quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster What is more, this Zelda game will be a massivly multiplayer online game. (...droool)
Well I can definitly say I love Zelda series, but thats kinda weird.... heh I would run to the store and grab any super realistic zelda game normally but how in the world can zelda be massivly multiplyer!!? *Imagines 1000 links running around throwing bombs and swining swords* heh creepy image.
I also say, zelda is far from dead, I personally loved wind waker, when I first saw the screen shots I was a bit scared, but when I sat down and played it I found the game better then most other games I have played as of late!
maybe for you 5 year olds it rocks but hy get real, and Iron Chef Carnage there is no zelda as 64 was the last 1 to use here in a game the rest just fart out here name but have nothing to do with her or hyrule even though same basic theme is regurgitated over and over in different ways Its called link and just shot of him been a cross dresser with fiery mask on what else are they trying to promote ..schizophrenia as its better to have many faces as it gets you feather than been your self ,dipped in hate and racism and face it wind walker has many freaks on balloons tell me its cool please……that balloon freak needs to be locked up not be in another Zelda game …
u-diy, Before you call anyone a 5 year old( implying we are all imature ) perhaps you should look at the way you yourself are responding to our constructive critisizim. Certainly not what I would call mature. Also as to your point of Zelda not being in the games anymore perhaps you should look at the whole series and notice the pattern.
The Legend of Zelda - Nes Contained Zelda & Gannon directly
Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link - Nes Contained Zelda indirectly sleeping(?) no Gannon
Zelda 3 A Link to the Past - SNES Contined Zelda & Ganon Directly
Zelda 4 Links Awakening - GB No Zelda No Ganon
Zelda Ocarina of Time - N64 Contained Zelda & Gannon Directly
Zelda Majoras Mask - N64 No Zelda No Ganon
Zelda - Oracles Paired games - GB ?? Not sure here
Zelda Wind Waker Has Zelda (Sort of) and Ganon
As you can see Zelda does not appear directly in every second Zelda game. Therefore she should be in the next major Zelda game. ( does that make sense everyone? )
Also, just because the series is titled "The Legend Of Zelda", doesn''t necessarily mean it has to have anything to do with Zelda. Look at this way, Zelda may be the ''narrator'' in a way. In this regard it is "The Legend of Zelda" because it is her story.(ie she is telling it, Just Like the Book of Daniel. Daniel wrote the book but he is not necessarily in it. )
Bla bla etc etc. Gee I went on didn''t I. Thats enough for now.
This sort of thing has been done before. There is a game called "Graal" that started initially as a MMO version of "A Link to the Past", and, to me, it was fantastic (until they decided to charge for it and the user base dropped like all hell). I played it all the time. Players were given hundreds of head, sword and shield images, body shapes and colour schemes to choose from, so it wasn''t a world filled with thousands of Link look-a-likes. So, if Nintendo did decide to do something similar, I think it would be excelent.
Majora''s Mask saw the return of the Mask Salesman (seeing as how it was his mask that was stolen), the Skull Kid from Hyrule''s Lost Forest, and a cameo by the young Princess Zelda, giving the Ocarina of Time to Link.
The two Oracle games have Ganon raising several kinds of hell, and if according to websites, he and Zelda make an appearence at the very end -- though I haven''t gotten quite so far into the game. The base premise is that you need to save Din and Nayru.
You can find a theory on the timeline at http://www.detstar.com/zeldawindwaker/view.cfm?class=article&ID=19
I''m also with Iron Chef Carnage -- the presentation of your posts greatly influences how likely forum browsers are to read, understand, and respect what you post. u-diy, I''ve read between your posts, and don''t think I''m missing much. The rest of the thread, though it has little to do with game design, is reasonably interesting.
One of the things that I really like about the Zelda series is the skill required with sword timing and bow accuracy. Seeing as how there were a large number of platforms to get up to or down from, the article on difficulty in dexterity-based platformers here on gamedev.net is also somewhat applicable. If you''re good, you can cut down Iron Knuckles with little difficulty and scale the waterfall platforms (Water Temple, _Ocarina of Time_) without missing a stride. Something similar is evoked in Deus Ex, the thrill of knowing that you''ve found a new nook or cranny by skittering across some shaky pipes, the satisfaction of smoothly zapping a MiB, or the pyromanical joy of nuking the entire ''Ton Hotel with 20 TNT crates in the halls and lobby. It''s a mix of good control over your avatar, and overcoming the challenges -- minor or major, either from the actors or the level design. You don''t see this in your turn-based RPG (much less the MMOs that almost everyone on the "Help Wanted" forums [cynical comments removed] dreams of leading a team to build) or your strategy games, and only a little bit of in most of your shooters.
Killing stuff, especially if it''s just a rehash of something you''ve seen before with larger numbers, is only fun for so long if you don''t have something else going on. So how do you challenge players to both succeed at a game and take serious risks at the same time? You''re not gunna get it by going by the numbers, but those numbers are almost tried-and-true (just look at Diablo). What''s that ingredient? (okay, now I''m ranting...) -"Sta7ic" Matt
Well I leave it like this …. Give 50 of the hardest dungeons you can make to get an item, not some silly sub game that id rather cut my wrists than play to get a needed item…..what I play the rooms behind the water fall to get a few 100 bucks"what is behind door number 4 as it thinks i need a longer health meter to enter ...please i thrashed what there was what can be that grait ????"ok that grim reaper dude did make me use 3 bottles of fairys but still… I got my free peace of heart from the rude b1tch that slaps her legs for my money but nothing to bye what a waist of time.. 1 more pointless option that appears in the game ….<br><br>Ye every 1 is free to think what they like im still trying to figure out why that annoying dog is in my re spawn area not in a place I seldom go, so I never have to see it and have dreams of brutally killing it… and because of the lack of action i goto faf around to get peaces of heart as i only have 12 :|<br><br><br>I don’t think I have the mentality to do this I may as well go to the moon now as I may see some action.. <br> <br>here is a tip use fairys in a bottle as after boss think they have trashed u ,you get up quick as they seem to be open and you tend to get that meaty slash in some times its the slash you needed to finish them off <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> and life potion some times you dont have the time to pic speshaly when you are been blended….:O<br> <br><br><SPAN CLASS=editedby>[edited by - u-diy on March 19, 2004 5:50:06 AM]</SPAN>
