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Darwinianevolution on 17 January 2016
LipeJJ said:
Darwinianevolution said:

My ideal Zelda spinoff would be a 2 player co-op game. One player controls Link (uses items and tunics, better with sword) and the other one controls Zelda (uses all kinds of magic, better with archery). A more linear experience to avoid travelling in an open world with two people, just go from dungeon to dungeon, all the puzzles and bosses need collaboration to be completed. Less focus on exploration and more in character interaction (combat combos with both characters, competition similar to that on FourSwords, cutseces and ingame dialogue between them, voice chat during gameplay...).  It would be similar to Portal 2 co-op, but with Zelda.

 

Wow, that sounds pretty cool actually. I'd be happy with a spin off on this model as well.

This only goes to show that there are many great possibilities for Zelda, and I'm sure people here have other bright ideas too. It's really up to Nintendo to really expand the franchise... it's not that difficult.

I know! This could have worked so well on the WiiU, in both online and local multiplayer. The gamepad would serve as the screen for the second player, so no need to split-screen, and it would have justified the use of the gamepad in a big way. And if it took too many resources to make, just use the WindWaker HD engine and assets, that way people would be far more open to the idea (every co-op Zelda has used cartoony or sprite graphics, so it would fit well).





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JNK on 17 January 2016

yes, every nintendo console gets at least 1 exclusive zelda. zelda u wont be crossgen.



Ljink96 on 17 January 2016

It has to. NX will be getting Zelda U and a different styled Zelda. I don't think Aonuma would want to stick on the same style for long. Hopefully, they'll go semi photo real but I really don't care what they do. As long as I get my Zelda.



wombat123 on 17 January 2016
LipeJJ said:
Darwinianevolution said:

If they don't reuse the Zelda U assets and engine, they are going to need another four-five years to release a new Zelda (or even more, given that the tech allows for bigger and more complex worlds and mechanics). That would be really worrying, specially with all the delays Nintendo takes with Zelda. Fans would not like having only two Zelda games per decade, even if they try to fill the space with spinoffs and remakes.

 

True. But I guess that'll be the case. 

Regarding the spin offs/remakes I think they aren't enough to please fans because honestly they are not that great. They are all solid atempts, but nothing groundbreaking. If they did a legimitimate spin off, with AAA aspect, I'm sure people would be satisfied and wait patiently. For one I'd love a spin off where you'd play as Princess Zelda, or even a hack n slash (in the soul of Platinum Games' games) featuring Impa mixed with some stealth mechanics.

I think a good option for Nintendo  to avoid eight year gaps between mainline Zelda games is to outsource another company they trust to develop a AAA-quality Zelda game (maybe Platinum since Kamiya and Inaba did a pretty good Zelda clone in Okami) with supervision/quality-control from Aonuma and others at Nintendo while Aonuma and his team concurrently begin production on their own mainline Zelda that they could finish in 7-8 years.  So if Zelda U were to come out this year, an outsourced Zelda could be released in 2020 and the next in-house Zelda in 2023.  Also, Nintendo should really consider cooling down on Zelda and limiting its enteries in the next 5-8 years to one game every 1 1/2 - 2 years to avoid franchise fatigue.  This generation alone, we've had eight releases in a five year span not counting Zelda U (Hyrule Warrors on Wii U and 3DS, Triforce Heroes, ALBW and high profile remakes/remasters of OoT, MM, WW and TP).





Miyamotoo on 17 January 2016
LipeJJ said:
It's reassuring to read some posts here, but I really don't buy the whole "they can reuse the assets" thing. Except for Majora's, which is a totally different situation, they always use new engines/assets for the game. If NX is about as powerful as an XB1 as some rumors say, I think reusing this engine would hold the game's potential, so they wouldn't do it.

Zelda U will be 720p/30fps, for next Zelda they can reuse same engine (that looks beautiful) and assets and made new 1080p game with more complex graphics, AA and some new effects. You can be sure that Nintendo will not make onother 720p/30fps Zelda with NX hardware.



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Platina on 17 January 2016

If Zelda U isn't for the NX then there should be..

If the NX is a fusion type, then even more likely



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Thunderbird77 on 17 January 2016
LipeJJ said:

So, as you may have noticied, Zelda games may be starting to become cross gen titles. First it was Twilight Princess, now we have a strong possibility of Zelda HD being a cross gen title again.

Given that main Zelda titles are taking 5 years to develop, one would expect Zelda HD's successor to come in 2021 or something, but at that point Nintendo's next console would be 4 or even 5 years old, so it would be time for another machine to be released and maybe turn Zelda into a cross gen project again!

This just hit me lately as it's a bit sad for me. I wish every console could have their own mainline game during their prime, they deserve it.

What do you think guys?

Twilight princess wasn't just first, it was only. There's no strong possibility of Zelda U cross gen, even if it happens because of a miracle, it will still be a wii u game.

No, main zeldas aren't taking 5 years to develop. 3 years is the norm. Two special cases (one of wich probably won't take 5 years) won't change that.





Thunderbird77 on 17 January 2016
Darwinianevolution said:
Nintendo will reuse a lot of the assets and engine of Zelda U. If not, they are going to take another five or six years for the next one.

Tell me you're not being serious. They will use the engine but not the assets (at least they won't use most of them) and make another Zelda in 3 years.





PerturbedKitty on 17 January 2016

nah, i think nintendo is just going to skip zelda on their next console. no reason to make it.



Darwinianevolution on 17 January 2016
Thunderbird77 said:
Darwinianevolution said:
Nintendo will reuse a lot of the assets and engine of Zelda U. If not, they are going to take another five or six years for the next one.

Tell me you're not being serious. They will use the engine but not the assets (at least they won't use most of them) and make another Zelda in 3 years.

Why not? Of course they won't recycle the entire game, but they can make another game similar in style and looks to ZeldaU reusing part of the assets made. Majora's Mask was almost exact in engine and assets to Ocarina of Time, they just added enough new content and mechanics to create a new game. Why couldn't they make something similar?





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