Im sure there are, but the point is... The game doesn't interest me. Khuutra drove it into my head a while back that the game could be interesting for someone... But for me, making this instead of making a full new Zelda game would be a kick in the nuts to all fans of Ninty and Zelda.

People have waited for over 3 years for the game and it's likely going to be another 6 months until we actually see the game itself. That's bad enough. Having to wait another ~2 years would be unbearable. I don't see the problem in me being pissed off if that did actually happen.

I imagine Wii Sports Resort revealed some simplified and basic mechanics of Zelda Wii.  At least in terms of archery and sword fighting. I'd like to see an actual Zelda game, too, but I'd also like to see the series get back to its action oriented roots and build on that. I wouldn't want to see a 60 hour Link's Crossbow Training, but at the same time I wouldn't want to see another Zelda that's 40-60 hours where a good bulk of that play time is filler where interesting and varied gameplay could be.

If given the all or nothing choice between a 60 hour Link's Crossbow Training or 60 hour Twilight Princess I'd take the crossbow training any day of the week, at least then I'd probably keep playing it out of something besides guilt for having paid $50.

Another Twilight Princess paced game would be a kick in the nuts, too.

Do you think it would be better if they adopted a beginning similar to that of Final Fantasy III (real FFIII, the JP version), where the very beginning starts you off in a dungeon that your character happened to end up in (the legendary "fell into the well" story)? Something where the story isn't really explained until you've had a good taste of the action. It did wonders for FFIII, given that most RPGs start off painstakingly slow, and i think similar concerns could help Zelda, too, without sacrificing story.

Way to derail the thread, guys.

To be honest, your post didn't exactly add much to the discussion did it?

At least we were actually talking about LoZ...

Oh please. 

Also, I agree with whoever said they should just add CT2 to Zelda Wii. There. 

You make legitimate complaints based on a particular value set

I don't know if it's fair to judge a game based on what it isn't, but....

Well, if New Super Mario Bros. Wii is any indication (it may not be) we'll see a return to the roots. I expect a much faster intro, at any rate. And there's still goignn to be long stretches of nothing - there always have been, in all of the games - but I expect them to be filled with combat rather than traveling.

Though if there's horseback combat for the traveling, that would be good too.

Wow, that would have disappointed tons of people.

Zelda Wii is probably the most wanted game for the Wii so get on with it already.

I think something like that would work for a few reasons. Playing through the first part of Twilight Princess is essentially a tutorial of all the mechanics you run into.   I don't see why something like a dungeon or at least "guys attacking town!" or something like LttP intro that gets you moving much faster.

As far as story I'm not much of a nitpicker, personally. Games like Shadow of the Colossus and Half-Life 1 stand out in particular to me because so much of the story is told by showing you in the world instead of spelling it out to you. I'd like to see a Zelda successfully pull off minimal walls of text and heavily depend on the world itself to convey the story.

But something like an intro dungeon is exactly what I would have in mind, because a 2 hour intro to the game (if you know what you're doing) is seriously painful and history (at least so far) is showing I'm not the only one that felt tortured and bored playing through TP.

I'd like to see a return to the roots, find a new branch for Zelda to grow on.  As far as long stretches of nothing, there's always been things to swing at, but yeah there's been times where you're trying to figure out how to move past a certain point.  The pace and feeling of the game was always a feeling of moving onward. 

As much as I hate to give the game any credit at all World of Warcraft did a great job of crafting a world where, for the most part, it's really obvious where you're going. I think the worlds in Zelda at times make you wonder "am I doing this right?" or make you wonder if you're on the right path.