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Originally Posted by Wiz

I was thinking Star Wars but...

If this were to happen, I'd buy a WiiU.

if they did some future setting i wouldnt want there to be too much similarity in terms of the world. like the gameplay would be the same but i dont want to be playing as link in a spacesuit. I would either want completely different characters or someone who shares links likeness. it would be off putting to see the same link from a swords and sorcery setting in a future setting

It's be weird for sure, but if it's done right it can be fun.

Originally Posted by ArchedThunder

There was an entire extremely advanced civilization before Hyrule.

EDIT: I love all the people saying that SciFi Zelda wouldn't work, you guys need to play Skyward Sword.

Yeah, considering that Skyward Sword is the first one chronologically speaking, it's ironic that there's ancient robots and time-warping technology and shit deep underground. Even Fi has that computer talk thing going on.

Every Hyrule since is Mad Max/Planet of the Apes/Hokuto No Ken.

Well, kinda.

Originally Posted by 7Th

Why not just make a game that plays a lot like Zelda but isn't called Zelda?

They did, and they called it Metroid Prime.

Originally Posted by fred

Yup, I mentioned it earlier. It appeared as an April Fools joke years ago. Having Epona as a motorbike was full of instant win! I'd love Nintendo to make this happen!!!

I actually wouldn't mind a Zelda game like this, Zelda with a Too Human type storyline, the Gods are like machines now.

Originally Posted by Fedelias

I'd love it. I don't think Zelda diehards would take too kindly to the idea though.

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Originally Posted by Teletraan1

I would like to see Nintendo make a new IP.

Xenoblade / "X".

But you should count The Wonderful 101 as a new IP made by Nintendo, since they own the IP.

That would actually be pretty cool, I'd try that for sure.

I'd rather take another "ancient" culture instead of European, LOTR-style fantasy first before going FUTURISTIC.

Samurai Zelda, Chinese Journey to the West Zelda, or Arabian Nights Zelda for example.

Originally Posted by Watch Da Birdie

Arabian Nights Zelda for example.

I'd definitely play this.

Originally Posted by Neff

Yeah, considering that Skyward Sword is the first one chronologically speaking, it's ironic that there's ancient robots and time-warping technology and shit deep underground. Even Fi has that computer talk thing going on.

Every Hyrule since is Mad Max/Planet of the Apes/Hokuto No Ken.

Well, kinda.

Ain't nothing ironic about that. "Old civilizations were more advanced than us in damn near every way" is one of the most-used tropes in the history of fantasy.

It can work, it just won't happen.

Originally Posted by fredrancour

Ain't nothing ironic about that. "Old civilizations were more advanced than us in damn near every way" is one of the most-used tropes in the history of fantasy.

I was more alluding to the fact that technology as we know it was never hinted at existing in Zelda's universe in 25 years, until the game that retroactively started it all, suggesting that it flourished long before even that.

But yes, you're right. It's as old as the hills.

Originally Posted by Shinta

I'd definitely play this.

Yep.

Originally Posted by Wiz

This looks great.

Originally Posted by Shinta

I'd definitely play this.

Love to see a game that incorporates the "story within a story" plot well.

Actually, making the Gamepad Tablet the "storybook" and using it to change the world around you would be a cool mechanic.

Originally Posted by Watch Da Birdie

I'd rather take another "ancient" culture instead of European, LOTR-style fantasy first before going FUTURISTIC.

Samurai Zelda, Chinese Journey to the West Zelda, or Arabian Nights Zelda for example.

Or Sundiata Zelda

EDIT: And then the art syle could ape this Sundiata children's book's paper art

Originally Posted by Rising_Hei

Yes, but nintendo never takes gambles like that

This is bs. With Zelda alone the series fluctuates pretty wildly from between iterations. We already got a steampunk Zelda with Spirit Tracks where the world map was replaced with a train and robots have been in a few games. But they wouldn't do something like this just because. They would have to make it work. I don't think sci-fi zelda would fit in the mythos they've built, though they did almost go that route with ALttP apparently:

Originally Posted by Wiz

I was thinking Star Wars but...

