Why do Japan and Zelda not mix?

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PATRIOT7GAMING on 22 April 2014

Because its overrated

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Nintentacle on 22 April 2014

Probably because most Japanese people like different genres (RPG, Rhytm, Dating sims) and there's not as much people there.

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HyrulianScrolls on 23 April 2014

It never made the transition to 3d well in Japan. The old 2d games were huge there.

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Frogger on 23 April 2014

mii-gamer said:

They need to make Zelda look like this

Now there's an art style I can agree with. Screw artistic integrity.

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JazzB1987 on 23 April 2014

Skidonti said:

Yes, I hear that's why Monster Hunter is so popular over there, Cobretti.
Anyways, this has been a concern of mine for a while, actually. And I've wondered if Nintendo will deal with it by trying to make Zelda more Japanese or by simply acknowleding it won't be a smash hit there and focusing on the west.

I hope they will never focus on the west.

The west is the downfall of gaming. Name a stupid business practice and it probably started in the west (day1 dlc, fees, DRM etc)

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I mean seriously the west has some imaginary self-image and needs to protect its fake masculinity.

Link will probably be a 40 year old and look somewhat like this:

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the_dengle on 23 April 2014

I blame Twilight Princess. Japan and Zelda got along just fine before that. It was an obvious attempt to cater to the Western market and they lost the Japanese market in the process.

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Alby_da_Wolf on 23 April 2014

Cobretti2 said:
because it isn't a game about an under aged girl in a school uniform

NO?

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Shaunaka on 23 April 2014

the_dengle said:
I blame Twilight Princess. Japan and Zelda got along just fine before that. It was an obvious attempt to cater to the Western market and they lost the Japanese market in the process.

I thought Twilight Princess was as close as can be to Occarina of Time!? Isn't that what everyone said?

Now all of a sudden it's not true anymore.

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Pavolink on 23 April 2014

mii-gamer said:

They need to make Zelda look like this

Gosh. 3 hot girls and Link just says hyyyaaa!

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It was a Japanese million-plus seller in NES, SNES, and N64 days.

Exactly, so what changed? Somebody decided that Zelda was first and foremost about puzzles and the proposed solution to get Zelda sales back on track was more story. So the series ends up as something that people don't care about and isn't easy to fix.

What was Zelda about in the first place? Running around and slaying monsters. And lo and behold, Japanese tastes haven't changed. Running around, slaying monsters and getting more gear and equipment still works while people still don't care about puzzles.

So, do you believe a 3D Zelda in the same vein as Zelda NES and Zelda II would sell a lot?

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