I have a funny feeling this is what they WANTED Skyward Sword to look like on the Wii but just didn't have the power to do.  SS was too blurry for me on the Wii (great game though).

This Zelda looks fantastic IMO.  And if it's any consolation, the theme appears as if it might be darker.  And an open, seamless world.  What's not to like?

Purely graphically speaking, I think it looks good considering the Wii U limitation.

But artistically and "immersivelly" speaking, this might the worse Zelda I've ever seen.

The graphics look great, but I do wish they were more realistic; thankfully we have the Dolphin emulator.

Twilight Princess in HD + texture pack

99% (ye I made this data up but you get the picture, I mean a lot) of the games comming out this year and the next are Open World. And Zelda was never truly open world it is more a hub based game, you have an open world playground to get you from dungeon to dungeon in a Metroidvania style. Theyre talking about going GTA/Skyrim open world here, where you can simply take off and go wherever the hell you want wich most often than not results in a completly dumbing down of the games narrative. When youre gona say what makes Skyrim a great game the narrative is not something anyone even mentions.

Zelda is good because it feels like Zelda, we didnt fall in love with the series because it had big sprawling open worlds. Instead of getting inspiration from other games get inspiration from other Zelda games and itll look and feel exactly like Zelda should. Its all Im saying.

That said the whole open world thing may end up working perfectly if they implement it right. But I get woried everytime a developer comes and say,"oh its a big open world" these days. Lets all remember the most condecorated game of all times was the "Last of Us" and that game is a fully linear story driven game.Open worldness is not somethig necessary for a game to work, somehow developers currently think it is.

Definitely much better having the noc's spout inarticulate noises every time you get near them.... Or not

seriously, people have the weirdest reasons for not wanting voice acting.  Stuff like it being more immersive (reading words mixed with inarticulate noises is somehow more immersive?).  Or like imagining voices more (really?).  Or annoying voices (voice acting has improved a ton in the last decade people).  Or there is your complaint of repeated voice clips (they dont have to automatically start talking when you get near them to have fully voiced dialogue).  All these complaints seem like somebody stretching to justify an opinion of something that they really dont know why they feel that way.  

Im sure the biggest reason people are against it is that it hasnt been done before.  Im sure once they do, nobody will complain about voices in zelda games anymore.  

alright, for those crying how they don't like the graphics, let me remind you of the fact that the game is still early in development. Look at Wind Waker HD, they improved upon those graphics since the original screenshots and videos, why can't they do the same to clean the ones up here?

Zelda was never meant to look hyper realistic. It would just look strange if it did. Even TP and the N64 games weren't THAT realistic looking. They were more realistic, but they're also the ones whose graphics have aged the worst. Nintendo is right to go with the more timeless art style. The game looks GORGEOUS. People who don't see that are just in denial.

Honestly I think Zelda U destroys that look.

So glad they didnt go with that artstyle. Witcher 3 would just destroy it. Going with a unique art style will set the new Zelda apart from other open world RPGs

I really dig the "new" (read; upgraded SS art style) art style, but it's just a tad too bright. I wanna see more =(

Yeah I know :D Whatever they do, it will devide the fanbase. But for me it would be a serious downgrade. Cause I just know it would be cheesy. I'd rather read the cheesy fantasy stuff and hear funny gibberish.