Zelda U Tries to “Imitate the Real World", Looks More Amazing than what was shown at E3

[DonFerrari]

Nuvendil said:

DonFerrari said:

Nuvendil said:

DonFerrari said:
So it will be realistic??? It will be good to see some people who say realism is unispiring and art style is more important than tech side. Although the anime part seems contraditory, but some anime try a more real feeling.

I think he is trying to say they are going for a middle ground.  Looking at the vid from E3, there are lots of realistic elements like the sky, land forms, most of the folliage, and the general proprotions of characters.  But on the other hand, it's also stylized in an anime-esque way, some elements in a minor sense (mountains and folliage), others in a greater sense (character models).  And of course it makes selective use of cel shading. 

Or it was just a bad translation.

Or that, if you want to be a buzzkill :P

But a mix between realistic background and animated chars is cool and some movies used it with success.