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Dulfite on 18 June 2015
SJReiter said:
Dulfite said:
At this point, I want it on NX (it can come to Wii U too, but I want the best version possible on NX). I bought a Wii U and 3ds either day one or close to it for both of them. I paid the 250 for the 3ds standard edition (ridiculous launch price) and the 350 for the Wii U premium edition (also ridiculous).

Neither devices had many games in their first year. I do NOT want that to repeat for the NX. I want Nintendo to come out guns blazing with that device. I want there to be so many games on it that, after the 1st year of it being on the market, I have at least 2 years of backlog to play through. I do not want 1 game for every 3 months on average, and I want (at least) 3rd party exclusives!

I own a Wii U and a New 3ds (I upgraded). I'm a Nintendo fanboy and a day one client (typically), but I want the Nx to launch next year and I want it to have the best possible support it could have in it's early life.

You and I appear to be on the exact same page. 

I'm glad. I think we are in the minority though lol.



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Pavolink on 18 June 2015
Slarvax said:
Man. Was the NX announced in the background somewhere?
Yes, you are the only one. Besides emotional and personal reasons, if Zelda U is ported to the NX, it would need to start over development of the game, meaning another delay, meaning tons of cash burned and tons of fans pissed.

Like Twilight Princess? A game ready to be launched on November 2005 but delayed a full year to launch on Wii?



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bigtakilla on 18 June 2015
Pavolink said:
bigtakilla said:

I almost don't believe my eyes.... 

It would be increadibly stupid if Nintendo released this for NX. Why?

1: It's development is increadibly far along by now. Why do people want them to cheap out and put it on the NX? Every gen should get it's own LoZ title built from the ground up on the hardware to showcase the consoles power. It has always been this way, except the Gamecube era.

2: Why do we want to wait a year or two after the release of the NX to get a game we could have had 2+years prior? This is around the time it takes to make a LoZ game. We could have two (with one being a complete surprise) new titles in around the same time that they could give us one "cross gen" title (even if we are talking about Zelda U not getting released at all, it would still be a game built mostly for this gens tech). 

3: The arguement it "would be better on next gen tech" is a phrase that is perpetual. Why release it next gen, when it will be better the gen after that?

4: We would be caught in a loop of releasin cross gen titles. Say we release this year one or two, three years later Nintendo faces the same problem. Do they release the next one as a cross gen? Nintendo does not need to make LoZ their cross gen series, it needs to remain their flagship. You are essentually asking Nintendo to ditch making the best LoZ on their hardware as they can, to accommodate building a game that will work on two different platforms.

No, this game needs to be released on Wii U, squeezing every once of power out of it before we go into next gen.

Counterargument: this is Nintendo. The same Nintendo that decided to do from Animal Crossing a board game and from Prime a multiplayer chibi shooter.

So your point behind making this bad decision is because Nintendo has made other bad decisions?.... 



Pavolink on 18 June 2015
bigtakilla said:

So your point behind making this bad decision is because Nintendo has made other bad decisions?.... 


Of course. I don't think Zelda HD will be NX exclusive, I think it will be cross gen. But saying this move is stupid and because of that Nintendo will never do is something that is far from reality.



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bigtakilla on 18 June 2015
Pavolink said:
bigtakilla said:

So your point behind making this bad decision is because Nintendo has made other bad decisions?.... 


Of course. I don't think Zelda HD will be NX exclusive, I think it will be cross gen. But saying this move is stupid and because of that Nintendo will never do is something that is far from reality.

I still don't see it... I don't get the point with the art style and graphics available. To have another Zelda game at launch? But if it has backwards compatibility again what would be the point? Twilight Princess was to have motion controls, so there was a point. Maybe if there is some crazy new innovation with the NX, and they feel LoZ would be a good start to show the innovation off...



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Pavolink on 18 June 2015
bigtakilla said:
Pavolink said:


Of course. I don't think Zelda HD will be NX exclusive, I think it will be cross gen. But saying this move is stupid and because of that Nintendo will never do is something that is far from reality.

I still don't see it... I don't get the point with the art style and graphics available. To have another Zelda game at launch? But if it has backwards compatibility again what would be the point? Twilight Princess was to have motion controls, so there was a point. Maybe if there is some crazy new innovation with the NX, and they feel LoZ would be a good start to show the innovation off...

I'm pretty sure if this is Fusion they will use to show us how they will look like in the handheld hardware and how it will scale on the homeconsole line.



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Number ONE Zelda fan in the Universe

DKCTF didn't move consoles

Prediction: No Zelda HD for Wii U, quietly moved to the succesor

Predictions for Nintendo NX and Mobile


Nexus7 on 18 June 2015

"I can't help but think that it would be better if Zelda Wii U did release on NX. I just think that Nintendo could make the game better if they made it for NX (assuming NX has significantly higher graphical capacity than Wii U)."

Nintendo has had a hard enough time developing games on 7th gen level hardware.  A more powerful piece of tech won't really make a big difference in terms of Nintendo's own development. Nintendo still hasn't pushed the Wii U to its limits. Not one Wii U game looks better than the best looking PS3/360 games. 



bigtakilla on 18 June 2015
Pavolink said:
bigtakilla said:
Pavolink said:


Of course. I don't think Zelda HD will be NX exclusive, I think it will be cross gen. But saying this move is stupid and because of that Nintendo will never do is something that is far from reality.

I still don't see it... I don't get the point with the art style and graphics available. To have another Zelda game at launch? But if it has backwards compatibility again what would be the point? Twilight Princess was to have motion controls, so there was a point. Maybe if there is some crazy new innovation with the NX, and they feel LoZ would be a good start to show the innovation off...

I'm pretty sure if this is Fusion they will use to show us how they will look like in the handheld hardware and how it will scale on the homeconsole line.

Hey, my personal take is it would be a bad pointless decision.Doesn't mean Nintendo WON'T do it, but I don't think it needs another delay for practically no reason.



gabzjmm23 on 18 June 2015
SJReiter said:

I see that most Nintendo fans have said things along the line of "if Nintendo releases Zelda Wii U on NX it will be a major betrayal of my trust." I understand the frustration of buying a console expecting a game only to have that game release on another console, but I can't help but think that it would be better if Zelda Wii U did release on NX. I just think that Nintendo could make the game better if they made it for NX (assuming NX has significantly higher graphical capacity than Wii U). Also, since I'm a huge Nintendo fan I know I'll be buying NX anyway, so I figure it might as well have the best Zelda experience ever (hopefully). I don't know, what do you guys think. Would it really be so awful if the new Zelda released on NX?

Note: the same point stands if it's cross-gen, as the NX version would likely be superior. 


don't know if it will happen. it would surely be called Zelda NX not a Zelda Wii U game for sure if it is for NX.



Pavolink on 18 June 2015
bigtakilla said:
Pavolink said:

I'm pretty sure if this is Fusion they will use to show us how they will look like in the handheld hardware and how it will scale on the homeconsole line.

Hey, my personal take is it would be a bad pointless decision.Doesn't mean Nintendo WON'T do it, but I don't think it needs another delay for practically no reason.

I agree that Zelda HD is not exactly the better software to showcase the (probably) new abilities, but they are desperate. Well, anyone will be in their shoes. While I'm in rage mode, I can't blame them trying to generate more hype for their next hardware line.



Proud to be the first cool Nintendo fan ever

Number ONE Zelda fan in the Universe

DKCTF didn't move consoles

Prediction: No Zelda HD for Wii U, quietly moved to the succesor

Predictions for Nintendo NX and Mobile