Zelda was pushed back to refine visual style, says Shigeru Miyamoto!

[Final-Fan]

theprof00 said:

Final-Fan said:

Well, the newer ones also have stuff that they do that the ones before didn't.  So lack of new things shouldn't be the problem.  Perhaps, then, the problem is that Zelda doesn't drop its old (oft beloved) gameplay mechanics? 

What would you prefer they drop to make you happy?  Or can I consider your earlier list an answer to that?  You'd like never before seen camera angles and no overworld, for instance? 

They don't have to drop them. Just change them. Like, for instance, overworld is fine, but try something different, like they did in Link. Or make it really linear until a certain point in which you can easily travel back. Something like in final fantasy games where you walk around and then get a canoe which can only travel on rivers, and then get  a raft, or a low flying hot air balloon, each with their own ways of combating enemies. Similar to spirit tracks, but not mandatory for the whole game. Keep it refreshing by changing the way you get attacked and attack. It would be like if in spirit tracks, you can upgrade your cannon to rapid fire, or collect powerups to make you travel faster or whatnot, then get a balloon and drop bombs from above, and then ride a bull and stampede your enemies. etc etc Really anything is better than running around->upgrade to epona->upgrade epona

For camera angle, howabout some world view, or areas where the the camera is fixed, hiding elements of the level until you get an item that changes your view. Say, the camera is actually a fairy, and the game is you watching link through her eyes, in certain areas, the fairy is frightened and cannot leave a certain area until you kill a certain thing, or until you get some item or some such. Or whatabout parts where it goes into a side-scroller for a mini-game kind of thing.

The fairy thing actually sounds kind of interesting. 

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