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I'm in a Zelda-y mood at the moment so I thought I'd come up with a list of things that the new Legend of Zelda game on the Gamecube should contain for various reasons. Feel free to call my ideas crap and change them for your own.
Dungeons
The dungeons in Wind Waker were easy, to be honest the whole game was pretty easy. Then there's Majora's Mask that had far too few dungeons to complete but they were much harder than Wind Waker's. The dungeons in OoT seemed to be the right level of difficulty and there was a good number of them so sticking to a similar style would seem a sensible option. Saying that, the Spirit Temple seemed easier than some of its predecessors so I would encourage Nintendo to make sure that the difficulty level raises at a steady rate without dropping along the way.
Items
I'm hoping for a big inventory. There have been loads of great items throughout Link's history with some of the highlights being the hookshot, the boomerang, and the lens of truth.
I also think that the idea from OoT with the different tunics and boots can be re-used possibly with different designs, e.g. magnetic boots that allow link to walk along metal walls and rooves to dodge lava covered floors, etc.
The masks from Majora's Mask could be hard to put into the game but there's no reason why their can't be a small side quest involving them, e.g. fall down a hole where a deku scrub gives you a deku scrub mask to complete an obstacle course with and then win a heart piece at the end before returning the mask.
Epona
Ok, so it's already been confirmed that Epona will be in the new game but it's such a good thing that I have to include it. The boat idea for Wind Waker was crap. Epona rules.
The End?
Why do the Zelda games refuse to let you save after defeating the final boss? It's stupid, I think that once you beat the game you should still be able to wander through Hyrule (or where ever it's set) and have some things to do. For example, after completing the game the bosses from the temples should respawn back in the temples so you can go back and fight them again as often as you want. Also, a few mini games could open up like an extra shooting range or a special horse racing circuit which could also include multi player. You should be able to go back and talk to the villagers and have them congratulate you. There could even be a special super item that you get like a hookshot that attaches itself to anything giving you the opportunity to fully explore the world once you've completed the game.
Golden Skullatas
I am praying that these do not return, I can't see how anybody could have found all of them in OoT.
Heart Pieces
These are a good idea for increasing your life meter but some of them are stupidly well hidden. I think that there should be some more clues to get them so you find them through logic rather than stumbling across them by chance.
Bosses
These should be tougher. The early bosses have always been at a sensible level of difficulty but later booses don't seem to increase much in difficulty. I'm not asking for anything as hard as Ultra Mega Mega Man in South Park or even King K. Rool in DK64 but something pretty tough harder than some previous Zelda bosses.
I can't think of anything else at the moment but I'm sure there are plenty of obvious points I've missed. So, what are your ideas?
Dungeons
The dungeons in Wind Waker were easy, to be honest the whole game was pretty easy. Then there's Majora's Mask that had far too few dungeons to complete but they were much harder than Wind Waker's. The dungeons in OoT seemed to be the right level of difficulty and there was a good number of them so sticking to a similar style would seem a sensible option. Saying that, the Spirit Temple seemed easier than some of its predecessors so I would encourage Nintendo to make sure that the difficulty level raises at a steady rate without dropping along the way.
Items
I'm hoping for a big inventory. There have been loads of great items throughout Link's history with some of the highlights being the hookshot, the boomerang, and the lens of truth.
I also think that the idea from OoT with the different tunics and boots can be re-used possibly with different designs, e.g. magnetic boots that allow link to walk along metal walls and rooves to dodge lava covered floors, etc.
The masks from Majora's Mask could be hard to put into the game but there's no reason why their can't be a small side quest involving them, e.g. fall down a hole where a deku scrub gives you a deku scrub mask to complete an obstacle course with and then win a heart piece at the end before returning the mask.
Epona
Ok, so it's already been confirmed that Epona will be in the new game but it's such a good thing that I have to include it. The boat idea for Wind Waker was crap. Epona rules.
The End?
