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"Zelda on Gamecube"

I've just seen the Gamecube Legend of Zelda video and I have to say, I'm shocked. Its an interactive cartoon, for crying out loud. It looks alright, but I still can't get over the radical change. Nintendo was only saying a few months ago how they wanted to gain an older audience, but then they go and take one of the games that would actually appeal to an older age group and turn it into yet another game for a child. I'm not saying it won't be good, but Zelda fans and non-Zelda fans alike will be disappointed with the radical change.

ps. Mario Sunshine looks amazing

You know when Zelda OOT on the N64 was released many people went out to buy a N64 just to play that game!

Good Nintendo would think.

Now though with this new look it's not as appealing and although you shouldn't judge a book (or in this case a game) by it's cover people do and this isn't going to appeal to people.

Unless people are Zelda fans they will not buy this! Nintendo need to change the look to gain popularity for their console, they don't want to go and make one of their top titles look rubbish (even if it does play well) it's not going to help them in the 'console wars' so to speak.

yes, but changing the design of the game to cartooney graphics will probably not be appealing to casual gamers, who go by the cover and whats on the back rather than reputations and reviews. most gamers are casual gamers, so therefore nintendo could potentially lose a lot of punters because of the change.

I'm an older gamer i still want it.

The game looks like it will have new innovations in it too, because the number of different moves link does in the video is quite diverse, especially since there is only about 10 seconds of what looks like in-game play. Mario Sunshine looks like it will break new ground, just like mario 64 did, because if you'll notice, mario has a weird gadget on his back, and supposedly the amount of sunshine affects play somehow. Shigsy is bringing in new innovations, but will they be as groundbreaking as his previous ones?

Your Honour wrote:
> Well, you should find out soon enough.

The Jap launch of the
> 'Cube is only a matter of days away.

Is the Zelda game a launch
> title? Or does anyone know when it's likely to be released?

No, we have another year to wait for that one.

It's gaurenteed to be launched by the end of 2002 - in Japan.

Well, you should find out soon enough.

The Jap launch of the 'Cube is only a matter of days away.

Is the Zelda game a launch title? Or does anyone know when it's likely to be released?

I'm sure Nintendo have a new twist to it. They're probably keeping it under wraps for now to surprise everyone.

Miyamoto DID say he hates people copying his ideas, hence he's hiding them for now.

The thing that worries me is that from the in-game shots the gameplay looks not too unlike Ocarina of Time, with some kind of target locking method used in battles, gaining more hearts as you go through the game, setting different weapons to different buttons/ sides of the c-stick.

Could the radical change in look be merely a smokescreen for the lack of innovation in the game itself?

Personally, I doubt it, but it's worth asking the question.

I imagine that the game will be as innovative as eah of its predecessors, but retail the things that make it what it is, I await details of Links quest, it looks to be set in Hyrule, and it looks as though Link will be after Ganon rather than Ganondorf - and yes I know they're the same but they're different forms.

Mace is wrong new Zelda is perfect!

I've seen the video. It's absolutely brilliant.

It's much smoother than it's N64 predessessor and rather than static dodgy enemies and characters, everything is beautifully brought to life.

The only problem with the video is that it only showed one type of enemy. Hopefully the badguys in the new Zelda will be even more diverse than the N64 ones.