Nintendo should reimagine Zelda in a more mature way...

[Pintint]

Imagine how great it would be for Nintendo to create a brand new Zelda game with a mature twist to it. Instead of the kiddy, PG feel, make it adult. Think AmericanMcGee's reimagining of Alice in Wonderland. I think this could really become a classic.

Just imagine, a Link like this...

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3306/manlylinkbygenzoman.jpg

And subsequent game changes, more violence etc. Make it a side story...could really get good sales I think...

[#BROKEN Hasney]

No, that would fucking suck. Everything is "mature" now and I hate it so much. Why not make everything brown and add multiplayer with a perk streak? Fuck.

[Pintint]

No, that would fucking suck. Everything is "mature" now and I hate it so much. Why not make everything brown and add multiplayer with a perk streak? Fuck.

bbb...but manly link is awesome :wtf:

[loopydate]

Yeah, of all franchises, Zelda should definitely NOT be re-imagined.

[Kalyx triaD]

No.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

That looks dreadful. Play Darksiders if you want "mature" Zelda.

[OssMan]

That isn't even re-imagining it, that's just dumbing down and Americanizing it. Just make a Zelda mod for Duke Nukem if that's what you want.

[Emperor Smeat]

That looks dreadful. Play Darksiders if you want "mature" Zelda.

Besides Darksiders, the closest Zelda has gotten to being "mature" would have been Majora's Mask but that was more towards how the story was than anything else. Until the last play attempt, you could never save the world and the moon would have crashed each time while you time traveled away.

[Requiem]

I just wish they wouldn't do this continuous cartoony nonsense ala windwaker and this new one coming out. They can have a vibrant, stylized world, without turning it into a cartoon. Twilight Princess was a good start, but until they get a Zelda in HD, I doubt we'll see anything with 'impressive' visuals.

[Requiem]

Also, that picture is terrible. I would pray for a game like that to fail and I would hate the developers for bastardizing one of my favorite games.

[loopydate]

Wind Waker was fantastic. People that blast it for the visuals annoy the crap out of me. The story was great, the gameplay was classic Zelda, and - most importantly - it was fun. Absolutely great game that gets way too much crap for its graphics.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'm actually annoyed that that Skyward Sword has the half way approach. I'd much prefer the Wind Waker art style, it is amazing.

[Savio]

They should actually make it less mature with more fart jokes and etc

[Cool King]

Wind Waker was fantastic. People that blast it for the visuals annoy the crap out of me. The story was great, the gameplay was classic Zelda, and - most importantly - it was fun. Absolutely great game that gets way too much crap for its graphics.

Exactly.

I'm the same. The game is actually my second favourite Zelda game, right behind A Link to the Past. The game was just so enjoyable. The more I think about it now, the more I want to dig it out and play it.

I'm actually annoyed that that Skyward Sword has the half way approach. I'd much prefer the Wind Waker art style, it is amazing.

Same here. Even though I still like the style that Skyward Sword has, I would have loved for a return on the Wind Waker art style. But personally, I'm just glad it's not the Twilight Princess art style again. I really didn't care for that art style and it was probably one of the reasons why I hardly played the game. :-\

[Pintint]

I guess im the only one who wants a dark, grim, violent Zelda game with a manly, buff Link
A pity
:(

[Requiem]

Wind Waker was fantastic. People that blast it for the visuals annoy the crap out of me. The story was great, the gameplay was classic Zelda, and - most importantly - it was fun. Absolutely great game that gets way too much crap for its graphics.

Visuals are a perfectly valid reason to dislike a video game. Perfectly 100% valid reason.

[loopydate]

That would be true if the graphics were bad. They're not. They were just different.

[Requiem]

No, it's true regardless of if they're 'bad'.

[loopydate]

To each his own, I suppose.

I care more about the content of the game than I do the graphics, but I suppose it's wrong of me to assume that everybody feels the same way.

[Requiem]

I typically agree. I can deal with subpar graphics as long as the gameplay is strong. One of my favorite MMO's of all-time has atrocious graphics, but it is also a very old game so I can look past that.

But I absolutely can't stand the style of Windwaker's graphics. Doesn't have to do with the gameplay at all. I just feel that strongly about its visuals that I can't stand it. It gave the game a tone that made me not give a shit. It's more.. the gameplay is what I expect of a game in that particular series. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but the graphical style was a letdown.

[Requiem]

ie; I'd prefer a PG-ish tone to the series, not a G one.

[Xero]

I never understood why people go batshit insane over "realistic" graphics. I can understand hating a game on graphics and it pulling you out of the experience, but that's personal taste, in a similar way that, say, an anime may turn someone off because they don't like the style.

It also depends on the style of the game. GTA 4 in Wind Waker graphics would be a bit ridiculous because it wouldn't meld well with the rest of the concept. Wind Waker melded well with the concept.

I just feel that making games more "realistic-looking" kind of takes away from the charm of gaming. Yes, some games need it, but I feel a vast majority don't, and honestly tend to enjoy the "cartoonish" games more than "realistic" games.

As for the topic, no. Just no. It'd be like having a Mario game where he's shooting goombas in the face with an AK47 instead of fireballs.

[Emperor Smeat]

I liked Wind Waker's style although the sailing while good in idea wasn't that great until getting the warping song to make traveling faster. The game was a bit too big for its own good.

Twilight Princess might have been the only Zelda that had "realistic" or non-cartoony graphics so its not like the series has a history of that style. If anything, the Wind Waker style gave more expressions possible especially with Link's reaction to most stuff.

