Disregarding all confirmed info, what is your one biggest hope for Zelda Wii U?

[tolu619]

spemanig said:

tolu619 said:
I haven't decided on my answer yet, and I haven't read anyone's comments yet, but I've read the OP, and I have to say that I really enjoyed both the Silent realms and the tadtones quest in Skyward Sword. I'm all for skipping the excessive tutorial sessions at the beginning of the game, and things like the triforce quest and the tears of light missions can go, but I want the SS sections the OP condemned. Without the silent realms, there would hardly be any stealth sections at all in over 50 hours of SS, and there was hardly any other section in that game as challenging as those. And the flooded forest where you take the tadtone quest is one of the most beautiful environments I've ever seen in a game

For me, what I hate about those sections is that I'm basically playing a collect-a-thon in a Zelda game. That's not fun in any game, but it is the complete antithesis of what should be in a game like Zelda. Zelda isn't a stealth game; it's an adventure game. You're supposed to be adventuring, not collecting 20 pedals or 40 tadtones. It's a chore. It's busy work for the sale of busy work.

There's no reason Zelda can't have beautiful environments without being crippled to tedious, bad gameplay like that. The stealth section in WW was better than in the Silent Realms. The stealth sections in ALBW were way better than the Silent Realms. Hell, the real stealth section in Skyward Sword was better than the Silent Realms, because that wasn't a collect-a-thon.

It's not the atmosphere of those sections that need to go, it's the tedious collect-a-thon mechanics behind them. I'm all for something that feels as uncomfortable as the Silent Realms as long as I'm not being forced to do some mundane collect-a-thon or fetch quest while I'm there. I'm all for swimming in an area as beautiful as the flooded forrest as long as I'm not being forced to do some mundane collect-a-thon or fetch quest while I'm there. I'm supposed to be on an adventure exploring, not on a scavenger hunt collecting tokens.

I can agree with the bolded, though I really don't mind collecting things. Maybe platformers have trained me so. I also disagree with the underlined, because while it can be abused, it can also be a great mechanic when used well (SEE: purple comet levels in Mario Galaxy)