Wii-U thoughts so far

[dsheinem]

I like the fact that the Wii U will have three "Zelda games" by the end of next year (hopefully?).

I guess the Wii had three as well, though one was Link's Crossbow Training.

Hyrule Warriors, Zelda U, and... ?

Nintendoland?

[dsheinem]

I like the fact that the Wii U will have three "Zelda games" by the end of next year (hopefully?).

I guess the Wii had three as well, though one was Link's Crossbow Training.

Hyrule Warriors, Zelda U, and... ?

Nintendoland?

Oh and the Windwaker remake

[FerretGamer]

I like the fact that the Wii U will have three "Zelda games" by the end of next year (hopefully?).

I guess the Wii had three as well, though one was Link's Crossbow Training.

Hyrule Warriors, Zelda U, and... ?

Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland U

[Cronozilla]

I think the only real issue with what they showed of Zelda and even Uncharted was they were small gameplay segments that were just showing you what was different and similar in the new games. Where as in the past, those games were never really demoed until they could come out bombastically with huge moments.

It's an interesting and more intimate kind of reveal, I think. Though, we all want the big boom and reveal kind of thing and when it isn't there we can feel underwhelmed.

I do like that the new Zelda strongly parallels the original NES game's production art. It's got a very similar tone for the look of the world. I kind of feel like, this might be more like the world we all imagined we were playing in during the first Zelda.

But my Devil's Advocate thinks:

Nintendo showed something from Zelda because they had to, but I don't think they really wanted to.

Right now Wii U is doing the worst in North America compared to competitors. Nintendo of America became a strong sponsor of the The Game Awards. They actually got a lot to happen there, including Kenji Kondo performing live. But the games they showed were not the safe bets. They could have rolled up with new Kirby, Yoshi, and Splatoon footage and called it a day. But, they actually chose to show things that haven't been talked about as much, Mario Maker, Zelda U, and Star Fox U. I think they did this in an effort to reassure people, yes, go ahead and buy a Wii U this Christmas, we assure you these games are coming.

The common consensus after E3 was Zelda and Star Fox next year? Nonsense. So, I think they had to show it, and they had to have Aonuma and Miyamoto there and they had to name drop Star Fox to reassure people, they are in fact coming in 2015. So, don't hesitate, go get a Wii U, etc.

I don't think they showed Star Fox because it's likely less far along, but those are also generally smaller games than a Zelda title. I imagine their scheduling is accurate for now.

I think Uncharted's showing was a little sloppy for a different reason.

[MrPopo]

I don't know why, but I expected better. She doesn't share the hive's opinion, let's not offer alternative viewpoints, let's just mock her! Zelda must not ever be criticized! It hurts our personal feels! <insert stupid JPG here that doesn't acknowledge that we read the posts, just that we think we got the gist> Sigh.

Your post was basically "I don't care for the general design of 3D Zeldas and this Zelda looks no different." There's a definite difference between the two styles and I don't care that you don't like the 3D style, but complaining that the latest 3D Zelda does things 3D Zeldas does strikes me as silly.

[AppleQueso]

Oh and the Windwaker remake

I friggin' own this and I forgot about it.

[Xeogred]

I'd still like to see them do an HD release of Twilight Princess. Since Nintendo plainly stated they "tested/messed around with it" while working on Wind Waker. Heck, throw Skyward Sword in there too for good measure. Would be incredible.

[Ziggy]

I'd still like to see them do an HD release of Twilight Princess. Since Nintendo plainly stated they "tested/messed around with it" while working on Wind Waker. Heck, throw Skyward Sword in there too for good measure. Would be incredible.

I'd like to see that just because it would mean no motion controls!

[Xeogred]

No Ziggy, nooooo!

[Ziggy]

If Skyward Sword was re-released for the U in HD and optimized for the Gamepad, I know I'd have a lot of fun with it. But as it is on the Wii, I don't know... I can get past the blurry graphics, but I just got real tired of having to wave my arm around all the time. I know a lot of people like it, and I gave it a decent shot (I was several hours into the game) but I just got tired of it. I was actually enjoying the game, too, which is a shame. It's just those damn motion controls. It's not something I can come home from work and play for an hour or two before I go to bed, and that's why I stopped playing it.

Which brings me to my endless debate with Twilight Princess: Play it on the Cube but in 4:3, or on the Wii in widescreen but with motion controls. Or the third option: Wait until it gets an HD remake on the U!