The Legend of Zelda Thread

[TCP]

For the record, Uncharted Golden Abyss was great. It's not UC2 or UC3, but it's a solid 8/10 IMHO. It had a long campaign, good game play, and was basically more Drake/Sully goodness. The only problem is, since it was a launch game, it had some unnecessary touch screen controls, mostly for fighting. For the most part, it offered console quality gameplay, on the go, which, in this day and age, is exactly what I want out of my handheld devices.

[Strangelove]

No, Uncharted GA wasnt bad. It was pretty good actually. Only seriously bad review it got was from Kotaku. Its not as good as U2 or U3, but its still a good Uncharted game. The only thing shit about Uncharted GA is that it couldnt sell Vitas like Mario could sell 3DSs. And it probably never will.

And I wasnt pointing out which were sequels or not, but the fact that there are better counterparts of Nintendo franchises on other systems. Theyre just better games.

 

And I wouldn't call NEW Super Mario Bros. 2, Mario Kart 7 and KH3D "new content." I just personally wouldnt. The gameplay is almost unchanged from the previous game and a lot of the same assets were reused. Compared to sequels/prequels like Uncharted GA or AC3 Liberation which at most used a lot of the same animations, yet the locations were completely new, the stories were new, and it added quite a bit of new gameplay aspects. The people who made those games actually had a drawing board, they actually worked hard on every single detail of those games, they had to think of new things to put in there. No fucking reused Organization 13 coats, Koopa Kids, or Mario karts.

 

And Ive always been a fan of ports, specifically console to portable, especially when theyre almost exactly the same in quality. I KNOW those games are good, so I like those.

 

 

Not like it fucking matters anyways, Persona 4 Golden is still the best game on both portables, and thats a PS2 game. So fuck it.

Edited April 17, 2013 by Strangelove

[Waldorf and Statler]

Shit I can't disagree there I loved that fucking game. That and FE have become two of my favorite JRPG's of all times. With P4G slightly beating FEA.

Edited April 17, 2013 by Waldorf And Statler

[TCP]

Strangelove is dropping straight up truth bombs, y'all.

BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND THOUGH.
Hopefully they don't take to long bringing ALTTP to the Wii U VC, I'd like to play through it before "A Link 2 The Past".

[Strangelove]

"A Link 2 The Past".

Nintendo is japanese, not white trying to be black. Sheesh.

[TCP]

Yeah but until they give it a proper title, I'm going to give it a terrible title. 

[TheFlyingGerbil]

the 3D video is up it's only a minute long and looked mostly like the footage from the Nintendo Direct.

[Saturnine Tenshi]

Not sure how a feel about this. Not keen on any of the current handheld Zelda releases, and not sure how I feel about that wall-scribble mode. But at least it isn't a port. That'd be a huge waste of time. ; )

[TheFlyingGerbil]

what the timeline nuts will make of it. They did explicitly say it is in the same world as LTTP. I wonder how that will work.

[CorgiShinobi]

Mario Kart 7 < Sonic Transformed

Whoa now, I got both those games, and while Transformed improved over its predecessor, it's still no Mario Kart. It's a strong competitor at least when compared to all the other kart racing games.

 

As for the new Zelda connected to A Link to the Past... eh, I love Zelda to the point that it's my favorite series. That said, this does feel like a nostalgia grab. Then again, most of the handheld Zelda games have been "sequels" to a previous console release. Link's Awakening (at the time) to Link to the Past, Phantom Hourglass to Wind Waker, and then Spirit Tracks.

 

Obviously there are the Oracle games and Minish Cap, but handheld games tend to be sequels/prequels. Now that can also mean that, as a handheld sequel, the story will either be an excuse to have new gameplay, or be there to be there.

[FMW]

Honestly I'm hoping that part of being Link to the Past 2 is that the story is going to basically not be there.  There definitely needs to be more player guidance in this than was in the original, but ideally they can provide that without a ton of plot/exposition.  I feel like a traditional narrative is not part of the Link to the Past appeal.

[Waldorf and Statler]

They could always just add a Navi-like character that isn't too important to the plot to guide you. I mean basically every modern zelda game has had a guide of some sort. They've all been decent except... what was her name? in Skyward Sword? Yeah whatever that thing was called. She/he/shklee would tell you the most useless information ever.

 

"Your hearts are low master!"

THANKS. I COULDN'T TELL.

[FMW]

Fi was a huge bummer.  But Zelda in Spirit Tracks went beyond being decent to being something that actually made the game better.  Midna was decent.  Linebeck was lame.  King of Red Lions was awesome.

 

Basically, I see no pattern.  Toss up on if we get a good sidekick or not.

 

 

Maybe our helper will be an talking brick, since we turn into a cave painting now.  I would be down with that.  Magical Brick Powers?  Yes please.

Edited April 18, 2013 by Frosted Mini-Wheats

[Waldorf and Statler]

Man I loved Spirit Tracks SOLELY due to the Link and Zelda relationship in it. But since you mentioned the wall changing I have a feeling that a 2d companion isn't too far off. Maybe your shadow.

[FMW]

Oh yeah, that would fit with the whole Dark World thing Link to the Past had going on I suppose.  Okay, maybe it'll be that and not the talking brick idea.  maybe.

 

Edit:  I propose that a forum moderator surgically remove the last page or so of this thread and post it into a new thread titled "Jesus console wars are obnoxious aren't they?"

 

This can be a dumping point for all future outbursts of anti-company sentiment from other threads too.

Edited April 18, 2013 by Frosted Mini-Wheats

[TheFlyingGerbil]

Right is from the original LttP, and the left is culled from the new trailer:

 

 

As you can see it's very similar, though not identical and it's definitely from a higher view which just doesn't seem quite right to me, almost like you're more detatched from it somehow, it makes me feel slightly uncomfortable, almost like you're spying on the scene. I can't really describe properly how I feel :/

[Strangelove]

Whenever Nintendo tries to make a 2D game using 3D graphics, it always looks lifeless and sterile. The NEW Mario series is a prime example of that. And now this one. And Id even add Pokemon X & Y if the screenshots are any indication. Theyre not bad games, theyre just visually dead. 

 

Yet when they make 3D games like the Mario Galaxy games, Skyward Sword and Kid Icarus, they look fine.

 

 

Im not sure what it is, but thats how I feel about it. And in comparisons, Sonic Generations and Sonic 4 look fantastic in comparison. Maybe Nintendo just doesnt "get it" or something.

[TheMightyEthan]

I think NSMBU looks great, but otherwise I'm kind of inclined to agree with you.

[TheFlyingGerbil]

omg he looks like princess peach. completely hideous ..

[Waldorf and Statler]

Yeah the visual style isn't calling to me. Should've stuck with Windwaker style ala the DS games.

 

Also the announced game I'm looking forward to the most artstyle wise is the new Yoshi's Island

[FMW]

What??  Zelda has a new look and the internet doesn't like it?

 

I'm shocked.

[Waldorf and Statler]

Shut up Frosty

[TCP]

Keep on preachin' that sarcastic gospel, Frosty.

I wish they'd have kept it sprite based. Maybe just really nice, but still retro looking sprites, à la the Final Fantasy IV PSP remake:

Edited April 18, 2013 by The Cowboy Poet

[Strangelove]

Ummm....there are a lot of people who also hate the new FF4 PSP sprites.

[TCP]

Fuck 'em.