about this "zelda game" and nintendo's 2026 lineup in general

[angrypoolman]

The_Yoda said:

KLXVER said:

Definitely the case for Star Fox I think. Im sure we`ll get a new game in the series in a year or two. Not sure about Zelda. Might be, but I feel like they will go closer to the BOTW art style on the next mainline one.

Horrible analogy but, I could see them trying to run a Coke and New Coke flavor concurrently, especially with the longer Dev cycles.  Appease the fans of the classic flavor (formula) with the OOT engine / formula and cater to the millions of new fans they captured with the current BotW / TotK formula.  After the series grew with the last 2 entries I can't see them pulling too far away from it.  This would also allow them, in theory, to put out a new Zelda every 4 years or so with up to 8 year dev cycles for each flavor.

nintendo isnt going to stick with the same art style for zelda indefinitely. i expect this art style that was used for botw and totk to be put to rest, just based on their history. but who knows. this last pair of zeldas sold like 50 million units or something? maybe thatll change their minds.