He knows that OoT is the best selling, but he blames that on it getting a boost from being 3D. I don't agree with that "boost" idea at all, there are plenty of successful 2D franchises that got no boost in the move to 3D (Mario, for example..).

However I do think OoT benefited from it's time (it was revolutionary, one of the first 3D 'epics') as well as entering a warm market unlike the original Zelda. Modern Zelda doesn't quite stand out in the way OoT did. Zelda could be spun off into two series, one with the current values and one with the original, more arcade values. The only question is, which gets to keep the name "Zelda"?

I went and found it.  What he actually said was, "Zelda games sales kept increasing up to Ocarina of Time."  This is factually incorrect.  It is actually the opposite that is true.  Sales kept decreasing up to Ocarina of Time.

Maybe that is why he wants a return to the old style Zelda.  He just has his facts wrong.  Either that or it is his (nearly) blind love for all things retro.

Malstrom shares my disdain for the Zelda's current offerings and with that said and Aonuma so convinced of his 'genius', I am sure that Zelda Wii (given it's present course) will do nothing to evolve the series but to substain it's present course of mediocrity.

Hopefully Miyamoto-san will swoop in and deliver us the Zelda game worthy of the Wii and Motion plus.

New REGINLEIV trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcG150evp1s&feature=player_embedded

Note the wi-fi logo.

With all the blood, I can’t see this selling at all in Japan. I don’t know any more about the game with this trailer than I did without it!

The idea of carving up giant ogres with the Wii-mote is certainly more interesting than carving up watermelons in Speed Slice in Wii Sports Resort. But for all we know, they may end up being more similar than not.

You think Zelda could ever have such action? No. What would happen is that Link would get into a “conversation” with the big evil ogres. The big evil ogres would make some ‘cute jokes’. And then Link would have to solve a puzzle to get past the ogres.

The holidays are giving people too much time on their hands. They are all deciding to email me. I have enough emails to last into next year. The more emails I answer, the more they come.

Unreal 3 Engine on iPhone

Aonuma's Link = pussy
Miyamoto's Link = BAMF

..........so the iphone...a GOD DAMN CELL PHONE, gets UE3 while the Wii the most succesful console this generation is mocked and ignored...

wow. just wow.

And Capcom is porting their HD engine to the Wii.

I missed that news Lordykeiraknightly.

Hurrah?

Some good articles I think. Nicely collected.

Malstrom is overrated. Why do I say this? Because he (intentionally) deals with contrary views to the Blue Ocean Strategy by mocking them... While I do find it very entertaining and while I do agree that he is right with a lot of things, I also think that he is biased in a way that he does not accept anything which is not BOS.

My question is: has anyone here actually read the book by Chan/Mauborgnee?

I am asking this, because I am wondering if all the people blindly trust his comments without checkim for themselves. Instead of listening to the IGN podcas, he recommends his readers to just read his (in my opinion exaggerated) summary. What kind of advice is that? People should always make their minds based on first-hand information.

It is not that I don't agree with the BOS or what he writes (in general), it is just that I would like to say that he should not be taken as the "Prophet" of the new and infallible business model. What he says (as a private person like you and me) should be taken with a grain of salt.

I think if you read through this thread, many of the responses show that the people here do not blindly follow what he says, but take it into consideration.

Similarly the thread which dealt with the IGN podcast many or the responders listened to the show, and found what he summarized was not far from the truth.

I think its important to note though that although many of his responses are mockery and he can be wrong, he leaves his articles up, unedited so that all his mistakes are available and can be referenced. But similarly you need to give him credit when is correct.

Personally I think he provides an excellent alternate view of gaming which we don't see elsewhere.