What we know about Legend of Zelda Wii prior to E3 2010

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ShockingAlberto

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Bringing this back from Page 15

ShockingAlberto said:
I don't think disappointment is a possibility. It is inevitable.

It's not that it's necessarily the fact that, as a Zelda game, no matter how it turns out, people will be disappointed. That's part of the equation, but not all of it.

Let's lay out a few scenarios.

1. It is heavily stylized/It looks realistic. People will be disappointed in either direction. In either this Zelda thread or the last one, there were people saying they absolutely hated Wind Waker's flat world and the character design moreso. They still dislike that it is employed today and have never liked that style. They like the way TP looked and the problems the game had were technical, not artistic. Meanwhile, there are people who firmly believe to be ALttP translated to 3D, love the cartoony style, and think Nintendo should give it a full console stab again.

Likelihood of people being disappointed: It's likely this game will look like Twilight Princess in terms of style, so people expecting a huge visual risk are going to be disappointed. Then again, maybe the coin flips the other way and it is heavily stylized. The same people that bitched very recently about Mario Galaxy 2 being overly cute and saccharine will be out in full force.

2. It heavily depends on motion controls/it relegates them to button switches. Either way, people are going to be pissed. If you have to swing the sword, people will be pissed. If you don't have to swing the sword, people will be pissed. If you use the wiimote for anything other than IR aiming, people will be pissed. If it's not motion+ mandatory, people will be pissed. Different groups want different things from this game in terms of controls, some want the game fundamentally changed to take advantage of those controls. Others don't want the controls influencing the game design at all.

Likelihood of people being disappointed: Extremely, extremely high. Controls are important to Zelda. Zelda is extremely important to some people. Controls are extremely important to people and Zelda. We don't know what Nintendo is thinking right now. They could see Zelda as the chance to prove Motion+ is good, that developers should use it, that gamers should embrace it, that they weren't wrong when they said the Wii could change the way we play games. A lot of people will not like this. There is a not-small number of people that would prefer it completely take off MH Tri and use the classic controller. To them, Zelda is not about possibilities with control, it is about overworlds, or dungeons, or bosses, or fighting a Stalfos and jumping back to shoot it in the head with an arrow which is a quick process with buttons and tiring with motions. People will be disappointed no matter what side of the board this falls on.

3. It's on the Wii!/It's on the Wii. So, this game is probably going to look kind of crappy by modern technology standards! I mean, as a Wii game, it will probably look fantastic. Galaxy 2 looked fantastic. But that simplistic artstyle, and taking advantage of it, is much easier with Mario than it is with Zelda. A lot of people will think that the ten year old GPU and the sub-HD resolutions are holding the game back - not just visually, but in terms of gameplay.

Likelihood people will be disappointed: Possibly not that high! I mean, obviously, the people who dislike Wii graphics will dislike this. People who dislike the Wii's hardware holding back games will dislike what the Wii is doing to this game, even if it's at best imaginary. I think, artstyle aside, most people have decided where they will fall on the graphics already. Aonuma and Miyamoto have mentioned that Monster Hunter Tri is their goal for graphics and people don't think that looks nearly good enough. Assuming Zelda surpasses it, the degree to which might be too subtle, then it probably still won't be enough for many people.

Of course there's the other things, like voice acting and all that. But, I mean, that's been hashed out enough already.

I think disappointment for about 30% of GAFers is more or less guaranteed. As those that approve start going "OH MY GOD NINTENDO JUST WON ZELDA IS GOTY" then the side that is disappointed may very well grow. When faced with opposition, a meek position becomes more entrenched.

I expect at least three "The new Zelda looks kind of dumb..." threads on announcement day.
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I expect some genuine meltdowns!
 
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upandaway

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Mojojo said:
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he is coming!
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AND HE BETTER FUCKING MOVE HIS HAIR WITH HIS MIDDLE FINGER

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LAST YEAR
 
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Vinci

Danish
gamergirly said:
Vitality Sensor isnt enough to keep Nintendo this quiet. Something's up and you know this man
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Nintendo's this quiet when they do anything. Can't get a job there unless you've been through ninja training, I swear.
 
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EatChildren

Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
EmCeeGramr said:
I HAD TO LEAVE FOR LIKE AN HOUR DID I MISS ANY LEAKS OH GOD
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THE INTERNET LEAKED
 
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Miguga64

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The worst part I have a class from 11:30 to 1pm so I have to watch the conference at 1:30 pm!! (Here Nintendo Conf starts at 11am) I wanna miss the class, what do you think GAF?
 
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Combine

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Crap, the gamespot feed is not loading for me at all :(

Stuck on that loading circle. Looks kinda like a red ring of death FUUUUUUU
 
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Deleted member 30609

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I can't believe they got this far without a leak. Bravo, Nintendo.
 
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Game-Biz

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Miguga64 said:
The worst part I have a class from 11:30 to 1pm so I have to watch the conference at 1:30 pm!! (Here Nintendo Conf starts at 11am) I wanna miss the class, what do you think GAF?
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Will it affect your grade? If not, skip it!
 
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AniHawk

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Well, GAF's getting choppy. I'll be back later today with hands-on impressions (hopefully) and maybe super ultra redundant pictures/videos.
 
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