want development of Zelda to go to an American studio so we can get away from Shiggy's mind. His answer would be dead-set-no? What's your point?

#3: The future can hold magic, Star Wars attests to that. You don't seem to have that keen of an understanding of Sci-Fi or Fantasy for that matter and the fact that Zelda already has several things (bombs, giant fricking catapults) that can be expanded severely into a Futuristic setting. That, and I would think that Hyrule would use a lot of magic in it's technology, like a 'lighter' version of the Twili.

Originally Posted by Fulcon

#1: It also features a giant ring that destroys worlds.

#2: Always be against it for no particular reason at all. Shiggy's mind? Personally, I want development of Zelda to go to an American studio so we can get away from Shiggy's mind. His answer would be dead-set-no? What's your point?

#3: The future can hold magic, Star Wars attests to that. You don't seem to have that keen of an understanding of Sci-Fi or Fantasy for that matter and the fact that Zelda already has several things (bombs, giant fricking catapults) that can be expanded severely into a Futuristic setting. That, and I would think that Hyrule would use a lot of magic in it's technology, like a 'lighter' version of the Twili.

Nice reasons, but it's hard to shift my opinions.

I will always be against a futuristic Zelda world. The future just takes that 'magic' out of it.

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

Nice reasons, but it's hard to shift my opinions.

Oh, but I'll succeed eventually.

I will always be against a futuristic Zelda world. The future just takes that 'magic' out of it.

But wait, you haven't even seen a Futuristic Zelda so how do you know it'll take the magic away?

i dont mind if there's a futuristic zelda game but I surely wont play it

Originally Posted by Disintegrator

i dont mind if there's a futuristic zelda game but I surely wont play it

You'd be missing out on awesome...

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

I'd like to see someone shaking Shigeru's mind with opinions like this. His answer would be a dead-set-no.

When the team was first coming up with the idea of LCT Miyamoto was the first person to suggest giving Link a gun, and everyone else said no.

Originally Posted by ZeldaZealot

When the team was first coming up with the idea of LCT Miyamoto was the first person to suggest giving Link a gun, and everyone else said no.

Link or it didn't happen.

PLEASE give me a link. I need this kind of Ammo!

Miyamoto idea seems to be a Terminator-style plot about a time warp to/from the future:

Iwata
Yeah, an FPS Mario game doesn’t seem to fit either! (laughs)

Miyamoto
So we figured that Link was the logical choice. Then we argued that it would’ve been kind of strange for us to give Link a gun, so I proposed a sort of Terminator style story about a time warp from the future, but…

Iwata
Terminator!?

Miyamoto
Yeah, they vetoed that idea immediately (laughs)...

Source : http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/crossbow/vol1_page3.jsp

I would just like to say something to all the futuristic Zelda haters: SHUT THE **** UP! HOW THE **** DO YOU KNOW WHETHER IT WILL BE A GOOD GAME! JUST SHUT THE **** UP AND LET THEM MAKE IT THEN JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES! Now that my tangent is over I urge all people to consider what I have just said.

Originally Posted by Aleitheo

1- Zelda as it is happens to be is modern, it doesn't take place in our world. A modern equivalent to Link would be Link, what you suggested was someone from our world.
A futuristic Zelda would not look the same as our world looks, it would not behave the same way, it would not have the same things, you miss that obvious fact.
Zelda takes place in a completely different world to ours, it has magic for starters that would lead it down a completely different path

2- The story is not Zelda at all, its something else completely with some Zelda themes thrown on. Its like getting Final Fantasy and having the lead character dress in green and claiming thats what a futuristic Zelda story would be like

I would like to bring up what Aleitheo said. Tell me if you don't understand it.

I read back through my post, and realised that my idea is stupid, so forgive me for that.

Anyways.....

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

Would you like the next Halo game to be brought into medieval times where you ride horses, hang around farms and hide behind hay stacks while your opponents are firing arrows at you?

That would be AWESOME! Lol and instead of a rocket launcher, a handheld catapult!

And for an energy sword....get this........A REGULAR SWORD!(dun dun duuuuunnnnn!)

i wouldnt mind a futuristic zelda as logn as it isnt to stupid with space ships n ♥♥♥♥ my futuristic one would be medievil times still but *machines* are powered by magic. if you look at ww and tp theres a few futuristic things like:
tp: Goron Lift made of metal, massive cannon to shoot you,.
WW: that temple were the boss room as electicity in it.

Originally Posted by Moogle

That would be AWESOME! Lol and instead of a rocket launcher, a handheld catapult!

And for an energy sword....get this........A REGULAR SWORD!(dun dun duuuuunnnnn!)

Inorite!? 8D

If you want a futuristic Zelda, play Final Fantasy.

Nuff said.

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

Inorite!? 8D

If you want a futuristic Zelda, play Final Fantasy.

Nuff said.

No, no, and no. Futuristic Zelda=/= Final Fantasy. I hate Final Fantasy with a heated passion because I just plain don't like it's story or it's characters. And it's NOT 'Nuff Said', where the heck did you get this assumption? What part of your brain manufactered it?

Incidentally, when Final Fantasy went futuristic, it became much more popular.

Originally Posted by ZeldaZealot

Miyamoto idea seems to be a Terminator-style plot about a time warp to/from the future:



Source : http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/crossbow/vol1_page3.jsp

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