I finally believe you're actually being serious...

I don't Kingdom Hearts' situation is the same as Zelda's. For starters, all the KH games are much more tightly linked together by story, it's almost like a series of movies or something. Zelda games aren't like that at all, I know it's been said a lot about Nintendo games but it really is about the gameplay and the adventure aspect more than it is about a long deep story that binds all the games together

Look at other Nintendo games for reference, Do you not count SMW as a sequel to SMB3? How about DKCR and DKC3? Just cuz it doesn't have a number attached doesn't mean it's not a true sequel to the franchise, especially when having a coherent story is not even close to a priority to these games

I see your point with a series like Kingdom Hearts, which has a main storyline for its games, they've been making spin-offs and remakes for too long. I don't see how it applies to a series like Zelda though

I wish I still had my old SNES Control Deck box, where "Zelda III" was listed on the side as a launch title, along with F-Zero and others. We already got the game.

Ok I admit this isn't a real thread. I enjoy all Zelda games and AC games though the Kh games a little annoying. In my mind KH:BBS is KH: III and now I'm waiting for KH IV.This just spawned for a conversation I was having with a friend about him not playing Brotherhood or Revelations because he said they wern't numbered sequels.

I liked the "adult" link games - OOT and TP. Majoras mask was ok.

@OP, thanks for a great read! I'm guessing you really don't care what they call it but this was an interesting perspective!

@Raze, shall I assume you're really anticipating Skyward Sword then?

That sounds awesome!

I saw it wasn't a serious thread ... All up until that last post of yours, that's when you finally got me! 

Technically A Link To The Past IS Zelda 3... it's basically a "prequel" to the first one, not a side story or set "thousands of years in the future" (I have no idea where the heck you came up with that lol.)

There's no point in hoping for a "true" sequel anyway because the Zelda timeline is pretty much FUBAR at this point.  Basically you can expect Nintendo to release a new Zelda game every 3-5 years or so that completely reboots the story, while essentially being a remake of the original Zelda or ALTTP in some way.

Personally I would love for Nintendo to make some kind of open world, non-linear Zelda game, which is essentially what the first one was since you could start out by practically going almost anywhere and tackling the dungeons in almost any order, but I doubt it'll happen since lately Nintendo seems to favor the very linear, story-driven type of structure for its Zelda games.

Link to the Past is before Zelda 1 and 2, it says in the instruction manual.

Yup, you know how long I've been waiting to actually slash my enemies in a Zelda game?? =) Im just hoping the motion controls dont disappoint.