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"Wind Waker 2"

From Cube Europe:
"The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker director Eiji Aonuma yesterday confirmed in his GDC presentation that the sequel of Wind Waker will be showcased at the upcoming E3 in May. He will from now on also be acting as the producer for the upcoming Zelda titles. However, we were guaranteed that Shigeru Miyamoto will still have the final say when it comes to the Zelda series.

Furthermore, Aonuma hinted that the Nintendo DS will feature connectivity with Wind Waker II. He also spoke of a new Zelda title being development for the Nintendo DS, which would, of course, be a perfect launch title for the new Nintendo platform.

Finally, the new producer promised there will be changes in the series and that more information would be available at this year’s E3."

More changes? Back to 3D is unlikely though.. to keep production time to a minimum, they'll want to keep the same game engine.

I like horses. Bring back horses.

I can ride a horse in Harvest Moon and it makes me happy. My horse is called Snail. I want to be able to ride a snail in Zelda as well.

Bring back horses.

My predicition is that Link will be able to fly about on a giant bird

I put it in Bold so you would remember. I'm right - trust me.

I liked the sailing, but I prefer dungeon exploration and various boss battles. Both of which were lacking in The Wind Waker.

Am I the only one who liked the sailing? It was incredibly relaxing, and after you got the Ballad of the Gales, you only had to sail two squares at the most to get to where you're going. And there's always chests, monsters, sea platforms, coin barrels etc. to keep you occupied.

I think we would all still like to see a Zelda game that was based around the SSBM link style graphics. I certainly would if only for curiosity...

Anyway im not too fussed about graphics, I just hope they sort the gameplay out. Get rid of hours of sailing, more dungeons, more depth, less triforce chart collectinng style quests.

I think Cel Shaded graphics have a much larger potential than WinkWaker showed off.

The character expressions and animations weren't bad, but they were still fairly lifeless and characterless mostly.
Conker's Bad Fur Day had REAL character in it, and I think that's the sort of life Nintendo should be aiming to bring to the next Zelda game.

Edgy wrote:
> I had more freedom in my attacks on The Wind Waker, could swing from
> branches and sail a boat. Wind Waker felt more real to me, even if
> the graphics were more rounded and of cartoon design.

I was talking graphics-wise, not gameplay-wise.

Lovely.
Can't wait.

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Well, I don't have much choice. But still ...

I had more freedom in my attacks on The Wind Waker, could swing from branches and sail a boat. Wind Waker felt more real to me, even if the graphics were more rounded and of cartoon design.

But you cannot dissagree that it was more realistic than Wind Waker, despite being of lesser graphical quality.

The graphical style of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask was hardly close to realism.