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Dulfite on 22 October 2021
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Kakadu18 said:
Dulfite said:

I'm more annoyed because this indirectly delays the next new AW game. I assume this is a test game for the studio, if it does well then they can make a proper sequel. Kind of like Mercurysteam had their shit with Metroid Samus Returns before getting to do a brand new game with Dread. I also suspect the team behind Links Awakening remake has been working on a new top down Zelda game since that game did so well.

Wayforward did that shitty Bakugan game previously. I suspect AW was in a similar unpolished state.

As for Grezzo who made Link's Awakening, that was their 5th Zelda game.

AW is a bigger property and test for them. If they do well with it, I think a new game will be greenlit. 

Grezzo made a lot of Zelda games, but not all games are equal. Ocarina of Time 3D (which was more a remaster). That sold over 6 million. They ported Four Swords Anniversary and I can't find data on how that one did, but it was a port. They then did another remaster with MM and that sold over 3 million. They then made their first new Zelda game, but they were only co developers with EPD and it was just a multiplayer, very basic game, Triforce Heroes, which sold over a million. Then they got to actually remake a full game for the first time (not a remaster and not some super simple game like Triforce Heroes), but a full game in a brand new engine/art style, Links Awakening NS, and it has sold over 5 million copies so far.

They've done other ports like Luigi's Mansion 1 and Miitopia where they mainly just remastered them, but LA Switch is, I believe, the evidence Nintendo needed that they could handle making a brand new Zelda game. Also, the fact they they ported Miitopia over tells me they are working on a big game. Miitopia helped them gain a little cash flow with an easy port while most of their team has been working on a big new game. Granted, that's me reading between the lines and I could be wrong, but I predict a new Zelda game in the LA Switch engine from Grezzo within the next two years.