[OssMan]

Sailing was my favorite part of Wind Waker. That, combined with the graphics and the music gave the game an incredible feel.

[Purgatory]

I guess im the only one who wants a dark, grim, violent Zelda game with a manly, buff Link
A pity
:(

It would ruin the draw to the series, man. The game is amaznig as it is, for the most part. This "Skyward Sword" one is gonna be the wildcard here.

But yeah, a total reimagining with a 'mature' twist like what your describing would ultimately kill it.

[Xero]

Yeah, the music really was epic.

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Fuck, now I want to play Wind Waker.

Though I will say that the sailing was a bit tedious after a while, until you got the warp song like Smelly Meatball said.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I really hope the Wii U has a Wind Waker art game. If your PC is powerful enough, download Dolphin the GC/Wii emulator and run Wind Waker in HD. It is seriously one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen.

[Skippord]

as long as Zelda is a beaten down hooker and Ganondorf is her pimp who Link has to rescue her from I am in

I have never played a Legend Of Zelda game

[Funky Fly]

I guess im the only one who wants a dark, grim, violent Zelda game with a manly, buff Link
A pity
:(

I get the feeling you're going to be the only one who's into something a lot around here...

It's already been said. Mature Zelda = Darksiders

Bastardizing the concept won't help. 3 people (you included) will go "OMG manly Link!" All the LoZ fans will stop playing in disgust/not be old enough to even buy an M-rated game. Everyone else will not care and go "lol M-rated Zelda" without giving it a second look. Basically, your idea is Thrill Kill bad.

[Kane Knight]

Nintendo should reimagine Zelda, but not as a He-Man clone with an annoying twat of a fairy next to him. They should just come up with something new.

By which I mean new concepts, not making a Wiimote game with the same dozen dungeons and tools needed to complete them.

[Kane Knight]

I get the feeling you're going to be the only one who's into something a lot around here...

It's already been said. Mature Zelda = Darksiders

Bastardizing the concept won't help. 3 people (you included) will go "OMG manly Link!" All the LoZ fans will stop playing in disgust/not be old enough to even buy an M-rated game. Everyone else will not care and go "lol M-rated Zelda" without giving it a second look. Basically, your idea is Thrill Kill bad.

It's a Nintendo product. With Zelda in the name. You would buy fifty copies alone because you're a huge Nintendofag. All the 30-something manchildren that are Nintendo's core base would follow suit.

[Kalyx triaD]

It's a Nintendo product. With Zelda in the name. You would buy fifty copies alone because you're a huge Nintendofag. All the 30-something manchildren that are Nintendo's core base would follow suit.

Why did you say this?

[Xero]

He's right in general. It's a Nintendo product with Zelda in the name. The fanboys would go batshit over it and buy it no matter what.

[Kane Knight]

Why did you say this?

I know, it's so patently obvious it didn't need saying.

[OssMan]

Why did you say this?
wtf

[Rammsteinmad]

I've never played a Zelda game. :(

[Savio]

I guess Nintendo shouldn't reimagine Zelda in a more mature way.

[Kane Knight]

I guess Nintendo shouldn't reimagine Zelda in a more mature way.

I'm pretty sure they think about Zelda in a more mature way all the time. I just don't think we'll be seeing those games outside of boardroom fantasies and tentacle rape sketches.

[Extreme Angle]

Bad idea is Bad...

[OssMan]

I've never played a Zelda game. :(

You should be happy. You have so many great games waiting for you.

[Kane Knight]

You should be happy. You have so many great games waiting for you.

More like one or two games remade fifty times with superficial changes and engine/graphics upgrades.

[Captain of Fun]

Hey, just like Dynasty Warriors.

[Captain of Fun]

Except, you know, not as mind numbingly boring.

[Pintint]

Just to be clear, I like the Zelda games and liked the cartoony windwaker, but just thought a "dark" Zelda game would be interesting as well. I am not implying that Nintendo should turn the whole series into that direction, just one game.
And Duke Nukem as Link would be hilarious...love Duke. DNF is one of my fav single player FPS games of the past 5 years, despite the bad reviews.

[Kane Knight]

Hey, just like Dynasty Warriors.

Except there haven't been thirty years of games.

It's a nice attempt at what passes for "wit" around here, but the Renbu system is more ambitious than anything Zelda has tried since going 3-D, and that was inane and shitty.

[Kane Knight]

Nor do I make pretenses at my choice of niche beat 'em ups being "amazing." But hey, why be honest when you can be Assman.

[OssMan]

Just to be clear, I like the Zelda games and liked the cartoony windwaker, but just thought a "dark" Zelda game would be interesting as well. I am not implying that Nintendo should turn the whole series into that direction, just one game.
And Duke Nukem as Link would be hilarious...love Duke. DNF is one of my fav single player FPS games of the past 5 years, despite the bad reviews.
Have you played Majora's Mask? Very dark

[Funky Fly]

It's a Nintendo product. With Zelda in the name. You would buy fifty copies alone because you're a huge Nintendofag. All the 30-something manchildren that are Nintendo's core base would follow suit.

The last Zelda anything I bought was Windwaker, and that was a "oh, I still have $14 and Windwaker is going for $14 used. Sweet" kinda purchase. Played it, enjoyed it. Promptly gave it away upon completion (it was scratched and only worked sporadically).

I honestly don't know where you get this Nintendo fan thing, since 99/100 times when I'm gaming I'm playing a 360 game or Tekken 5 on PSP (hilarious, I know, but I only have so much reading material in the john).

[alvarado52]

maybe we should re imagine your face with my FIST