@ d21lewis: okay, but I think you get my point. ALMOST every Nintendo system has had two Zeldas (including the last 2 consoles and last 3 handhelds), so Wii will absolutely get at least one more.

@Grey: awesome suggestions! 3D LttP FTW!

Nintendo makes new IPs all the time. What amazes me is how people manage to enter a magical world of denial time and time again and claim that said new IPs don't exist.

They're the same ones that think other publishers abandon their successful IPs in order to make new ones. They'd much rather Nintendo follow the path of companies like Square, Sega, Rockstar and EA that refuse to milk an IP until it bleeds ;)

2009, we will hear about the next zelda.

Would anyone REALLY like Nintendo to stop making Zelda and Mario? I'd be sad if they did...

@ Squall:

NEW IPS FROM NINTENDO THIS GEN AND LAST GEN:

-Pikmin
-Animal Crossing
-Advance Wars
-Elite Beat Agents/Ouendan
-Chibi-Robo
-Nintendogs
-Brain Training
-The Wii series (Sports/Play/Music/Fit)
-WarioWare
-Breath of Fire
-Battallion Wars

This is far more than Sony or MS have come up with (first party) lately, and I know there are a bunch that I'm forgetting. All of these are extremely popular and have had at least one sequel. And don't forget about Disaster: Day of Crisis or Project Hammer (currently in development). Also, they recently said they have over 100 games in development in-house between Wii and DS. They can't possibly all be Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. So stop saying that Nintendo rests on these series. They keep making them because they keep making them better, and they are sttill highly popular.

That's that.

Let me remind you that this year Ocarina of Time will celebrate its tenth birthday. I could definately see a remake for DS and/or Wii this year and the ''real'' next Zelda in 2010.

What company won't milk the most out of a truely successful franchise? Name one company that has produced a game on the popularity level of Mario and Zelda that hasn't come back with as many sequels as possible. Wait, I've got a better idea. Lets go take a look atthe top 50 sales charts ourselves.

reading down the list

Mario, Pokemon, Tetris, Duck Hunt, Wii, Nintendogs, Sims(PC), GTA, Gran Turismo, Brain Training, Mario Kart, Final Fantasy, Donkey Kong, World of Warcraft(PC), Animal Crossing, Halo, Goldeneye, Halflife(PC), Myst(PC), Zelda, Crash Bandicoot, Tekken, Smash Bros.

Not a single one of these franchises hasn't had either multiple iterations, multiple versions, or multiple expansions made for it.

So within that list, we've got 4 majorly successful franchises on the PC, 5 under Sony, 1 under Microsoft and 13 under Nintendo, the top 10 successful games of all time are completely comprised of 6 of Nintendo's franchises, so nearly half of Nintendo's franchises are the most succesful of ALL TIME.

Sorry, but the only reason that other companies abandon existing IPs to work on new ones is that they know that those IPs aren't successful enough to warrant it.

I believe that when Shiggy said the last Zelda of it kinda he was refferring to the way you fight. I think in the next Zelda the player will have much more control over every fighting aspect. I think that Link's sword will be an extension of the WiiMote, much more so than in TP. I think that will all of Links other gadgets there will be motions that make the player more in the game.

It is also possible that the game gets more of an Animal Crossing feel to it as Far as Link will be able to interact with EVERYTHING in his environment, that would be cool....

Then again I could be wrong and they might be just turning Zelda into a MMORPG ; p

Everybody needs a steady pay check.

As long as the sequels aren't made lazily or sloppily just to make some quick cash.

Breath of Fire had several games on SNES.