Zelda U graphics

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Hynad said:

Zero999 said:

when you post millions of people saying they bought oot and tp for the art style alone, we can talk.

Here: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/51323/zelda-twilight-princess-was-a-result-of-fan-reaction-to-wind-waker/

And: http://www.wiiuonly.com/2013/05/eiji-aonuma-on-fate-of-wind-waker-2.html

 

As some of you know, at E3 2004, we unveiled the game that would become Twilight Princess, the realistic Zelda game, and we announced that it was developed by the team that had been developing Wind Waker 2. Actually, there was a reason that that decision was made at the time. At one point, I had heard that even Wind Waker, which had reached the million mark in sales, had become sluggish in North America, where the market was much healthier than in Japan. I asked NOA why this was. What I was told was that the toon-shading technique was, in fact, giving the impression that this Zelda was for a younger audience and that, for this reason, it alienated the upper teen audience that had represented the typical Zelda player. Having heard that, I began to worry about whether Wind Waker 2, which used a similar presentation, was something that would actually sell.

 

People didn't like the look of WW and it's widely known that a lot of people passed on it because of the childish look. An other user said you were quite young at the time of Wind Waker's original release... That could explain why you're clueless about all this.

Fans may not want to face the fact, but non-fans very much buy games based on image, and a dark "cool" Zelda would draw more gamers than a cartoon one. And I say this as someone who likes the new style.