Very interesting. I like this idea as a theme, so long as at it doesn't look as dreary or washed out as Fallout. Zelda needs some semblance of vibrancy.

I was always partial to this old-school Disney-ish style one:
http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/post/...eo-game-tropes

Being able to pick either Zelda or Link at the start would be interesting, but I liked this art-style a lot.

Of course it can work.

But in NO FUCKING WAY it would work as 90% of the fanart about it says.

edit :
Above post Zelda one is one of the few that actualy try to think how everything would work toghter... it is always just a crap monochromatic washed Link ..... No ! Just NO !

Originally Posted by RagnarokX

This is bs. With Zelda alone the series fluctuates pretty wildly from between iterations. We already got a steampunk Zelda with Spirit Tracks where the world map was replaced with a train and robots have been in a few games. But they wouldn't do something like this just because. They would have to make it work. I don't think sci-fi zelda would fit in the mythos they've built, though they did almost go that route with ALttP apparently:

Pretty sure Miyamoto mentioned that the Triforce in the original Zelda were originally meant to be "computer chips" or something.

Which gave me the idea for a Wii U Zelda where you'd travel into the "cyber world" Sacred Realm on the GamePad which would look like the original Zelda.

No one would buy it

Zelda didnt become popular because it was a sci fi game. It's popular because its a fantasy game. Might as well call what you want a star fox game. It would be stupid to see Zelda in a spaceship just as much as it would be to see star fox throwing clay jars

I'd love a sci-fi game that is modeled after Zelda. Don't want sci-fi Zelda though.

Old man Link game:

Originally Posted by davepoobond

No one would buy it

Zelda didnt become popular because it was a sci fi game. It's popular because its a fantasy game. Might as well call what you want a star fox game. It would be stupid to see Zelda in a spaceship just as much as it would be to see star fox throwing clay jars

Originally Posted by davepoobond

No one would buy it

Zelda didnt become popular because it was a sci fi game. It's popular because its a fantasy game. Might as well call what you want a star fox game. It would be stupid to see Zelda in a spaceship just as much as it would be to see star fox throwing clay jars

I'm sure people said the same thing about FF once.

Originally Posted by davepoobond

No one would buy it

Zelda didnt become popular because it was a sci fi game. It's popular because its a fantasy game. Might as well call what you want a star fox game. It would be stupid to see Zelda in a spaceship just as much as it would be to see star fox throwing clay jars

Clay Fox could be amazing though.

What we need a Stargate game where alternate Nintendo dimensions are featured. That way you could get your Mythological Eqypt Star Fox and this

Anything could work. I mean, we got a Zelda about trains, so...

Originally Posted by Mr-Joker

I starting to get sick and tired of this new IP talk when Nintendo does make new IP just no one buys them or say that they don't count for some stupid reason.

If you want to see some of Nintendo new IP, I suggest you try out;

-Pushmo
-Dillion Rolling West
-Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword
-Potzol's Puzzle

All e-shop games. Nintendo's E-Shop is crap. Why should I play these games if there's a chance I have to rebuy them?

Originally Posted by Mr-Joker

-The Wonderful 101 (yes this counts as a new IP for Nintendo)

Not BY Nintendo, though.

People are usually very specific when they say stuff like this. Whether said or not, they mean a AAA Budget, Gamer focused, character based title by the main EAD teams.

Originally Posted by davepoobond

No one would buy it

Zelda didnt become popular because it was a sci fi game. It's popular because its a fantasy game. Might as well call what you want a star fox game. It would be stupid to see Zelda in a spaceship just as much as it would be to see star fox throwing clay jars

see, I've wanted to post this, but I feel like the response that is gonna get thrown around is, why are the two so different? And I dont have a response besides, that's just how it is. They're different settings and are not equivalent in most peoples' imaginations.

Would a non-post-apocalyptic fallout make sense? If someone said, give me a medieval gta, would that make sense? Those could be starting points to brainstorm unique concepts but you'd be better off turning them into new ips. Same thing for the idea of a zelda-inspired science fiction game.

