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Demotruk on 04 June 2009
Riachu said:
Demotruk said:
famousringo said:
Maybe this Link is a punk kid on the tough streets of urban Hyrule, where he beats up street gangs with a baseball bat.


I don't mind them mixing up the gameplay. I mind them mixing up the mythos. I hate when a game jumps across to a completely different mythos (unless the original mythos sucked). It's one of Nintendo's biggest issues, they don't understand the value of mythos.

Yes they do.. Why do you think most Mario games, main series or otherwise, go for the save princess from doom premise?

Er, how is a premise related to a Mythos. The former is a plot device, the latter is the game universe.

 

Nintendo shake up their mythos' all the time. The mythos in Super Mario Galaxy is completely different from the mythos in Super Paper Mario is completely different from the Mythos in Super Mario World is completely...

Same goes for Zelda. That may be why I don't really get attached to Nintendo Mythos', but I do find it a particularly annoying cliché when a story/series gets thrown into the future in order to spice up their mythos.

 

It's the same with other media. When a series doesn't stay consistent with it's mythos, that's usually when I stop watching/reading. Comic books are terrible for this.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 04 June 2009
venepe said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Isn't it obvious, you probably start the game without a sword, maybe even unarmed and have to find weapons

No.  Almost every Zelda game starts with no sword.


for a few minutes yes, but i'm talking going a good chunk of the game without a sword

 

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PullusPardus on 04 June 2009

its a gun , Ratchet and Clank type of gun.



salaminizer on 04 June 2009
Riachu said:
Demotruk said:
I have a bad feeling about this. If this is some futuristic cyberpunk Zelda (he did mention "a completely different era"), I'm going to... do nothing about it but complain a little.

What do I tell you people?  When a game series starts to stagnant...you complain.  When the series does something different...you complain.

at least you said it....

I'm all for the changes, unless it completely MURDERS the game, but I don't think it's something like that.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 04 June 2009

We'll know in a year



 

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Mr.Y on 04 June 2009

You don't play as Link is my guess, maybe you play as the girl..



Xen on 04 June 2009

No sword? older link? daym. More info please.



Esmoreit on 04 June 2009

In WSR you fight with a two handed sword... couldn't is be simple like that? Link using a two handed sword and no shield? Keeping it on his back would explain why it might not have been visible.



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Soundwave on 04 June 2009

I don't know if it really means anything. In an interview the day before Mr. Miyamoto said that when you play Wii Sports Resort sword fighting and archery that you should think about the next Zelda. So I think sword and archery is in at least. As for steampunk Zelda ... as long as its EAD and Miyamoto doing it ... bring it on I say. 

I could be like Final Fantasy 6 or some of the Miyazaki movies that mix in some technology. 



Timmah! on 04 June 2009

'Different era' = prehistoric times. 'No sword' = link will be using a wooden club. HA!