Why do the Zelda games refuse to let you save after defeating the final boss? It's stupid, I think that once you beat the game you should still be able to wander through Hyrule (or where ever it's set) and have some things to do. For example, after completing the game the bosses from the temples should respawn back in the temples so you can go back and fight them again as often as you want. Also, a few mini games could open up like an extra shooting range or a special horse racing circuit which could also include multi player. You should be able to go back and talk to the villagers and have them congratulate you. There could even be a special super item that you get like a hookshot that attaches itself to anything giving you the opportunity to fully explore the world once you've completed the game.
Golden Skullatas
I am praying that these do not return, I can't see how anybody could have found all of them in OoT.
Heart Pieces
These are a good idea for increasing your life meter but some of them are stupidly well hidden. I think that there should be some more clues to get them so you find them through logic rather than stumbling across them by chance.
Bosses
These should be tougher. The early bosses have always been at a sensible level of difficulty but later booses don't seem to increase much in difficulty. I'm not asking for anything as hard as Ultra Mega Mega Man in South Park or even King K. Rool in DK64 but something pretty tough harder than some previous Zelda bosses.
I can't think of anything else at the moment but I'm sure there are plenty of obvious points I've missed. So, what are your ideas?
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More towns is a must and tons of side quests.
I'm like Final Fantasy dude. I actually prefer doing side quests and walking around villages to the dungeons. The dungeons are genius in their own right, but side quests and exploring the world and interacting with people are even better.
So massive villages with tons of inhabitants and tons of side quests please.
I'm like Final Fantasy dude. I actually prefer doing side quests and walking around villages to the dungeons. The dungeons are genius in their own right, but side quests and exploring the world and interacting with people are even better.
So massive villages with tons of inhabitants and tons of side quests please.
Oh yeah and up the difficulty to Ocarina level. Ocarina was always challenging, but never difficult to the point that I wanted to smash my controller on someones face.
More side quests and people yus.
AND BASE IT IN THAT GODDAMNED VALLEY BENEATH THE SEA FROM WIND WAKER.
AND BASE IT IN THAT GODDAMNED VALLEY BENEATH THE SEA FROM WIND WAKER.
You mean Hyrule?
I don't care where it's set as long as it's big. And full of towns and sidequests like everyone else said. And has lots of pretty items (Fire Rod pleeeeease?), some flying maybe and plenty of memorable characters. Oh yesh, and for a change it'd be rather good to have more of a story to it, something more complex and twisting than usual.
I don't care where it's set as long as it's big. And full of towns and sidequests like everyone else said. And has lots of pretty items (Fire Rod pleeeeease?), some flying maybe and plenty of memorable characters. Oh yesh, and for a change it'd be rather good to have more of a story to it, something more complex and twisting than usual.
I'll just leave it to Nintendo.
When it comes to making games I know who is the superior.
When it comes to making games I know who is the superior.
Rare :P
Big dungeons'd be good, but I'd rather have a proper RPG with large dungeons. Every RPG seems content to steer away from big dungeons now, someone should come back and reclaim large freakin' dungeons.
and for it to go darker like MM. Mabye the new one is, I haven't been paying attention.
Hedfix wrote:
> and for it to go darker like MM. Mabye the new one is, I haven't been
> paying attention.
Mabye? No capital letter? "and for it to go darker", that's terrible English.
Tut tut.
Anyway it does look like a darker Zelda game. It is being called "mature".
> and for it to go darker like MM. Mabye the new one is, I haven't been
> paying attention.
Mabye? No capital letter? "and for it to go darker", that's terrible English.
Tut tut.
Anyway it does look like a darker Zelda game. It is being called "mature".
It was a follow-up to my previous post.
Oh nad it works in a conversational way, that's how I like to post, stops the posts from reading as if they were written by a robot.
Oh nad it works in a conversational way, that's how I like to post, stops the posts from reading as if they were written by a robot.
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