Setting is a fundamental part of the concept of a game. Zelda games do have the recurring-myth-over-time idea in them, but they are ultra-detached from the basics of what you do in the games. Why try so hard to drastically remove zelda from its origins when the basic genre of fantasy is so incredibly flexible in the first place?

I'd like to see a Zelda set in the modern day, contemporary society, with internet, smart phones, cars, planes, jeans, hoodies, suits, etc. Zelda could still be a princess, the magic/threat could emerge, Link could still use a sword. Think Neil Gaiman, American Gods/Anansi Boys/Sandman style. But Zelda.

Originally Posted by fredrancour

see, I've wanted to post this, but I feel like the response that is gonna get thrown around is, why are the two so different? And I dont have a response besides, that's just how it is. They're different settings and are not equivalent in most peoples' imaginations.

Would a non-post-apocalyptic fallout make sense? If someone said, give me a medieval gta, would that make sense? Those could be starting points to brainstorm unique concepts but you'd be better off turning them into new ips. Same thing for the idea of a zelda-inspired science fiction game.

Setting is a fundamental part of the concept of a game. Zelda games do have the recurring-myth-over-time idea in them, but they are ultra-detached from the basics of what you do in the games. Why try so hard to drastically remove zelda from its origins when the basic genre of fantasy is so incredibly flexible in the first place?

And when it isn't, just use one of these:


Really, they can explore any setting if they wanted to. Locomotive Hyrule was interesting, as was Lanayru Mines in Skyward Sword, where they explore a bit the idea of Steam Punk/Futuristic themes dat electro boot dungeon:

Originally Posted by Shinta

I'm sure people said the same thing about FF once.

i dont know who "wished" for a sci fi final fantasy, but the natural progression of the series seemed to gravitate towards that, especially after the success of VII and VIII.

Zelda doesn't have any of those sorts of "technology" aspects, so its hard to make a jump to a futuristic setting.

Originally Posted by fredrancour

see, I've wanted to post this, but I feel like the response that is gonna get thrown around is, why are the two so different? And I dont have a response besides, that's just how it is. They're different settings and are not equivalent in most peoples' imaginations.

Would a non-post-apocalyptic fallout make sense? If someone said, give me a medieval gta, would that make sense? Those could be starting points to brainstorm unique concepts but you'd be better off turning them into new ips. Same thing for the idea of a zelda-inspired science fiction game.

Setting is a fundamental part of the concept of a game. Zelda games do have the recurring-myth-over-time idea in them, but they are ultra-detached from the basics of what you do in the games. Why try so hard to drastically remove zelda from its origins when the basic genre of fantasy is so incredibly flexible in the first place?

i totally agree with this. yes, you could have zelda in space, but that doesn't mean its a zelda game anymore. its like you're asking for a non-zelda game but with the quality of one, which is COMPLETELY FINE -- everyone should hope for quality games that are imaginative and have good storytelling.

but why can't they do that with something they've already established -- such as Star Fox. Star Fox gets no love from Nintendo, but it's probably the most interesting as far as the potential in the lore and diversity of characters go. They have had plenty of opportunities to expand upon Mario's universe and Zelda's time-space fantasy stuff.

I'd love it. The series is multi-generational (timeline-wise) but nothing's really changed aesthetically through it's run. A change of scenery would be new and welcomed, imho.

Originally Posted by davepoobond

i dont know who "wished" for a sci fi final fantasy, but the natural progression of the series seemed to gravitate towards that, especially after the success of VII and VIII.

Zelda doesn't have any of those sorts of "technology" aspects, so its hard to make a jump to a futuristic setting.

Add some steampunk influences to the next one and build from there.

It would be good in the short term.

But it would probably be terrible in the long term.

Explanation: In the short term it would likely reinvigorate the series, make it feel fresh and new. Create some genuine excitement. But in the long term it would segment the fanbase in twain. Those who prefer the old way vs. Those who prefer the new way. The Zelda series fanbase is already incredibly difficult to please. Splitting them up would make things worse in the end, I'm afraid.

man a steam punk esque zelda would be my game of the forever....

