We are the same person. We must be.

I feel like if you're going to be made trot through the same environment over and over and over (yes GTA I mean you) - there should be some new or conditional wrinkles to the environment where you're reading/interpreting/interacting with said wrinkle(s) has a direct impact on how you do. It shouldn't be something as basic as beating up a defenseless hooker in your car to get some cash/ wash rinse repeat. In a well created environment that is something you should be able to achieve exactly once in your life without serious in game consequences.
The environment/characters should remember YOU as well as you memorizing your environment.

Otherwise its a like GTA/Saints Row/whatever - a lazy, pretty , repetitive destructo-sandbox that I get bored with in 5 mins. The environment should stimulate more than just the urge to break shit and success should mean more than a single path to "win/collect the mcguffin".

"open world" destructoboxes and FPS's are the most uncreative tired old tropes to me at the moment.

I'm certain nintendo will endow the zelda enviroment with more intelligence and stimulation than what the stereotypical aimless "open world" environment implies. Curse all GTA clones everywhere !

Sorry about the rant :)

Aonuma saying obscure things again.
They need to show a new teaser trailer already.
These vague interviews seem to warrant nothing but confusion.

First rule of fight club.

What I really hope to see is the return of an explorable ocean. If Xenoblade X can be as big as it's going to be, Zelda U should fit it just fine.

Thanks!

I don't think that they will delay Zelda to 2016 either. That would create a five year gap between Skyward Sword and Zelda U, which is quite a gap.
Hopefully they will show a sneak peak in a direct or two before E3 next year. Then at E3 they can give it a major reveal, with a major direct to follow. Release it October/November 2015. 

Even aonuma said wind waker is also interconnect worlds.

Ummm.... Nintendo needs to hire you?

There is some potential there. While I found the sailing in Windwaker tedious, the idea behind it was something I really liked. If that is the kind of thing they're looking to do, then I could maybe get behind it.

Until they actually start showing something substantial, though, instead of stringing people along, I'm not going to think too much of it.

I remember reading somewhere (or looking at a youtube vid, honestly don't remember) that he would take one thing form Hyrule Warriors and some speculated that he could take the way many events occurs at the same time.

For example, Gorons in Death Mountain are kidnapped while the Zoras in their domains are under the ice. Both at the same time. Now it's up to you to choose where to go first, and depending on your choice the story will be different.

I want to believe I understand his concept, but until we see in motion it will be hard for us.

See, that's where our opinions differ lol. I think that those are some of the weakest games in the franchise. What I want is basically ALBW, but on a grander 3D scale. I also never thought that the stories in TP or SS where that great, though they are the most cinematic cutscenes, which I like and which I have no doubt will reappear in Zelda U. Actually, none of the Zelda stories are really that good. I think a lot of them are epic, but that's all in the presentation, not the story. Honestly, I just think that ALBW was more simple because of the type of 2D Zelda that it is. It had nothing to do with it's nonlinearity. If Zelda U is to ALBW what OoT was to ALttP, we may both get our wish.

I actually do want a game like NES Zelda where you're just given the tools to explore. Even ALBW wasn't as free as I'd like, since you still had to tackle the first two dungeons before the other seven. My dream is to boot up the game for the first time and it's just you, your sword, and your horse. No explanation. Just go. There's still a structure to the world of ALBW. There are still places you have to go. There's just less linearity. I think that they can still have a compelling narrative while keeping this lack of linearity. Just give each area its own story arc. Combine that with an overarching story that progresses depending on the amount of dungeons you've completed, and your worries have been delt with.

In regards to the size of the world, I think that the fact that we have a horse kind of confirms that, at least in scale, it'll approach Skyrim/Xenoblade levels. The horse is a mechanic added for convencience. The world is too big to travel on food and feel satisfying, so they give you an option to move faster. While I, too, would have preferred a much smaller world that was fun to travel through by foot, this is how it is, and I think it can still be done well. I mention the boat and sea in WW, and I think it handles things perfectly. The "overworld" is filled with tons of shit to explore and something to do all the time between main quest areas. Because of the way the boat mechanics work, you can focus more on looking at your map and less on actively steering, which is better for exploration. Zelda U should be exactly the same in it's overworld. Instead of a sea, there's ground. Instead of a boat, there's a horse. Instead of a submarine, you have caves. Instead of watch towers/lookouts, there're... I dunno. They'll figure it out. But keep the giant mini boss battles. Substitute the islands for interesting areas scattered around the world for us to discover. Definitely keep the mechanic where you are filling your map as you explore. Make a new mechanic similar to the one where you find treasure/50 rupies in glowing spots in the overworld. Maybe using the Mole Mitts? That kind of stuff made a massive world like Wind Waker a ton of fun to explore.

One thing they need to do story wise is bring back that quest book from MM. MM always did the best in making their character's feel grounded and real. That book's way of organization helped make that possible, so I hope it returns.