NoirSon on 25 May 2013
Switch from the original Mike Jones to a nephew or son or grandson for the protagonist, maybe even going for a custom avatar depending on the resources available.
Next, in order to differentiate it from Legend of Zelda games, either make it heavy action or puzzle based game with a strong humor tinged storyline. If meant for the Wii U, I'd have the idea of one of the protagonist's main tools being a tablet device to be at the core of the game's design.
