Aonuma Says Wii U Zelda Won’t Be Traditional

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noname2200 said:

osed125 said:

“So, by no means, am I tired of it,” Aonuma reiterates with a laugh. “Rather, the more we change it, the more I get fired up. Having someone think ‘Huh? Is this Zelda?!’ at first, then ‘Oh, it is Zelda,’ is what we’re going for. Something that wouldn’t make it matter whether Link or Princess Zelda appear in it or not. Something where it wouldn’t even matter if Zelda is actually a princess, or not.

I'm envisioning someone off-camera pointing a gun at Aonuma's head....

Ahaha. *puts away gun*

 

While I wouldn't want Zelda to be completely absent from the next game, breaking the traditional "Link puts on green clothes, acquires cool sword, rescues princess Zelda" would be an interesting move. The Zelda universe has become gigantuar and almost begs for an adventure that takes a completely different direction from previous games. Breaking the traditional formula would also give Aonuma and his lackeys more freedom to do things not possible in previous setups.