They should just go full modern cel shaded anime art style and add in supports. That would finally help the series get popular in Japan.

Zelda: "Link no baka!"

Originally Posted by TrAcEr_x90

man a steam punk esque zelda would be my game of the forever....

Ganon as an evil captain of industry. Like Arcanum meets Hyrule.

I don't know...but I get an image of Tron X Zelda vibes...im pretty sure the lore is flexible enough to swing it that way but it would be a radical shift in the art department for sure...

Originally Posted by davepoobond

i dont know who "wished" for a sci fi final fantasy, but the natural progression of the series seemed to gravitate towards that, especially after the success of VII and VIII.

Zelda doesn't have any of those sorts of "technology" aspects, so its hard to make a jump to a futuristic setting.

I'm sorry, but have you even played any recent Zelda games?
Phantom Hourglass-Steam engines
Spirit Tracks-Trains
Skyward Sword-Robots, a technologically advanced ancient race, a completely sci-fi/steam punk dungeon and enemies with sci-fi armor and electric prods for weapons.

Cyberpunk, no... I mean, how is that going to work? Cyberpunk is usually pretty grounded to modern geography and architecture.. and the gameplay would expect RPG, GTA, open world, socializing, mission, etc type gameplay. Zelda is pretty rooted in a classic dungeon style. If you try do a cyberpunk game with so many dungeons, it's going to not feel very cyberpunk esque... You know what I mean? Zelda dungeon gameplay just doesn't really fit any stereotypical cyberpunk world. Of course it could be forced to somehow work but I question how much it would still feel like cyberpunk. It's almost akin to asking would a modern day Zelda work.. cyberpunk is just an extra 50 years of high-tech and low-life.

Sci-fi, though, for sure. Imagine Mass Effect 1... less story and dialogue, and just roving around worlds and exploring old ruins and dungeons.

I love cyberpunk as much as anyone here I think but I feel you'd be shoehorning it onto Zelda too much. It'd likely be either a great Zelda with not very good cyberpunk feel, or great cyberpunk feel but not really Zelda. Though I'd certainly welcome the attempt... I would never say no to more cyberpunk.

Originally Posted by Mr-Joker

I starting to get sick and tired of this new IP talk when Nintendo does make new IP just no one buys them or say that they don't count for some stupid reason.

If you want to see some of Nintendo new IP, I suggest you try out;

-Pushmo
-Dillion Rolling West
-Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword
-Potzol's Puzzle
-The Wonderful 101 (yes this counts as a new IP for Nintendo)

A Nintendo fan starting to get sick and tired of something. Welcome to the club.

Originally Posted by i-Lo

If this were to happen, I'd buy a WiiU.

And I would sell mine. Fantasy or GTFO.

Originally Posted by Poetic.Injustice

Someone post Zelda fallout art.

Googled it, doesn't looks so bad tbh.

Originally Posted by Cameron122

Epona

THE GIANT ROBOT

In my head-canon, Link's spaceship is called EPONA-2187. Quite obviously, the AI system Navi also keeps Link company in his lone space adventures.

April Fools or no, this was a badass concept ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcvdT2C31oc

Nintendo should really play around with this. Should be more Warhammer than Star Trek though. I would also love a role reversal game where Zelda saves Link and you play as her. Link could appear as a guide similar to Sheik or the pirate chick

(Nibel rocks)

I would much rather they take the Wind Waker HD engine and create a Zelda-like game with a different setting. Sci-fi would work, or whatever else they want. Modern-Day,... stone-age, for all I care.

Just a different IP that plays similar to Zelda but is not bound by any conventions.

Think "Secret of Evermore" to Zelda's "Mana".

But of course that is exactly what Nintendo doesn't count as new IP. A fresh coat of paint on an existing gameplay idea. Sometimes we'd be fine with that, though. Ok, Ninty?

I reckon it would be awesome. Would definately get me interested in Zelda again.

Spirit Tracks was your steam punk Zelda game.