| TheLastStarFighter said: Yeah, it's stupid that Nintendo doesn't do this. But yes, it would need to be all on one system and it's too late for this with Wii U. Their next gen system should see a Zelda in years 2,4 and 6 of its life cylce. It should feel like a true reboot that would draw in new fans while being the best Zelda ever for the old ones. You build one engine, one artstyle and make three games out of it, with the second two only taking 2 years using many assets from the first. Nintendo needs to get back to basics in its game-making. Like on the NES when we would get SMB 1,2,3 and Zelda 1,2. Not milking games, but making solid new entries in the series, not just "the Wii version" rehash, or "Wii U rehash" of classic titles. |
I pretty much disagree with everything you just said...its hard to actually pick a place to start arguing @.@
I guess I'll just sum up my thoughts. Nintendo makes each Zelda game the way they want to make it. At the start of the process they have complete freedom over where to take the franchise. With this they have made games that are tonally varied with different art styles and gameplay. Doing this takes time to make each Zelda game a new fresh experience. Doing a Zelda trilogy would lock the franchise into one thing for too long and also shorten dev time resulting in less new-ness in each game.
This is part of what makes the Zelda franchise great. It never sits on its hands for too long (and if it did, fans would start complaining that Nintendo is just rehashing everything) and you never know what you are going to get for the next outing. I find it silly that you say it is "stupid" that Nintendo doesn't do this. It is a path that they could take but I don't really see the benefit, other than quantity over quality...
Also, back in the NES days, it was a lot easier to make games. Cost of game development and development time have both increased exponentially and are higher now than ever before. You cannot expect any company to make games of top tier quality at that speed...
Also, Nintendo does a lot more than "rehash" classic titles. I've used the phrase "Same Name, Different Game" before to describe Nintendo frachises becaus while they still have the classic names attached to many of their games, the actual gameplay varies greatly...
