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Is greater sales potential alone justification enough to determine the artistic style of the next Zelda game?

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S.T.A.G.E. on 07 October 2013
happydolphin said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I have no clue what you set out to prove but last I checked Nintendos games are rated "everyone"

Exactly; everyone. Over 20s fall into that category.

A darker approach would actually appeal more to teenagers than over 20s, who are less concerned with wanting to feel "grown up."

Don't you love how ratings now dictate what market a game appeals to? This industry has gone to the gutter.


Then if you are correct children should play Gears of War and GTA.



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osed125 on 07 October 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
happydolphin said:

Don't you love how ratings now dictate what market a game appeals to? This industry has gone to the gutter.


Then if you are correct children should play Gears of War and GTA.

But they do...



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kupomogli on 07 October 2013

It's a port on a system that's not selling well. It's not due to its graphics. Most people already played this game and it's not in their interest to purchase a port of a game they've already played. It's the same reason the HD collections on the PS3 and 360 don't sell very well. There are people out there that will buy it, but not everyone.

It's also a single game in HD compared to two or three in the usual package and it's $10 more than every collection except the MGS Collection.



the_dengle on 07 October 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Are you kidding me? The equivalent of a rated "E" game is "G" for movies. It means open to all ages with children as well. 17+ means is the target age group rating youre talking about which aims for 17+ and above.

And Twilight Princess was rated T (PG-13) and Skyward Sword and Wind Waker HD are rated E10+ (PG). What's your point? I watch PG-rated movies all the time. G-rated movies are really uncommon, far less common than E-rated games. FIFA, Madden, and PES are all rated E; are their target demographics children? Do they fail to appeal to the over-teen demographic because they're rated "everyone"?



S.T.A.G.E. on 07 October 2013
osed125 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
happydolphin said:

Don't you love how ratings now dictate what market a game appeals to? This industry has gone to the gutter.


Then if you are correct children should play Gears of War and GTA.

But they do...


Yeah and why is that? Lucily for developers they have lega protection from backlash because parents are too busy today to look at what their kids are playing. 



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S.T.A.G.E. on 07 October 2013
the_dengle said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Are you kidding me? The equivalent of a rated "E" game is "G" for movies. It means open to all ages with children as well. 17+ means is the target age group rating youre talking about which aims for 17+ and above.

And Twilight Princess was rated T (PG-13) and Skyward Sword and Wind Waker HD are rated E10+ (PG). What's your point? I watch PG-rated movies all the time. G-rated movies are really uncommon, far less common than E-rated games. FIFA, Madden, and PES are all rated E; are their target demographics children? Do they fail to appeal to the over-teen demographic because they're rated "everyone"?

G is general audience which is akin to everyone. As I said before teen is a stretch of a rating for Nintendo. That is mostly reserved for thei two titles in Metroid and Zelda at the highest. Zelda has mostly been an everyone type game for the mass majority of its existence. E doesnt mean children it mean at it is a general game anyone should be able to play. Why should fifa be anything less than E? I have no idea what this has to do with the target demographics for Nintendo. As as I said Nintendo games are mostly made for children to families. Teen ratings from Nintendo is a stretch. There is absolutely nothing to defend.



curl-6 on 07 October 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
That would actually require nintendo to give a damn about the above teen demographic. Lol Not happening.

Zelda games already appeal to the above-teen demographic.


I have no clue what you set out to prove but last I checked Nintendos games are rated "everyone"

Exactly; everyone. Over 20s fall into that category.

A darker approach would actually appeal more to teenagers than over 20s, who are less concerned with wanting to feel "grown up.

Are you kidding me? The equivalent of a rated "E" game is "G" for movies. It means open to all ages with children as well. 17+ means is the target age group rating youre talking about which aims for 17+ and above.

Yes; all ages. Over 20s are part of "all ages".



fatslob-:O on 07 October 2013

Yeah otherwise it will be rejected by non zelda fans and wind waker showed that there are only 4 million dedicated zelda fans.



osed125 on 07 October 2013
fatslob-:O said:
Yeah otherwise it will be rejected by non zelda fans and wind waker showed that there are only 4 million dedicated zelda fans.

Most franchises would love to have that number of dedicated fans



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fatslob-:O on 07 October 2013
osed125 said:
fatslob-:O said:
Yeah otherwise it will be rejected by non zelda fans and wind waker showed that there are only 4 million dedicated zelda fans.

Most franchises would love to have that number of dedicated fans

I'm very sure too but zelda has the privilege of doing so because of age

I'm sure zelda would also love to have over 10 + million fans like call of duty does too.