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Needs to be 20% cooler
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Nintendo should reimagine Zelda in a more mature way...
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... ![]() And subsequent game changes, more violence etc. Make it a side story...could really get good sales I think... ![]() ![]() |
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#2 |
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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.
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#3 |
Needs to be 20% cooler
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Yeah, of all franchises, Zelda should definitely NOT be re-imagined.
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No.
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VALENTÍA
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That looks dreadful. Play Darksiders if you want "mature" Zelda.
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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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.
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#8 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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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.
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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.
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They should actually make it less mature with more fart jokes and etc
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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. Quote:
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#15 |
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I guess im the only one who wants a dark, grim, violent Zelda game with a manly, buff Link
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Visuals are a perfectly valid reason to dislike a video game. Perfectly 100% valid reason.
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That would be true if the graphics were bad. They're not. They were just different.
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No, it's true regardless of if they're 'bad'.
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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. |
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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. |
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ie; I'd prefer a PG-ish tone to the series, not a G one.
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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. |
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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. |
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#24 |
The Classic Dylan Staples
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Sailing was my favorite part of Wind Waker. That, combined with the graphics and the music gave the game an incredible feel.
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But yeah, a total reimagining with a 'mature' twist like what your describing would ultimately kill it. |
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#26 |
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Yeah, the music really was epic.
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. |
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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.
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#28 |
I'm Mr. White Christmas
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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 |
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The Satanic Mechanic
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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. |
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#30 |
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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. |
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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.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I've never played a Zelda game.
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I guess Nintendo shouldn't reimagine Zelda in a more mature way.
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Bad idea is Bad...
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