Which looks better | |||
| Tech demo 2011 | 382 | 29.09% | |
| E3 2014 | 928 | 70.68% | |
| Total: | 1,310 | ||
The new Zelda's art style will not hinder sales. In fact, it may boost them because it's no longer competing with Final Fantasy or Call of Duty for da best gwaphix evah. It's enough of a zag for screenshots to stick out and still look good.
Personally, I like the new look SLIGHTLY better than the old one. It has more personality, which is what matters to my eye.
Pavolink said:
You don't have any proof. I have. The reception to WW and the reception to TP. Like NIght and Day. Opposite. |
when you post millions of people saying they bought oot and tp for the art style alone, we can talk.
I much prefer the new graphic style. It's much better than I could of imagined.
Zero999 said:
when you post millions of people saying they bought oot and tp for the art style alone, we can talk. |
Nintendo changed Wind Waker 2 for Twilight Princess. Nintendo itself knew about it. No point in arguing the opposite.
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| FarleyMcFirefly said Why were SKyward Swords sales less than half of Twilight Princess? |
There are many reasons. Twilight princesd was released on two consoles, one of which just launched with no other big release titles (I bought the game with my Wii.) Twilight Princess didnt require an addon to play. Twilight Princess wasnt released on only a console that wasnt supported in any other way anymore. So on so on.
Is this argument just going to come back again and back again until one side decides to stop bringing any fight?
It's one of those things where I've already brought my argument against the idea that realistic Zelda would sell like hotcakes more than new Zelda in other threads, and I feel it's not worth bringing it again here. Do people actually have fun talking about this?
The only thing I've learned from this discussion over the past two weeks is that if Zelda U flops come 2015, people are for sure going to be blaming the art style for everything.
Instead of any uninteresting mechanics, poor release timing, poor advertising, or poor WiiU sales, all of which I think are probably greater risks to success at this point.
tech demo looked so good,thats gone,and now link also looks like a woman
| Zero999 said: when you post millions of people saying they bought oot and tp for the art style alone, we can talk. |
Here: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/51323/zelda-twilight-princess-was-a-result-of-fan-reaction-to-wind-waker/
And: http://www.wiiuonly.com/2013/05/eiji-aonuma-on-fate-of-wind-waker-2.html
| As some of you know, at E3 2004, we unveiled the game that would become Twilight Princess, the realistic Zelda game, and we announced that it was developed by the team that had been developing Wind Waker 2. Actually, there was a reason that that decision was made at the time. At one point, I had heard that even Wind Waker, which had reached the million mark in sales, had become sluggish in North America, where the market was much healthier than in Japan. I asked NOA why this was. What I was told was that the toon-shading technique was, in fact, giving the impression that this Zelda was for a younger audience and that, for this reason, it alienated the upper teen audience that had represented the typical Zelda player. Having heard that, I began to worry about whether Wind Waker 2, which used a similar presentation, was something that would actually sell. |
People didn't like the look of WW and it's widely known that a lot of people passed on it because of the childish look. An other user said you were quite young at the time of Wind Waker's original release... That could explain why you're clueless about all this.
Unfortunately you are 100% right.
People want a realistic TP/OOT Zelda. Google images of The LEgend of Zelda - 90% of them are that art style. See here: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+legend+of+zelda&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=gJusU5iiLZL_oQSUhYCoBA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ
The fact is, most people prefer the OOT art style. It fits Zelda more. Skyward Sword got ZERO hype. Compare that to Twilight Princess' hype and it's not even close. And TP got a TON of hype BECAUSE it was a realistic Zelda. See here for the famous E3 2004 reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE2Dc1sx71U
And before people say "The art style has nothing to do with sales" I disagree, I know many people that didn't bother with The Wind Waker and Skyward Sword because of the art style. The Wind Waker's HD sales have been atrocious compared to Ocarina of Time 3D. And before you point out console sales remember the 3DS started out slow too. In fact, the 3DS sold LESS at that point when Ocarina sold a million than the Wii U is now.
I love The Wind Waker, it's my second favorite Zelda behind Ocarina. But I won't deny the art style really turns people off. Skyward Sword even more so.
Nintendo needs a Twilight Princess more than a Skyward Sword. A game that people will line up for, wait for for years with anticipitation, scream when they see a preview, get tons of hype.... this may be a great game but I won't deny I am also turned off by the art style. The Wii U sales are sluggish and need any help it can get. Twilight Princess is not just the most hyped Zelda game ever, but one of the most hyped games ever period. It sold the Wii to gamers (compared to Wii Sports which sold it to non-gamers).
Nintendo blew it IMO.
Also, this move reminds me of Super Mario 3D World. 3D World is a GREAT game, but sales are bad because it's not what people wanted. They wanted a 64/Galaxy type game. Nintendo decided to go with a sequel to 3D Land and it didn't work out... at all.
People want an Ocarina of Time/Twilight Princess like style, and Nintendo is deciding to go with Skyward Sword again. Disappointing.
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