It just hit me the other day that by the time we get the actual "HD Zelda" we will have already gotten:

- Zelda DLC in Sonic Lost World
- Zelda DLC in Mario Kart 8
- Wind Waker HD
- Hyrule Warriors
- Zelda themed costumes in Bayonetta 1 and 2, and Tekken
- Zelda characters in Smash Bros Wii U

I don't care. It's not like they are actually games, just costumes. Well Hyrule Warriors aside.

I find the Monster Hunter costumes to all look stupid and woudl never use, same with bayonetta costumes. But some people might find it neat to use them so have fun those people. As for me, I won't use them, they don't affect the game at all, and if a costume makes 1 more person buy one of these great games, then thats good is it not?

Anyone not buying one of these games because of hte costumes is just an idiot. The same as people who bitch about costume dlc. They have zero effect on a game, so who cares.

I don't really care for it when the worlds they're coming from are highly different. It feels jarring and it breaks the suspension of disbelief. It's not a big deal but there is still this voice in the back your head going, "this is stupid."

Soul Calibur is a good example. Playing as a ninja or samurai against Darth Vader felt off.

I find those Mario sport games silly.

Builts up hype for the next Zelda...

Anyway I don't mind the crossovers between Characters. Kind of reminds me of the old days when everybody thought there was an Akuma code for Resident Evil 2. We all know it's false, but it would have been Hell cool if it was real!!! Or when X did Hadokens and Shoryukens in Mega Man X and X2 respectively. Crossovers are cool! We live in a generation where this is possible and we should be thankful for it!

You say Link is out of place but hey, it's not like MK8 has a grand story where his presence doesn't make sense. MK8 is made for fun, and I'm all in for making the game as fun and appealing as possible.

Nintendo probably thinks putting the title character in as many things as possible will give the game more publicity and therefore more sales. It sounds like it could make sense, but the games he's put in (Bayonetta and Sonic) sell like crap, so it doesn't help.

All the time? Also nintendo has done this for years, why all the attention now O.o

I can't get enough of these crossovers and costumes i love it.
What i really hope they make someday is a Captain N game(maybe Character Action or Turnbased Rpg)

On one hand, this isn't a particularly new thing, as highlighted by your example of Zelda content in other games. Especially when using Smash Bros, inherently a Nintendo-based crossover franchise, and remakes to illustrate your point. Before the GameCube hosted a ground-up Zelda game, we already had Zelda content in Melee and Ocarina of Time Master Quest, plus Soul Calibur II released right on top of Wind Waker.

On the other hand, I can see a distinct difference here. Link appearing in Mario Kart is a lot different from Smash Bros or a Zelda remake. It's even different from Soul Calibur II in that it's a first-party title. Then you have Bayonetta, Tekken Tag Tournament, Monster Hunter 4, etc, where the 'guest appearance' isn't by Link himself (as was the case in Soul Calibur), but simply a costume worn by another character to emulate Link. I think I prefer the former case, where it feels like Nintendo is expanding their own universe -- especially since making him DLC makes Link feel more like a guest character than a permenant fixture in the series.

I think the Samus love in Bayonetta and Monster Hunter is a better example. It's proof-positive that the franchise is still on Nintendo's mind, still on the burner, even though there hasn't been a release in the series (new or remake) in over 4 years. Contrast it with the abundance of Captain Falcon or Ness costumes in these collaborations... hmmmm........ yeah.

Yeah, I think what they did with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on Wii U was quite sad actually, just that wasn't fitting.