Also, I hope this game will allow the option to use the classic controller. I have zero interest in Wii's motion capabilities, honestly...Well, maybe only in fitness games, but that's it.

Zelda Games are usually perfect, i loved TP All i would like is to make this game a bit more non linear (just allow random quests, and exploration bit like oblivion maybe?)

I hope this game incorporates the tactics used in Zelda II. I liked that I had to randomly high jump at the end of a town screen to progress the game.

silentmac, with regards to your original argument, you can't expect more freedom if you demand a more cinematic experience, my friend - as a general rule, the two are very much mutually exclusive. Furthermore, neither are very true to the spirit of the Zelda series. Zelda is not Metal Gear, nor is it Oblivion (thankfully). Personally, I certainly don't see the point in making it artificially "grander" than it already is.

Also, more complex plots usually means more bloated and convoluted plotlines. I'm quite happy as long as Nintendo's stories continue to be well told. To be frank, I still see a lot of people who fail to get the gist of The Wind Waker's themes, branding the story a simple "beat bad guy and rescue princess" routine, when in fact it is nothing but. Maybe they should not ask for more than they can swallow? But certainly, I could see Nintendo taking things to another level, however I wonder if the series would lose it's personal touch it has worked so hard to build up since TWW (and beyond).

I also would like to see a new art style, if for no reason than the fact that I don't want every game to look the same. This is especially true for the cell shaded games, the style of which I never really liked in the first place.

As long as it comes with 1:1 motion controls I've got no complaints.

Zelda doesn't need to be drastically different, as long as the keep the gameplay fresh and fun to play.

That was beautiful.  

I still wish it would tell two parts of the same story; Link's mission to save Hyrule, and Zelda's mission to awaken sages or something just as fun.

Actually I hate Western RPGs... My comments come from liking games like the Team Ico games, Okami, and the vast scale of MMOs but not the lack of plot and terrible gameplay..

As far as a large world conflicting with a deep story, I can give Final Fantasy VII as an example although obviously I would never want a story that convoluted but the world in that game seemed huge (at least for late 1990s standards) and yet it had a deep story.  Again, I would never want Zelda to be as convoluted as that game but I want more back story and cinematics than what they have done to date and more information about other characters.  There are subtleties to the existing Zelda narratives that go beyond just save the Princess but maybe in this one Zelda isn't kidnapped at all...

As to the Steam Punk suggestion, I see that is just a natural evolution of Hyrule's existing style since their are already steam driven gadgets in the game.  I just would like to see a darker more mature version since I'm sort of tired of the child Link storylines.  In any case, this is just all aesthetics and doesn't make a bit of difference other than me wanting to see the art direction go in a totally different direction.

As to Ganon...  Surely there is another bad guy that could be used instead of him.  He felt really tacked on at the end of Twilight Princess.  Maybe they could bring back the guy from the Minish Cap Vaati.

Link?

(lol, that's actually kinda confusing in context)

my thoughts