The Official Legend of Zelda Thread: BotW Sells 31.85M Units & TotK Sells 20.61M Units

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CaptainExplosion said:

super_etecoon said:

Based on what I've seen, the vehicle mechanic just feels like an extension of the existing playground aspect of Breath of the Wild.  I'm not sure future Zelda titles will lean as heavily into this creative space as these two titles have, but I don't feel like they're damaging the established legacy of the titles by dipping tehir toes into physics/crafting.

The thing that worries me is the continual stratification of Nintendo IPs.  Nintendo is so focused on providing new, innovative ways to play their existing franchises that they often create entirely new franchises out of each of their IPs.  Zelda fans now need to wait patiently for 2D Zelda, 3D traditional Zelda, 3D Zelda-craft, and who knows what else in the future.  In my opinion, this is a good problem to have.  Variety is the spice of life and all that.  But I know there are fans of the more traditional Zelda games that have been waiting for over a decade for their turn to play their favorite brand of Zelda, and they'll likely be waiting for several more years.  I'm just glad I'm a fan of all of them.

A new 2D Zelda may not happen because of the failure of The Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon. -_-

I doubt your comment was sarcasm. This makes it sad instead of funny.

Anyway, regarding the crafting in TotK, I don't expect to do much with it, just like cooking was something that I ignored in BotW. Overall, I can't say that I am excited for TotK. Too much of its world will be the old familiar. It will be kinda like Baten Kaitos to Baten Kaitos Origins, but with much longer development time and fewer changes to the core gameplay. And yes, I am more eager to play Baten Kaitos on Switch than TotK. In regard to that, Tears of the Kingdom is like every Metroid game after Corruption; I can't trust the guy in charge, so I'll go in with low expectations to either have them met or hopefully exceeded.

At least I can say that Tears of the Kingdom won't be 2023's The Last of Us Part II.