The problem of Zelda in Japan

[Khuutra]

Mr Khan said:

Khuutra said:

thelifatree said:

wait Khuutra. Was this why you made the thread about "What do you think about the possibility of Retro Making A New Zelda". Or was that just more of a curiousity or both... though, my guess would be that, having retro do it wouldn't help Japan. Though I could be wrong. And am now confused

Separate line of thought. Unrelated to this thread. Retro-made Zelda would probably bomb horrendously in Japan unless it was made to be extremely non-western.

Not necessarily, given that the best-selling Japanese zeldas had more elements similar to the original Metroid, elements that Retro has proven more than capable of dealing with.

Plus we'll soon have evidence as to how much pull Retro can have in Japan with a franchise that's more popular there.

As thelifatree posted, their faithful interpretation of Metroid crashed and burned horrendously in Japan.