I feel like this is the message from every Nintendo apologist to everyone else who wants better from Nintendo.
Make a Zelda-led game like the regular games, but instead of a sword Zelda just jumps and lightning kicks everybody in the face.
It'd be a nice extra, so yeah I'd classify as 'doing better' in the same way putting anything I specifically want in a game is the developer 'doing better' for me.
I know me quoting you may have implied that, but it was more used to convey a similar trend with everything else. And I don't necessarily think people should move on because many want Nintendo to realize their full potential.
This is the case for 99.9% of games released, and Nintendo isn't immune to it. Fans created a petition to stop production on Federation Force and Blast Ball, after all.
I'm sorry if I upset you, but you need to move on.
On the last point, what Nintendo have you been looking at for the last few years, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Fire Emblem Awakening and New Super Mario Bros 2 have all had awesome DLC support, the games themselves were complete but they pushed out a hell of alot more extra content for all of them.
Hm?
I 100% agree.
The impression I got is that it's from an incredibly rough fan-translation and there was no proper comparison between it and the original Japanese at the time of those reports, though I guess the thread got locked pretty quickly once it turned into mixing Fire Emblem in with 9/11 conspiracies.
I would be fine with that too, but is having the a female character named Link the most important aspect to you, even if Zelda as the protagonist fulfills every other aspect? She doesn't even need to be the princess necessarily, I'd be fine either way.
), so much as it would be such a missed opportunity not to eventually have a female Link.Are you truly, honestly trying?
Cmon, two major Zelda games focused on the idea of Link not being a green elf with a sword.
I understand what you're saying, but I don't think putting Zelda into the main role would require as much change to the formula as you think. Zelda is part of the Triforce too, a story could very easily be built around that while still staying true to the series' roots IMO.Having Link be a girl would be the most seamless way to create a mainline TLoZ game with a female main character. It would fit perfectly into the lore, require no changes to the core Zelda formula, and aside from Link's gender and the subtle differences that could result in, it would allow for a Zelda game to be created from the ground up in such a way that pretty much completely fulfills fan expectations (get a bow, get this blue tunic to breathe better, be the Hero of Time, etc. etc.).
A game featuring Zelda as the main character would call for significant changes to the formula, in my opinion. If they were to eventually go that route, I'd prefer they go all the way and build a game particularly suited to her character.
Besides, Link has a certain place in gaming culture that Zelda just doesn't. Zelda getting her own game would be a big deal, but I think it would be more impactful to see a female Hero of Time. And it would just make so much sense. Having a female protagonist isn't necessarily my overriding motive here (don't really feel the same way about Mario, for example
Anyway, not trying to fuel the flames of the "should Link be a girl?" debate, especially knowing how fanatical certain people can get over that. Just explaining my version of the "would much prefer female Link to having some other female protagonist" perspective.
Edit: I'm now realizing that I've conflated every Link with the OoT Link by invoking the "Hero of Time" thing. I'm sleepy. You get my point, though.
Either way you read it, it's a terrible answer.
