Eiji Aonuma wants the next Zelda to provide “a unique experience that is beyond your expectations”

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Soleron said:

Podings said:

Soleron said:

One thing the sales charts continuously prove is that lack of originality is the LAST thing to stop games selling.

yearly Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed.

every Pokemon exactly the same structure

People sub to WoW for 10 years

Well, Zelda is accused of being a stale rehash nomatter how much it changes, so the critics will say the same as you're saying about those other series. But even though A Link Between Worlds is panned for looking just like Link to the Past, reviewers treasure it for changing things up a little. Such positive buzz WILL generate sales.

I don't think reviews or the opinions of the hardcore affect game sales at all really.

I think they do. And in the case they didn't, why in would you assume a straight up OoT remake to sell more than a "surprising" Zelda?

How would they consumer know the difference? It could still be good even if it was surprising, and if advertising is what does it for the broader market, then the actual content's originality surely isn't the topic of discussion.