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Is greater sales potential alone justification enough to determine the artistic style of the next Zelda game?

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Veknoid_Outcast on 05 October 2013
Mmmfishtacos said:
I want the Zelda they showed off when they announce the Wii u. That's where they should go on the WiiU. They can keep the cartoon Zeldas for the 3ds.

I hated twilight princess, it's the first Zelda game I couldn't bother to finish. Hated everything about it. I'd rather go back to play 2 before I ever touch TP again. I think they only reason it sold as well as it did was because it was the first one available for the Wii.

The second Zelda game I never finished was wind waker. And I skipped the last one on Wii. Is it worth playing? I keep thinking about picking it up but i just can’t bring myself to do it, i don’t want to be further disappointed by one of my favorite franchise.

I would definitely recommend finishing Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, and playing Skyward Sword. You're missing out on a huge chunk of the series without them.



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Mythmaker1 on 05 October 2013
the_dengle said:

We started off pretty strong with everyone getting what I was asking, but people are starting to get confused.

I'm not saying anything negative in any way about any past Zelda game or the way it was represented.

I'm not saying that I don't like the art style used in Twilight Princess or that I felt THAT was sacrificing the artistic integrity of the series.

What I'm asking is whether you think the art style of the next Zelda game should be determined purely by the sales potential it holds. I'm not even asking you what kind of style the next game should have! ONLY whether or not the apparent sales potential of any given art style should be the primary factor Nintendo considers when determining the art direction for the next Zelda game.

Yes, it should. Absolutely.



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saarr_x on 05 October 2013

I do think they should decide it based on potential sales, since it could help the wiiu a lot. The video that was showed here earlier on pretty much sums it up, the majority of the Zelda fanbase prefers the realistic style. This is also visible in the sales, although Majora's Mask didn't sold that well if I'm correct, but ok. From a sales perspective and from my personal preference I hope they stay with the realistic style for future Zelda games.



Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 05 October 2013
the_dengle said:

We started off pretty strong with everyone getting what I was asking, but people are starting to get confused.

I'm not saying anything negative in any way about any past Zelda game or the way it was represented.

I'm not saying that I don't like the art style used in Twilight Princess or that I felt THAT was sacrificing the artistic integrity of the series.

What I'm asking is whether you think the art style of the next Zelda game should be determined purely by the sales potential it holds. I'm not even asking you what kind of style the next game should have! ONLY whether or not the apparent sales potential of any given art style should be the primary factor Nintendo considers when determining the art direction for the next Zelda game.

Hell no. It didnt help TW101 all that much.
It needs a natural creative process that blends and meshes well and creates a better product. Otherwise, dont give a hoot about it.

Whether its more detailed and anime like or gritty and cartoony.

 



Arius Dion on 05 October 2013

Amazing how 'art style' was never an issue until Aonuma took the reigns and decided on chibi link for WW.
As for the OP, you go towards market favor not against it. So my answer is Yes.



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DevilRising on 06 October 2013
Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said:
Am I the only one who saw the deficiencies in that trailer?


It was a tech demo that was displaying the kind of graphical fidelity people could expect to get out of Wii U. That's it and that's all.

It wasn't a finished, polished product. But, that doesn't mean that it didn't offer a great glimpse of what I would WANT Zelda to look like in HD. And honestly, even just being an early tech demo, it still looked gorgeous.



curl-6 on 06 October 2013
DevilRising said:
Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said:
Am I the only one who saw the deficiencies in that trailer?


It was a tech demo that was displaying the kind of graphical fidelity people could expect to get out of Wii U. That's it and that's all.

It wasn't a finished, polished product. But, that doesn't mean that it didn't offer a great glimpse of what I would WANT Zelda to look like in HD. And honestly, even just being an early tech demo, it still looked gorgeous.

I'd go so far as to say that Zelda demo looks better than any game yet shown on Wii U with the exception of Monolith Soft's X.



kitler53 on 06 October 2013

to answer your question directly,.. nintendo is a for profit company and every decision should be make with the aim to make more profit.



S.T.A.G.E. on 07 October 2013

That would actually require nintendo to give a damn about the above teen demographic. Lol Not happening.



Otakumegane on 07 October 2013

Taking a more "realistic" style actually benefits Nintendo in the long run.

1.Zelda sales go up.

2.Less time until fans start crying for an HD remake. Did WW NEED an HD version? No, it still aged well. Does TP need one? Yeah.



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